User blog:AustinDR/Review: A Tattler's Tale

OK, so I had that I wouldn't do anymore reviews, but I love the show. Anyway, in this episode, Lincoln and his sisters meet to discuss their secrets one night, and Lola wishes to attend. However, Lola is denied entrance because of her reputation as a tattle tale. The next day, Lola seems to know all of their darkest secrets, using them to take advantage of her siblings.

Now, it should come as no surprise that Lola isn't one of my favorite characters from the show; I mean if me continually calling her a sociopath in my reviews is any indication. To me, she was at her worst in this episode. She makes her siblings miserable by having them do several meaningless things for her, and she even takes delight in their humiliation, all because she was prohibited from attending the meeting. That just came off as being extremely petty in my opinion. Not only that, but even the other pageant contestants are terrified of her; they literally run away when Lincoln nonchalantly mentions her name. I mean, what is this girl? Regardless of everything that I've said about her previously, she does have her good points in the episode. Her forcing her siblings to do all these meaningless things for her in her mind was the only way that she could spend time with them, and she even takes all of the blame for them, knowing that she'd be grounded. Granted, she does tell her stuffed animals all of her siblings' secrets, but in her defense, they don't talk anyway.

There are also a few humorous moments that I've enjoyed. Definitely my favorite part is Lucy mentioning how she dyed her mother's wedding gown black for her dark betrothal to Edwin. I mean, she even has stuffed animals gathered as the guests. My only gripe with the episode, besides the siblings being made to do humiliating tasks, was that we never find out out what Lola's secret was. I mean, for someone who keeps her track perfectly clean - to the point of making a fake diary, no less - the secret must've been pretty juicy. And no, I'm not referring to the hamburger that Lynn was eating. That, and so everyone except Lola attends the meeting. My only question is why is Lily there? What kind of secrets would a baby have to hide?

In all seriousness, though, I found it a pretty good episode regardless of the fact that I hated Lola for a majority of the episode. That, and her mannerisms were way too creepy in this episode.

Final Score: 4 1/2 stars out of 5