User blog:AlexKawa/Episode Review: Roadie to Nowhere/A Fridge Too Far

Whew! OK. The monsters (high school midterms) are dead. The albums have been reviewed (links to those at the end). Which means I can finally get back into Loud House mode! I've missed it here! But it's great to be back again! So, without any further ado, let's cover the Season 3 kickoff.

So, I was stoked going into this. Season 2 was a treat! An overall stellar season! Easily better than Season 1 by a mille. It gave us plenty of standout moments, and it contained my favorite Loud House episode of all-time, Tricked!  If there was one thing above all that I would've fixed, it would've been to have a Luna episode. One might argue that, to an extent, we did get one with L is for Love.  Maybe? But I know at least 40% would beg to differ. Even though we didn't really get a Luna episode, I thought she had great performances in episodes such as the aforementioned Tricked! to make up for it. Still, I was disappointed she didn't get a Season 2 episode. Which was why I was so especially stoked to hear we were kicking off the season with a Luna episode. I was hyped! Did it live up to the hype? Well, let's take a look.

Roadie to Nowhere
OK, so this review will come off as extremely disjointed, because I'm gonna have quite a hard time collecting my thoughts on this one. OK, so we start off with Luna auditioning for the Royal Rumble, which, I can only assume, is a music festival. After her audition, she dives into the judges' panel, which I found pretty funny, and passes the audition. Then, we learn that Chunk also headlined the Royal Rumble in high school, and his real name is Chester Monk. This kind of pulled at my heartstrings a little, because, as you guys may know, I'm a huge fan of Chester Bennington of Linkin Park. I mean, seeing as how this episode is about rock music, and he's the most famous rocker with the name Chester, it felt like that was what they were going for. Or maybe they just wanted a quick explanation as to why his nickname was Chunk, I don't know. Anyway, this has Luna worried that she maybe chasing an unrealistic dream. So, she tries other music-related jobs, such as working in a record store and a karaoke bar; both scenes were funny, and did a good job showing how she's still in, I guess you could say, denial and still not ready to let go of her full dream just yet. So, after a talk with Lisa, another funny scene, Luna decides to try out new jobs; working with Rita at the dentist office, with Lynn Sr. at his restaurant, and with Mr. Grouse as an IT worker. These were all great callbacks to A Novel Idea and Job Insecurity, but the scene where we saw the inside of Flip's mouth was just gross! And if I, a 15-year-old, am getting grosed out at a kids' cartoon, that is not good! But this is the only negative quality about the episode, so moving on. So, Luna enjoys the IT job, and decides to drop out of the Royal Rumble to persue a more "realistic" career. However, she then sees a flyer revealing that Chunk has a band. You'd think he'd've told her about this, right? But she goes to see them perform, and Chunk's song sounds pretty cool. Luna says she was worried because he didn't make it, so he replies, "I may not be playing in sold-out arenas, but I'm doing what I love. That's my definition of making it." Kind of like what another rocker named Chester said, "If you can't have fun doing it, you're doing it wrong." All fellow Linkin Park fans, listen to the One More Light Live album for that. Anyway, so we end with Luna (and Chunk) headlining the Royal Rumble, the song is pretty cool, once again, and that's that.

Overall, did this episode live up to the hype? Not really. I mean, I still really liked it, but there was a lot that could've been done differently. I mean, we could've had Luna's family, aside from Lisa, try to help her out. We could've had the family try to convince her that she should persue her true dream. Kind of a letdown, but it was still really good. I mean, I think it was, overall, executed pretty well for what we got, and I'm glad we branched out a little and got an episode (semi-)focused on Chunk. Overall, still really good, but not exactly what I'd hoped for. Still, a solid season kickoff.

Rating: A-

A Fridge Too Far
Oh, man! This one didn't have too much hype surrounding it. People were skeptical of it. Very skeptical! So, I decided I was just gonna walk into this one with an open mind. No expectations of what should be, just what is.

So, Lincoln realizes someone ate one of his left over Mac 'n Cheese bites, and declares war on whoever steals his leftovers. Luan is about to, and...



Oh my god, that was nice! Let's see that again!



And again!



AGAIN!!



NOW JUST LOOP IT!!!



LOL!! Yo, don't sue me or anything! I can't help myself.

So, we see the Loud kids also getting this idea, and we get some really funny scenes as a result! Ultimately, Lincoln and Lisa solve the problem by dividing the fridge into 11 space, each color-coded. Unfortunately, Lynn Sr. has an investor to present his cooked meals to, and doesn't pay attention to where he's putting the food. This leads to more funny moments. In the end, the kids explain what's been going on, and Lynn Sr. serves Tim McCole his leftover Lynn-sagna, he loves it, and that's that. Oh, and Lynn (Jr.) becomes blue after trying to get some chocolate cake. A pretty funny callback.

Overall, I'm gonna say it, this was the better of the two episodes. It was funny, it moved along very well, and...



Remind me to use that image next April Fools Day episode. All in all, I was very captivated my this episode. Unlike many other episodes, even good ones, it held my attention throughout the whole thing. I was anxious because of how the fanbase was reacting to this one in anticipation, but I was very much pleasently surpised.

Rating: A+ (yeah, you'd better believe I said that!)

I'll be back later today for my review of the two newest episodes. In the meantime, you can check out those album reviews I said I did:

Fall Out Boy's Mania Mike Shinoda's Post Traumatic