User blog:AustinDR/Review: Lock 'N Loud

This episode was insane. In a good way, of course. When Lynn Sr. gets fed up at his children for always leaving the front door open, in normal Loud siblings fashion, they take security too far. I mean, wow: I never laughed that hardly in an episode of the Loud House. Everything about it was hilarious from Lana trying to train Charles to be a guard dog (and failing), to Bobby acting as a security officer. My favorite scene was when Lynn was attempting to teach Leni and Lola karate; Leni ends up flirting with the mannequin, while Lola savagely attacks it when Lynn tells her to imagine if it stole her tiaras. Well, lesson learned: never even think about stealing Lola's tiaras. The lengths that the Loud kids go in ensuring that no burglar breaks into this house is simply hard to describe in one sitting. In my opinion, this was probably the funniest episode of the series thus far. Oh, and Luan's soulmate is Coconuts. I was right!

Now, there are some issues that I had with the episode, albeit they were minor. For one, while there are several humorous moments, a few of the jokes are hit-and-miss. For instance, each of the siblings state their fears that the burglar may take their possessions. The joke would've been funny had it not have been extended to the point that it loses its flair. Also, Luan explained one of her puns in the episode. Luan, you're supposed to be a comedian. Don't you know that when you explain the joke, there isn't one? In addition, I found it slightly tasteless that Rita was hurt in some way twice. The first time is when she accidentally falls into a thorn bush, the next occasion is when she falls into the mud. And Lynn Sr. absentmindedly locks her out. On the one hand it was funny, but on the other, it was a little too mean-spirited. Also, the ending, again, was predictable. Before Lynn Sr. was revealed as the burglar, I had concluded that he paid Mr. Grouse to pretend that he was robbed. However, I didn't anticipate that he was allergic to walnuts. Granted, I knew that he was trying to teach his children to be more responsible with the front door, but he should've guessed that they would this too far.

Overall, an outrageous episode that takes the loud kids' antics up to eleven, and is a genuine gutbuster throughout.

Final score: 5 out of 5 stars