User blog comment:SpongeGuy12/How would you make No Such Luck a better episode?/@comment-32405367-20171102203412

Ahh, No Such Luck... the fandom's infamous least favorite episode.

Well, for me, I think there are a couple of ways to fix this episode. Perhaps the easiest is to have a sequel where Lincoln stands up to his family and refuses to be seen as either a good luck or a bad luck charm, and them being shown to be ridiculous for believing Lincoln could be either.

That being said, I think that's not really a satisfactory answer, so here are some ideas:

1. Only Lynn believes that Lincoln is bad luck and, due to this, she doesn't want to do anything with him. At first, Lincoln doesn't mind, since it means more free time for him, but eventually, it starts to strain his relationship with her since she refuses to even be around him for stuff they used to do as well. At the end, Lynn learns that Lincoln isn't bad luck and, when she either needs to learn to do better or just accept she had a bad game, she needs to accept this rather than blame Lincoln.

2. The family does far less extreme methods of keeping away Lincoln's "bad luck", such as making him wear good luck charms (lucky pennies, rabbit's feet, etc.) in order to "cancel out" his bad luck. At the end, Lincoln is able to show he isn't bad luck by taking off the items and the family learns not to be so gullible in regards to the idea of luck, while Lincoln learns he can't use a lie to get out of things he wants.

3. After his family basically disowns him, Lincoln meets with some of his Sisters' friends (Becky, Dana, Chaz, Haiku, Giggles, Polly, etc.), as well as Clyde, who help show the family Lincoln isn't bad luck and even scolding them for what happened. In the end, the family reconciles with Lincoln and all is well.

4. Lynn, rather than believing that Lincoln is the source of her bad luck, comes to a conclusion bad luck is following her and that she needs to find as much "good luck" routines and items to fix it up. It also reveals she believes that it's good luck for her entire family to show up, which is why she was so adamant about Lincoln being there. At the end, Lynn realizes she can't look to superstitions or control her luck, so she just needs to take losing in stride, as well as understand Lincoln needs time to himself.