User blog:AustinDR/Thoughts on Episodes

OK, so this is my general thoughts on new episodes. Now, as you would've guessed, I don't love all of the episodes of the show. I absolutely hate episodes like "One of the Boys," "Out on a Limo," and "Brawl in the Family," but ever since NSL, I have been trying to be more open to upcoming episodes. Now, I often choose to go into things completely blind so that I could try to form my own opinion, and as a result, I had been pleasantly surprised by the episodes so far. With "No Such Luck," I actually found it possible. It's not a great episode, nor is it a bad one. I just found myself feeling mixed about it. I have already explained my thoughts on the episode, so I won't be restating them. However, after that episode came out, I found myself starting to become annoyed by some fans' complaining about Lincoln going through a harsh punishment. Now, I hated BITF because the punishment was unwarranted, the sisters were total karma houdinis, etc. Yes I admit that I loathe that episode with the fiber of my being, but I felt that most of the hate for the episode came from me having a bad day. If I had a slightly better day, maybe I wouldn't have felt insulted by the episode. It's still a bad episode, but I no longer get enraged thinking about it.

Now, Lincoln isn't my favorite character, but there are some moments that I felt bad for him, especially when he gets punished for no reason. However, I am getting tired of people accusing the writers as being sociopaths. Any show can have a bad episode, so don't blame the producers for it. Even something as measly as Lincoln getting attacked by a cockatoo is enough for some fans to rage. I didn't think it was funny - mostly because it didn't make much sense - but some fans feel that it's enough to ruin the episode for them. Or when I reviewed "Shell Shock," there was one user who complained that the prank that Ronnie Anne pulled on Lincoln was mean. I didn't mean to verbally attack this user, but this is what I'm talking about: they're oversensitive whenever something doesn't go Lincoln's way. Look, I have times where I come short of succeeding at something, but do I complain about it? What, just because I thought "No Such Luck" was okay means I'm a sadist?No, of course not....

Why do the writers do this? Well, I feel that they're trying to say that you can try as hard as you can, and still fail. You hardly ever have any kids' shows where the protagonist loses. I feel that these types of protagonists are more relatable as like us, they have their own shortcomings. You hardly have any kids' shows that say sometimes you won't be able to succeed. When you have several shows that teach optimism and that working hard eventually leads to success, it's great to see that some shows don't follow that mold.

Of course, that doesn't mean I'm completely indifferent to what happens to Lincoln, but I just try not to get worked up on it. I mean, it's a show. Do I take the show seriously? Well, no. At most, I discuss episodes on whether they're good or bad, and go into what either makes or breaks the episode for me. Sometimes I like to take observations of the characters - see how they tick - which in part made it hard for me to genuinely hate any of them. Granted, I like certain characters more than others, but I don't get uber mad when they mess up. You can go and hate any character as much as you want, but in the long run, it doesn't matter. There is more to life as well as more to worry about than one or two bad episodes.