User blog:AustinDR/Review: The Price of Admission

"The Price of Admission." In this episode, Lincoln wants to see a horror movie entitled The Harvester. Given that he has the tendency of getting overly terrified by horror films, Rita forbids him from seeing it, but for the sake of the plot, Lincoln goes to watch it anyway. Sure enough, everyone leaves the theater without fear, except for Lincoln who is clearly traumatized by what he experienced. It's so bad for Lincoln, he can't even sleep that night as he feared that the Harvester was out for his organs.

Now, this was a Halloween-themed episode; well, technically, it's not, but considering that it aired sometime around October, it's meant to be a scary episode. While the episode wasn't bad per say, I had a few issues with it. For instance, whenever Lynn Sr. would give Lincoln a task, there would be a zoom in on Lincoln's scared face. This was funny at first, but it lost it got old the more it as used. Worse is that they use the same animation every time. I also thought that the jokes fell flat in this episode. The show often does a good job with its humor, but it felt pretty stale in this one. One example has to do with whenever Lincoln thinks he sees the Harvester, it turns out to be his jackass - of - a neighbor Mr. Grouse who was doing some type o activity at night at all things. Even when the joke was first used I didn't laugh. I guess the only thing that made me chuckle a bit was when Lincoln woke Leni up, and she walked off for school when she thought it really was morning. But it's also kind of scary, because she doesn't come back at the end of the episode. Granted, I know that she would be fine by the next episode, but walking alone at night (especially when tired) is pretty dangerous.

Overall, for a Halloween-themed episode, I thought it was pretty mediocre. The episode that accompanied it "One Flu Over the House" was definitely better given the nightmarish imagery of the Loud sisters suffering from the flu. With that episode, I liked the zombie apocalypse tone that they used. It was delightfully humorous, and genuinely terrifying at some points. With this episode, though, I tend to skip it when it's Halloween.

Final score: 3 1/2 out of 5 stars