User blog:AustinDR/Thoughts on Raw Deal

So in this episode, while on a trip to the Grand Venture State Park, Lincoln gets worried that his day would "end in tragedy" when Lucy was telling fortunes to pass the time. Even more worse, each of his sisters' fortunes were seemingly coming true, which only makes his fortune even more plausible....

Honestly, I found the episode boring. There are some funny moments here and there such as Lana eating the bait and regretting it later on when Lynn Sr. was cooking hamburgers, and the owl with deer antlers was also humorous. I also found the arguments between Lucy and Lisa over science and mysticism hilarious, especially the end where Lucy states that the end was near. And then the episode ends right as Lisa was going to retort. However, other than that, there wasn't really anything too memorable about the episode at least for me. Most of the episode felt lackluster; I get that Lincoln was becoming a hypochondriac because of his fears that he would meet with a terrible end, but it's not really funny. It gets really annoying very fast. As for Lucy, when the episode first came out, many blamed her for the suffering that Lincoln was going through in the episode. I disagree with that assertion; if you remember, Lucy tried to keep Lincoln from finding out about the fortune, but he forces her to tell him his. With Lincoln, he basically puts all of his worry on himself which causes him to miss out for most of the day. I'm not saying it's entirely his fault, but I felt that this could've all been avoided had he simply allowed Lucy to not disclose it.

Overall, it was a pretty bland episode that didn't really stick out to me aside from a few funny moments.

Final score:

3 stars out of 5 (or maybe 7 out of 10)