User blog:AndrewBrauer/Season 1 Ranked - Worst to Best

Sup dudes, I got this fun little idea for ranking the episodes of Season 1 in a quick agreeable way. This is the Season 1 Ranked - Worst to Best of Loud House. How this works is that I rank the episodes on a scale of 1 to 5, here's a brief scale to show the rankings. So let's get started at the very VERY bottom of this list with...
 * Great Tier - 5
 * Good Tier - 4
 * Meh Tier - 3
 * Bad Tier - 2
 * Awful Tier - 1

Awful Tier

 * 52.The Green House



Oh boy, where do I even begin with this piece of garbage. Cause really, everytime I watch this episode I find about 10 to 20 new problems with it that piss me off even more than before. Nothing about this episode works, NOTHING AT ALL!! The comedy is nonexistent, all of characters are at their absolute worst, the plot is so jumbled that halfway through the episode it seems the writers forgot to add some kind of moral so that Lincoln learns a lesson, and what we end up getting is a half-baked moral that feels shoe-horned into the story for NO reason whatsoever!! All of this combined for an episode that I assume is suppose to teach kids to be more friendly with the environment, and even with that the writers still screw everything up! And it should be worth noting that cartoons that attempt to have an episode focusing on environmental safely usually don't turn out well, and Loud House might be the worst example yet!!

The episode is set up as Lincoln being forced to have his house go more eco-friendly in order to not be labeled as an outcast and save the polar bears (which doesn't make sense considering this episode is focusing on not using electricity, yes it's better for the environment but I don't see how it will benefit the polar bears, when really recycling and not ruining our main water source would be much more of a benefit) but it's not all Lincoln's fault since he's been doing his part, but his sisters haven't. Here's one of my major problems with this episode, it expects me to believe that the sisters were never in the wrong for wasting electricity and deserve to be angry at Lincoln in the end, they don't even appreciate the fact that he pedals their power and ends up STILL being an outcast at school, when really it was their OWN fault to begin with. When Lincoln tries to convince the sisters to be more eco-friendly, they instantly reject the idea and are annoyed with him, forcing Lincoln to be the bad guy in this situation by using a picture of a polar bear to mess with their emotions, and EVEN then they're still mad at him when it was originally their fault to begin with! So honestly I don't quite blame Lincoln in this scenario since everyone else forced him to become the bad guy in this scenario, even more frustrating is that the episode also seems to expect Lincoln and the viewer to learn a lesson about how he didn't his part, even despite how he was doing EVERYTHING in the house to save energy, enough for him to use some of the power in the house to play an online game tournament...

But then the second half kicks in, we get two random boys that Lincoln probably knows I assume, who decide to play the tournament at his house since their houses are also trying to be green as well. So they knew that Lincoln was ALREADY going to be an outcast and decided to just say "Screw it, let's just play the game at his house since he's already going to fail anyways and become an outcast." and because of them it forces Lincoln to go even more extreme and shove down the message of Lincoln being a hypocrite, when really THOSE two boys were the reason why Lincoln had to make his sisters miserable, and yet they get NO punishment or payback whatsoever! ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THIS CRAP!?!? All Lincoln had to do was kick those boys out and he would still be able to play his game and keep his house green, but the writers decided not to do that and instead give us a moral at the last second for NO reason other than it's a "Save the planet" episode.

But now the bigger question comes with whether or not Lincoln is a hypocrite for not doing his part in keeping his house green, and my answer is no. At the beginning, Lincoln wanted to keep his house in the green which was originally his plan, He's only being labeled as a hypocrite because EVERYONE else around him is making his situation so much more difficult for him to pull off, forcing the ending to have some kind of lesson about doing your part, but the episode is convincing me that you the viewer, should do your part to save the earth based off of Lincoln's situation getting more and more difficult when really he DID  want to keep his house eco-friendly, HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO BUY INTO THE CRAP!?!? Is this really a lesson you want to teach your kids about when going green!?

So yeah, this is one of the most rancid, disgusting, and outright terrible episodes I've EVER seen from Loud House! Hopefully once this kicks in with other fans of the show, it'll be labeled as the worst episode of Loud House ever, cause really it does deserve it! Say what you will about Out on a Limo (an episode that quickly got labeled as one of the worst episodes of all time, which I will get to later on this list) but at least it was more convincing with it's overall message and it did have a happy ending! This episode get's everything wrong and is completely misguided with it's message it was trying to deliver, along with it's characters, writing, and anything that could be funny (and really there's nothing funny at ALL in this episode, and even when we do have any signs of comedy it's mean-spirited humor at it's absolute worst). I'll do my part to save the planet and slam this episode straight into the garbage, where it truly belongs!


 * 51.Sound of Silence



So to the surprise of no one, this is labeled as one of the worst episodes of all time, and yeah I agree with the majority this episode is terrible in every way. Sound of Silence is one of the most mean spirited and cruel episodes of Loud House, punishing Lincoln all because he wanted some peace and quiet, ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!? So of course the episode tries to actually make us believe that Lincoln deserved to be punished in the end, by throwing in a moral about not silencing out your family and spending time with them.... uh okay two major issues with your moral. First, the episode wants us to believe that each of the sisters also want some peace and quiet, even though the episode NEVER shows them being bothered by the noises from their other siblings, I can't really buy into your statement when you have NO proof to back this up! And second, the episode focuses more on Lincoln being needed for favors rather than missing out on anything important with the family, which would've done a better job at convincing the viewer of your botched moral you had set up! While I found almost all of the sisters unlikeable in this episode, Lola takes the cake for being the most cruel! If it wasn't for A Tattler's Tale or Undie Pressure Lola would've ended up being my least favorite sister right behind Lynn, the running gag of this episode is that if you make Lola angry at even the littlest of things, she will go extreme and ruin your life, and ALL of this is suppose to be comedy for some reason! I honestly feel bad for Lincoln, he did very little wrong and he is punished all for the stupidest of reasons.

While I've heard people defend this episode for saying that Lincoln deserved to be punished, I don't buy any of it for a second, especially with how everything is set up! Let's hope the writer's don't make an episode like this again, because I don't want Loud House to be turned into the modern day Spongebob that we all can't stand, you're better than this!!


 * 50.Making the Case



Once again we get another episode labeled as one of the worst episodes of all time, or at least season 1. Making the Case turns my stomach and angers me each time I watch it, originally my number 1 worst episode of season 1 before Green House and Sound of Silence angered me more overtime. Making The Case is an episode that at first glance seems like it'll focus on getting a trophy for something he's skilled at and what defines him as a character... but after the first few minutes it's made clear that Lincoln only wants a trophy, just because he wants a trophy. It's all for a superficial need and not because he deserves recognition for something he's clearly skilled at. He's jealous of the other trophies his sisters have and wants one, but here's the difference between Lincoln and his sisters in this case, they earned their trophies for things their good at and what makes them who they are as characters, Lincoln just wants a trophy not for something the defines him as a character but just for superficial reasons like looking better than everyone else. What I truly can't stand about this setup is the wasted potential right in front of the writers, you could've made an episode giving Lincoln some development and having him discover hobbies he excels at making him who he is as a character, but the writers quickly bowed out of that potential idea to instead give us a lame story focused on not bullying others online with embarrassing videos, which feels like something taken straight out of an after school special. In the process, Lincoln is dummed down acting out of character and coming off as unlikeable, though his sisters don't look much better either in this episode.

After they find out about the videos (which is never explained), they shun him out of their lives and act like they don't have a brother, which REALLY goes beyond being angry over some online videos and only seems to be here just to get the message across to the viewers, and they try WAY too hard at doing this. Cause here's the thing, Lincoln can take down the videos at anytime, yes Lucy said the damage has already been done but from what Lincoln posted the videos would quickly be forgotten in a day or two like most internet videos unless it's some viral trend, not to mention nobody at Lincoln's school really knows his sisters so they wouldn't have to worry much. Lincoln has gone through much worse than his sisters have and still wants to be a part of the family, and yet when videos of the sisters are out online they forget he exists and treat him like garbage, I don't see how ANY of this is remotely fair? Lincoln decides to make up for this by embarrassing himself with multiple videos of him doing weird things and posting them online, which puts Lincoln in a much worse situation since the videos stayed online and everyone at school knows him! The ending of course has Lincoln get something of a victory where he gets a custom trophy from the sisters with "Most Improved Brother" on it, as Lincoln finally has a trophy... for nothing that defines him as a character or for something he's actually good at doing. Yes, being a great brother is a good quality to have, but it's only a quality and not something that defines him more as a character, anybody can be a great brother so what makes Lincoln stand out so much!? His recognition is only for doing something nice for his sisters, not for something he's actually good at doing, making this episode connect with what it originally set up but also reminding me of the wasted potential for a great story we had!

Making The Case ends up being not only one of the worst episodes of the series but also the episode with the biggest waste of an interesting plot, I hope we actually see development with Lincoln as he'll learn what his dream in life really is, but I hope the writers don't make the same mistake again of screwing with it's audience and making the whole experience utterly pointless, Next!


 * 49.It's a Loud, Loud, Loud, Loud House



Ah what a surprise, another episode widely regarded as one of the most hated episodes of all time, so much so that most of my points I'll make for this episode have probably already been said. Still, It's a (4x) Loud House is one of the most unpleasant episodes I've ever sat through in the series, a story celebrating selfish behavior and greediness all in the name of "comedy" I assume. Pretty much everyone in this story is out of character, acting much like mini versions of Lori or Lola all for the sake of money, even if it's a quarter. Now look, I get why some people might like this episode, as it's all meant to be exaggerated since it's a cartoon and is trying to tell it's moral of how money can ruin those around you. But there's some major issues when it comes to this idea; firstly some of the sisters actually have part time jobs and could make money on their own, whether it's Luan's clown business or Lori's job at the arcade, or even Luna making some money performing for tips, why would they have to worry about money when they could EASILY make some on their own!? Another issue is that to get the point across of money ruining family, it makes more sense when that person or group of people have so much money they lose who they truly are and become selfish jerkwads to everyone who only care about their money, which has been done in other various forms of media and done better! This episode focuses on everyone scrambling for money and fighting over it, even if it's for a quarter! And I can tell you from experience growing up with two younger brothers, we hardly ever fought over money, it was usually what you earned you kept for yourself, which honestly I wish this episode took that idea instead since it makes more sense than the garbage we got here!

What's even worse is that for all of the actions the characters do, whether it's breaking things or hurting others, they show no remorse whatsoever for what they've done! And the worse example comes with Luna, where the writer decided to turn her into a colossal jerkwad who kicks Lincoln out brutally with her speakers, nice job nearly ruining my favorite character on the show, now MOST of the fans don't like Luna!! It's only until they rip the paper leading them to their money that they show SOME remorse for what they've done, and EVEN then it's not enough since they end up getting a lot of money anyways, and based off of what we witnessed in the past 11 minutes they don't deserve to be rewarded at all! The overall moral of this story doesn't feel deserved, as none of the characters truly feel terrible for how they've acted, and seem to have learned very little in this scenario!

I would say skip this episode at all costs, but I'm pretty sure you've already done that.

Okay now that the awful tier is done, let's move onto the Bad episodes. These are episodes that annoyed me more than outright angered me, but still they're episodes I can't see myself revisiting anytime soon.

Bad Tier

 * 48.Two Boys and a Baby



This episode REALLY annoyed me most recently, and it's for largely the same reason why I hated Making the Case so much, it's an episode with a potentially great idea that bows out for a predictable and utterly bland story. Basically, the episode is about Lincoln and Clyde taking care of Lily while everyone is away, and honestly this story had potential to be something really good, with Lincoln not only taking care of Lily but also spending time together and developing their relationship, this all could've worked... but it doesn't exactly happen like that. Lincoln is only taking care of Lily to avoid going to Aunt Ruth's unlike everyone else. The problem with this is the framing, cause how Lincoln acts throughout the first 5 minutes is completely misleading, his attitude is so smug and disgusting, acting like it's a luxury to stay home and take care of Lily as he finds it to be the better option. In other words, this episode abandons all the other episodes where Lincoln could easily take care of Lily, and we're suppose to buy into how this is Lincoln's first time taking care of Lily which I'm sorry I don't buy into that crap at all! It seems like the writer only did this so that Lincoln is punished in the episode and how he gets a taste of his own medicine, which I can't buy into because this episode EXPECTS me to believe that Lincoln has never taken care of Lily before! And if that wasn't enough, Lincoln is STILL punished in the end and has to go stay with Aunt Ruth since the writers shoe-horned in a random chicken pox incident that doesn't fit at all with this episode, and it seems like ALL of this was only here so that Lincoln is properly punished for acting smug towards everyone and taking the easy way out, which AGAIN I don't believe this at all!!

Aside from that, the rest of the episode is nothing interesting at all, we get gross out humor involving diapers cause hey it's Lily, and very little in the way of the two spending anytime together, which I originally wanted for this episode! Clyde is also in this episode and he offers nothing to the story aside from suffering the same torture as Lincoln, and again everything that happens in this episode is predictable and by-the-numbers with Lincoln and Clyde trying to take care of Lily and make sure she's safe. Just like with Making the Case this is an episode that wastes a potentially great story to only cop out and deliver a poorly framed story and a collection of toilet jokes that honestly make me cringe. If you like this episode, I can kinda of understand, but for me I'll easily skip this one!


 * 47.No Guts, No Glori



This might be a surprise to some that this episode is in the bad tier and pretty close to the awful tier, and while many have found this to just be an okay episode, No Guts No Glori to me is one of the most frustrating and quite possibly the most pointless episode of Season 1. It's an episode that starts and finishes with nothing being accomplished and no outcome coming out of it whatsoever, even so the episode had the possibility of having some kind of moral for the characters to learn or at least some consequences to come for some of the stuff that goes down! Basically this episode is about Lori babysitting all the siblings and ruling it with an iron fist, as she's dedicated to make sure everyone is miserable throughout the night while the parents are away. To be honest, this is actually a somewhat decent setup for Lori to get some justified payback for being such a tyrant with her siblings, but after she gets tied up and locked away all the siblings go nuts and Lincoln is now in charge, cause of the plot of course why else would he be in charge anyways? At first it's all fun, until it all becomes out of control and all the sisters (even the older sisters) become dumb little kids, especially when they don't realize how much damage they're doing to their house and laugh at Lincoln demanding them to stop being so childish. Here's my first major problem with the second half, the writer thinks it's necessary to lower the IQ of all the sisters so Lincoln somehow gets payback for overthrowing Lori, and what results are the sisters at their near worst, why did you have to make the older sisters dumb they should be smart enough to realize what they're doing it just making a mess and ruining the house!?

It's also not a good sign for this episode when a fanfiction using a plot similar to this is SO much better than this! Mostly cause the sisters actually suffer some consequences for their actions and Lori's bossiness isn't played up to obnoxious levels like it is here. Instead, this episode seems to make us believe that Lori's bossy behavior is really the only way to keep everyone in check, and the episode ends with nothing being accomplished and everyone is back in the same place they were previously, in other words everything I just witnessed was completely pointless! Say what you will about how over-the-top Suite and Sour was, but at least the siblings realized what they did was wrong and wanted to make up for ruining their parents weekend (even if it was originally the parents fault). In No Guts, No Glori the characters are wild and over the top, yet they suffer no consequences and don't realize how insane they've been acting! I can't be completely mad at this episode and I'm really just more annoyed and frustrated as a whole, cause it's a filler episode with nothing to offer, next!


 * 46.Raw Deal



Sorry AnimationFan15 I know you really like this episode, but Raw Deal is such an unpleasant and unenjoyable episode. With Karla Sakas Shropshire writing this one, who has also been responsible for garbage episodes like Two Boys and a Baby and Making the Case, and it honestly doesn't surprise me that this writer created this piece of crap! Cause really, the ONE joke this episode has is that Lincoln is scared of possible death (they don't say death, but when someone says that my day will end in tragedy, I assume it's death). I really don't see the comedy in Lincoln being scared throughout the entire 11 minutes of possibly dying, it's a joke that wasn't funny to begin with and the fact that they repeat this as their ONLY joke for the rest of the episode just left me cringing! What's even worse is that no one seems to be concerned for Lincoln and just ignore him for the entire episode, with Lisa being the closest to concerned but even then she's just more flabbergasted by Lucy's fortune cards than anything else. Now I will say that it's not all entirely Lucy's fault cause all she did was read Lincoln his fortune which he wanted, but considering that she was aware of this and does NOTHING to help Lincoln shows that she really couldn't care less about her brother! And no, having Lincoln watch the geyser go off in the distance does NOT make up for everything else that just happened in the episode! Just like with my previous picks in the bad tier I'm more annoyed with this episode, Raw Deal doesn't anger me the same way Sakas' other episodes have done with me previously, but it still disgusts me that people would actually find this kind of cruelty all that enjoyable. Thank god we had the sequel Another Raw Deal to help clear things up, cause otherwise I have no point in checking this out ever again, ugh!


 * 45.Space Invader



I can already imagine getting plenty of hate from fans of Lynn for having this episode in my bad tier, especially since the reception on this episode has mostly been positive and is widely considered a favorite episode of season 1 among some of the users. However, this doesn't distract me with tearing into this annoying piece of attempted comedy that is also a perfect example of why Lynn is my LEAST favorite character on the show, yes even worse than Clyde and Lori I find Lynn worse! The setup for this episode is pretty basic, Lynn and Lucy get in a fight so Lynn decides to bunk with Lincoln against his will, quickly annoying him with random wrestling matches, loud snoring, and dutch ovens... okay I have to ask, how is this anything close to being funny!? Just like what I said about some of my previous picks applies here to, we end up getting yet another Lincoln torture episode despite the fact that he didn't even do ANYTHING wrong in fact he was actually the good guy in this entire scenario. Lynn is really the one to blame for why I dislike this episode so much, as she seems to have no awareness whatsoever to Lincoln being miserable in this whole situation and is either A.) completely delusional in the head and can't comprehend common sense or B.) She KNOWS that Lincoln isn't enjoying this and is just going to keep doing all the things that annoy him just for her own amusement. Either way it doesn't make her look good at all! And don't even get me started on her attempts at comedy, which might be even worse than Clyde's attempts to be the funny sidekick to Lincoln. I've gone on record saying that I'm not a big fan of gross humor or forced physical comedy and half the jokes in this episode are just that! From Lynn giving Lincoln dutch ovens to wrestling with Lincoln against his will, or that "Balls" joke she makes when describing Lincoln's room that feels like a failed attempt at a hidden innuendo and doesn't fit in this episode or isn't even funny to begin with! The only joke that works is early in the episode when Leni is brushing her hair and the comment Lori makes to distract her from getting "perfect hair" was pretty cute.

Now this takes us to the second half of the episode, where Lincoln plans to get Lynn and Lucy to make up which ends up failing because of course it does. So Lincoln finally breaks and tells the two to make up and quit being childish over all of this... and he gets a meatball in the face from Lynn, ONCE again this episode highlights why I can't stand Lynn in most episodes but I've already made it pretty clear by now. This causes a foodfight and both Lynn and Lucy make up, but because of Lynn being a jerk ... the food fight turning their room into a mess, the two are forced to share a room with Lincoln for the night. So in the end, Space Invader winds up being an annoying episode with unfunny jokes and too much of a focus on Lynn. I'm sure fans of Lynn won't care about this and will still enjoy this episode regardless of my opinion, but if Lynn is asking to sleep in my room for the night I'll gladly say "No" and slam the door straight in her face.


 * 44.In Tents Debate



Originally this episode was in my awful tier for a while, but after experiencing worst episodes I've cooled a bit on In Tents Debate. That being said, I still find this episode to be a typical Lincoln torture episode with weak humor and a HORRIBLE ending which will be what I'll mostly talk about cause everything else doesn't piss me off as much. Basically Lincoln is the deciding final vote for what their family vacation will be, so now he must figure out which place he'll pick even despite how one half of his sisters will be upset and the other will be happy. I didn't find anything particularly interesting or engaging with this episode, not only that the comedy in this episode is very weak, which is something to expect in a Lincoln torture episode.

But now let's get to the part that really annoyed me to the point that I would put this episode in my bad tier, the ending. Basically Lincoln realizes it's his fault for why his sisters are fighting with each other since he used them to relax, so he decides to fix everything by picking their original vacation choice, Scratchy Bottom Campground. All of this would've been fine... but then Lincoln is used as the girls whipping boy  servant to make sure they're not miserable even though he ends up having a horrible time on THEIR vacation! Now I get the idea the writer was going for, Lincoln was going to make up for the girls pampering him, but the difference is that 10 people were pampering 1 person in ways that don't really look that difficult, in this scenario 1 person is pampering 10 people in a way that's WAY more difficult than before, I don't see how ANY of this is fair!! Even worse all of the sisters act so smug and self-entitled for Lincoln to take care of them, making me want to slap them in the face for their nasty behavior especially since they were responsible for also torturing Lincoln throughout the rest of the episode! Lincoln had his heart in the right place for making this up for his sisters but his way of doing so was WAY too much, you do realize this is your vacation too right?! The moral of this episode also seems to be about not being selfish and using your family for personal needs, but it's hard to buy into it when the sisters use Lincoln just for their own personal need and don't even feel grateful about it and make his situation so much worse!! Ugh, this episode just makes me feel disgusted with the characters, let's just hope we don't get episodes like this again, skip it!


 * 43.One of the Boys



And now we've come to this episode, probably the most controversial episode of season 1 and one of the most polarizing episodes in the series. That being said, this episode has managed to spawn quite a bit of attention in the fandom, from discussions to countless artwork pictures of the genderbents. All of that with the added bonus of some controversy on whether or not this episode is sexist, which I'll discuss in a little bit. But as a whole I find One of the Boys to be a disgustingly unfunny and unpleasant episode with a predictable story that ends up being poorly executed. The plot is pretty simple, Lincoln wonders what it would be like if he had 10 brothers instead of 10 sisters, so he gets to experience this and visit an alternate dimension where now all his sisters are now his brothers. At first, Lincoln has a great time until he realizes how much he can't stand it as his brothers proof to be so much more unbearable. Here's my first major issue with the episode and that comes with how they portray both boys and girls, the writing portrays each gender in such a stereotypical and borderline sexist way (yes, I actually believe this episode is a little sexist you're going to have to follow me on this one) that it utterly disgusts me that the writer wants to use stereotypes that would in fact cause some controversy making me wonder if that was the entire point. Basically this episode says that all girls of different ages are overbearing and uptight while all boys of different ages are gross and inconsiderate, I know Fairy Odd Parents did this before with one of their Valentines Day specials but WHY would you do that with the characters here, they are SO much better!? It also seemed like this was only done for comedy, which doesn't work since nothing in this episode is funny at all, as we're given so much gross humor that it's cringe-inducing everytime I re-watch this episode!

Now to be fair, this was also done so that Lincoln can realize that he misses being with his sisters but the problem is how it's executed, cause it seems less like Lincoln actually misses his sisters and more that he can't stand being with his brothers, I feel so little sympathy for Lincoln in this scenario cause to be honest he got what he wanted and he doesn't feel like he misses his sisters at all, it feels more forced than anything else! Which is a shame since the moral of this story could've actually worked it had a nice idea, even though they STILL had to end it with Lincoln's sisters mad at him... and Lynn pulling his pants down, why is she so loved by the fans again!? In other words, I can't stand watching this episode and plan to avoid it at all costs, I honestly hope none of the writers make an episode with bad stereotypes like this EVER again!!


 * 42.The Sweet Spot



Hello again Kevin Sullivan long time no care, just like with In Tents Debate this episode was in my awful tier but I ended up putting it in the bad tier cause I cooled on The Sweet Spot and don't entirely hate the episode, just mostly it's second half that nearly ruins the episode for me. I like the setup where Lincoln wants to make sure he gets a seat in the van that he calls "the sweet spot" and he wants to make sure it all goes according to plan, the pacing of it's first half is solid and I can somewhat relate to Lincoln's experiences in a crowded car on long road trips all he's trying to do is make the experience better for himself without bothering everyone else, even Clyde is used well in this episode he didn't bother me. So with all that why do I have this episode in the bad tier... well that comes with it's second half.

The sisters find out about Lincoln's plan and immediately fight like wild animals over a spot... ALL of this over a spot!! Because of this everyone turns into dumb little children over something so meaningless, maybe this could've worked if the comedy was there but it just wasn't due to the utterly nasty behavior from everyone, and because of their behavior it causes the van to basically fall apart and they all can't go on their road trip. What I also can't stand about this episode is how little remorse they feel for not only ruining their trip but also ruining their family van, disappointing their parents, and hurting each other over a freaking SPOT!! The episode ends where nobody learns anything and nobody feels bad about what they've done, showing that the writer just gave up halfway through and wanted to quickly end this episode like he didn't even care! In other words, this episode had potential to be decent but quickly soured on me with it's ugly and awful second half, next!


 * 41.Lincoln Loud: Girl Guru



I don't have much to say with this episode since everything that's bad about it is way too obvious to point out. Lincoln is way over his head believing that living with 10 sisters will give the boys at school great advice on girls. The idea for this episode really made me cringe, not only is it painfully predictable but it gives me an uneasy feeling everytime I watch the first half of the episode building itself up for it's second half, since I already know what will happen and I'm not looking forward to witnessing it. To be fair, Lincoln is properly punished for giving out advice that embarrassed everyone at school, but much like In Tents Debate the ending has Lincoln suffering too much for his actions, only difference is that in this episode it's more justified and makes more sense but just barely. I'm also really not a fan of the moral of this episode, basically saying that in order to solve some of your issues the best thing to do is have yourself become a punching bag for those who are mad at you (for the case of this metaphor, Lincoln is used as a target to have pies thrown at him), it really sends such a mixed message for kids saying that it's okay to be bullied and humiliated from others, if they're mad at you for some reason, not cool! It also doesn't help that there's little to no comedy to be seen, with the only visible joke being that all of Lincoln's sisters love to eat chocolate... and oh god I'm getting flashbacks to One of the Boys!! Was it really necessary to put all the sisters in an unfunny stereotypical trait that all girls are in love with eating chocolate, it feels overdone and not clever at all! And Clyde is in this episode and does nothing to stand out or be interesting, but that's something to expect at this point with his character. In the end, this episode did annoy me but not as much as the episodes previously on this list, I found myself more checked out and uninterested than anything else. Hopefully once I'm through I'll forget this episode even existed, like most of the fans will.


 * 40.April Fools Rules



Okay seriously, this was released first as a Luan centered episode and NOT Funny Business? That's just wrong on so many levels, especially when the writers for this episode are the same ones who did Lincoln Loud: Girl Guru, not exactly a great sign to come for any episodes they've done! I'll also be upfront and say that this episode almost made me HATE Luan as a character in the series, her character is so horribly written that I almost forgot about all the things that made me really like her! Luan has always been at her best when she's played up for being more dorky and down to earth with her comedy, her gags for the most part are innocent and not taken seriously she's never had an intent to hurt anyone. But this episode throws all that away by making it her goal to not only deeply embarrass her family but even hurt them physically, without feeling any remorse other than delivering a bad pun to try and ease the moment... but really all you do is just make things worse than they already are! Lincoln goes through so much torture at the hands of Luan that it disgusts me that she doesn't feel bad for hurting her brother especially with all the physical abuse he goes through (they could've done an episode showing the consequences of some of these "pranks" Luan did, but it might be too much for Loud House to accomplish.) all because it's April Fools Day! I haven't seen many April Fools episodes but a better comparison to this episode would be Fools in April from Spongebob Squarepants WAY back in Season 1. Spongebob was making jokes and pranks that were all innocent and not meant to hurt anyone, but since Squidward got annoyed from all the pranks that he decided to pull one on Spongebob that ends up deeply embarrassing him in public and makes him upset for how cruel the prank was. So Squidward feels bad in the end and tries to apologize since it was clear that his prank went over the line. This is how you do it Loud House, make an episode where a prank leads to someone hurt physically or emotionally and the person who pulled the prank must realize how much it actually hurts. April Fools Rules doesn't do that since the writers believe that taking Luan's pranks up to the level of Jacka** stunts is the best thing for this episode or the funniest thing to provide! Really there's only one joke that works and it doesn't even come from Luan, but from Leni, when she mistakes drawing straws for actually drawing straws on a piece of paper. This was actually a funny moment and the only funny moment in this episode, when a Luan centered episode can't get the jokes right for Luan and one of the side characters ends up being funnier than Luan (the comedian of the family), you know you're doing a poor job!

The only reason why this episode isn't close to my awful tier is that Lincoln is actually rewarded for doing the right thing, Ronnie Anne comes over and appreciates what Lincoln did, even giving Luan some (but very little) payback with a pie to the face. Aside from that and Leni's drawing straws joke, this episode is unbearable with it's attempts to make Luan the star of her own episode and failing in spectacular fashion, if you're a real fan of Luan you'll skip this episode and watch Funny Business instead (a much better episode that'll be showing up later on this list), skip it!!


 * 39.Sleuth or Consequences



And to close out the bad tier we have an episode a bunch of you are probably wondering what took it so long to get here, considering how widely hated Sleuth or Consequences is. And once again we have Whitney Wetta and Sammie Crowley back at this AGAIN after Lincoln Loud: Girl Guru and April Fools Rules... joy. Here's the thing about Sleuth or Consequences is that for how flawed this episode is, I actually found some positives that kept me somewhat coming back to episode and for me to not entirely hate it. The biggest positive is Lucy, I really liked her in this episode for not only having the funniest moments (her interrogation scene with Lola was flat out hilarious especially with how much Lucy was into the whole thing and Lola unfazed by the whole incident) but because we got some real character depth that makes sense for her character. When it's discovered that Lucy clogged the toilet it was by accident since we learn that she enjoys reading Princess Pony, she reads privately in fear that if her sisters found out she would never hear the end of it, considering how they only see Lucy for being all about darkness and horror. This scenario makes sense and we feel for Lucy, she never intended to clog the toilet, and because of her actions she's scared to tell the truth and face the humiliation from others showing us that Lucy has some issues hidden in her. Lincoln see's this and realizes that Lucy deep down is sheltered and not great at opening up for people (even her own family), and the fact that Lincoln takes the blame for it all really shows strong development between the two as she appreciates what Lincoln did, and Lincoln shows that he's willingly to help his sister(s) in a tough situation no matter how embarrassing it might be. I really enjoyed those parts of the episode and they keep this episode from making me outright hate it.

HOWEVER, let's not skip around the fact that this is one of the most mean spirited episodes of Loud House ever! Lincoln goes through so much for doing so little wrong and gets treated like crap from everyone (except Lucy of course) all for NOTHING!! First we have the beginning where all the sisters laugh at Lincoln's costume and make fun of him, we get a situation that could've potentially worked but ends up failing. Here's some notes to take on writing a scenario involving a character made fun of for their appearance; if your going to set up a scene where someone walks in with a silly outfit on, you need to make sure the outfit that person is wearing is both funny to not just the other characters but the audience ourselves. The best example of this is (and your going to have to follow me on this one) the episode of Friends "The One with the Halloween Party" back in Season 8. When one of the characters walked into a scene dressed as Sput-nick (Here's the scene to help you get a better idea, skip to the 3:12 mark in the video) which looks like a piece of crap with a bowl for the head, the outfit looks really silly not just to the characters but to the audience ourselves, and how it's framed shows that the other characters aren't willingly to spew comments right away but wait for an explanation so then the jokes (which aren't too mean spirited and more silly) can hit harder and connect better. Which leads to my other point is that the comments that the other characters make should either be clever or just plain silly, not to mention you should keep it short and sweet. Don't EVER make the comments hurtful or mean-spirited (and extended laughter from the characters doesn't help), otherwise it's too much and we lose the comedy in the situation. Back to the scene with the sisters laughing at Lincoln in his costume, this scene fails because the comments the sisters make play off more as mean-spirited schoolyard taunts that forget to be ridiculous, and the costume Lincoln is wearing isn't silly or funny to the audience. Going back to what I said earlier, we as the audience need to find the humor in the costume Lincoln is wearing otherwise we won't get the joke, and if Lincoln's sisters are laughing hysterically at his costume when the audience can't find it funny, then it's just an awkward and unpleasant scene even if it's meant to be intentional.

Moving on from there, the toilet is discovered to be clogged and everyone blames Lincoln, even despite the episode including flashbacks as evidence for why the sisters would blame Lincoln, it all feels forced because based of previous episodes Lincoln wouldn't do those things in the flashbacks. It expects us to believe that Lincoln would act out of character in the flashbacks and do things that any normal person would already know are stupid ideas! What's even worse is that aside from Lucy and Lincoln, everyone else is out of character with each of them all being cruel and angry even the nicer sisters like Leni and Luna, why would you include them in this scenario!? Throughout the episode they provide very little to redeem themselves or stand-out (even though Luan's sleeping joke was pretty cute) until the ending...

When Lincoln takes the blame for the Princess Pony book, everyone is shocked at first but then quickly find the situation hilarious with Lori promising to "make fun of Lincoln for the rest of his life over this". Lincoln is grounded and the other sisters are free as they act so grateful about it... oh go SCREW OFF you jerkwards, you deserved to be grounded after what you've done in this episode!! And the episode ends with a poop joke from Lynn, I'm sure that was only in here just for the Lynn fans, disgusting! Aside from all of that, the rest of the episode isn't much better, the whole mystery is very bland and the comedic moments fall flat all throughout, even despite a couple of shining moments I mentioned earlier. But the biggest issue I have with this episode is how we don't learn much else about Ace Savvy, the comic series Lincoln loves so much is briefly mentioned in the beginning and then quickly forgotten once the plot kicks in. I would've been much more interested in an episode focused on Lincoln actually going to the convention over this whole damn episode, dead serious! Add onto the fact that despite how awful the sisters were in this episode, they get away with no consequences for their rude behavior, and yet Lincoln has to suffer ALL of the consequences for doing nothing!! I also would like to point out how much I can't stand it when the writers make episodes where ALL of the sisters are against Lincoln while he's all alone with no support (though sometimes he has Clyde but does anyone actually want that?), where they stick together for some dumb reason like "sisters always come together over Lincoln" or some bullcrap like that. I wish we had episodes where at least one or two of Lincoln's sisters are willing to back him up and go against the other sisters, especially if it's from Luna, Leni, or any of the other nicer sisters depending on the situation at hand. Seeing all of them agree to be mad at Lincoln even if he did nothing wrong is just plain annoying to me, and it takes away what the sisters are normally like which is never a good thing!

Even despite the positives I found with this episode, there's still plenty of negatives that piss me off about Sleuth or Consequences that land it right here in the Bad tier. If you've never seen the episode continue to make it your goal to never to see it, I'd recommend the rewritten version or the episode's sequel over this at all costs!

And now I finished all the episodes that I consider the worst, time to move onto the more tolerable but sometimes forgettable episodes that I consider "meh" not bad but not great either.

Meh Tier

 * 38.A Tale of Two Tables



To start off the meh tier, we have an episode so painfully boring that it was pretty close to making my bad tier. Now as an episode "A Tale of Two Tables" isn't terrible, the setup is interesting enough about Lincoln wanting to sit at the grownup table, but one flaw I have with this setup is that a kid wanting to sit at a grownup table sounds more like something meant for a special event or party, having it be for regular dinner isn't that relatable to me since me and my family all sat together at the table. Everything about this episode is bland and the characters seem to know that since the majority of the siblings are dead eyed with nothing to offer (although Lola pretending to be a vampire with french fries was really cute) which ends being a big waste on the more fun characters on the show. Most of the energy this episode has comes from Clyde helping Lincoln... and WOW I couldn't stand him in this episode. A Tale of Two Tables is a great example showing how the writers are pushing Clyde to become a fun character way too much, while training Lincoln to become more grownup and sit at the adult table, he seems to forced into the spotlight to provide comedy (which should never happen since Clyde is terrible at being the funny sidekick) with his instructions that I assume are meant to be funny, but they've been done in various other comedies before and don't feel fresh in this scenario. And what's worse is everything is predictable, Lincoln regrets sitting at the adult table and does everything possible to sit back at the kids tables, basically Lincoln is back to where he was before. Now unlike "No Guts, No Glori" where it started and ended with nothing happening or with the characters learning nothing out of the situation, at least with this episode Lincoln does learn not to grow up so fast and enjoy being young, which as a moral is decently well told. Still, this episode is too boring for me to care about, (the episode is written by Michael Rubiner, and compared to his disaster of an episode "Sound of Silence" at least this episode is tolerable and watchable) which can also be said about...


 * 37.Out on a Limo



Well here we go, an episode widely regarded as one of the worst episodes of all time by SO many of the users on here. And... this is it, really? After hearing so many negative opinions on Out on a Limo I was expecting something on the level of The Green House, instead we get a pretty forgettable episode that doesn't really annoy me that much but doesn't bring anything out of me. Now I get why people do hate this episode, Lincoln is a complete jerk throughout most of this episode, but at least the episode properly punishes him for his arrogance (though maybe a little too much of a punishment) and Lincoln learns a valuable lesson in all this, which I think all this episode was trying to do was teach the viewers not to treat others like garbage when you get a taste of the rich life and for that I give props to Alec Schwimmer for pulling it off well enough. The other reason people hate this episode is the character of Tetherby, and honestly I don't hate this character. Yeah I'm not joking, I don't like the character but I can't muster any hate for this guy because it's clear he's the antagonist of this story and he's only in the story so Lincoln can learn the message this episode has. He's arrogant, snobby, and smug as all hell but come on cartoons have potrayed rich folks like this for decades it's something to expect. And unlike the inconsiderate and often annoying Lynn, Tetherby is only in this episode and he at least gets something of a punishment I don't expect to see him in any other episodes unless some kind of episode calls for his character to return. Otherwise, I don't care for this episode much, the story is predictable but it's moral is well executed (though I do wish when Lincoln was in the trash cans outside of Tetherby's with the news reporter filming him, the sisters could've at least seen Lincoln on the news and realize that he's learned his lesson and suffered enough). Still this episode leaves nothing with me in the end and the hatred is kinda of ridiculous, if you hate Out on a Limo that's fine everyone is a critic, but for me it's only kinda of okay.


 * 36.Hand-Me-Downer



Oh wow it does not surprise me at all that Michael Rubiner wrote this episode, cause Hand-Me-Downer is such a bland and boring episode. The plot is simple with nothing to offer in terms of entertainment, Lincoln switches his girly hand me down bike with Lynn's more cool looking bike, and everything you think will happen does happen. That being said there are a few positives, Lynn is at least tolerable in this episode (though that gag of throwing her old jock strap at Lincoln wasn't funny at all) she didn't get on my nerves and wasn't trying to annoy Lincoln, and when she's mad at him it at least makes sense since Lincoln stole her bike and lost it. The only other positive comes in the moral of this story which I do like, saying that you should make the best out the hand-me-downs given to you, (and unlike Sleuth or Consequences the flashbacks make sense for the characters and UNLIKE Sound of Silence the episode at least shows us evidence to back up it's moral) that's a good message to take away from this episode and I can relate to it. But as a whole, I mostly forgot that this episode existed until now and I'll probably continue to forget about it.


 * 35.Come Sale Away



Everything about this episode feels so by the numbers and predictable, it's an episode about the siblings holding a contest to see who can sell the most items at their garage sale. Unlike my previous picks I did find some entertainment out of this episode, I enjoyed some of the dialogue from some of the characters (especially from Leni when she attempts to trash talk Lana or mistakes a doormat for Lily's blanket which did make me laugh) and the pacing of this episode at least kept in engaged. However, by the third act everyone end up putting their differences aside cause they accidentally sold Lily's blanket, the issue I have is that the characters learn their lesson not cause it was wrong but because they do it for Lily, I get that she's a baby but don't use her as an excuse to resolve the main conflict it just strikes me as lazy storytelling. Not only that, but we also got an overlong and unfunny sequence of the siblings twerking all around the living room which is just... no!! (Though this video does make the scene a lot more entertaining) And it illustrates that nobody seemed to learn anything out of this whole scenario since it's suggested that they still love to compete against each other and... show off their butts shaking when they win, what!?!? Not a terrible episode I found some enjoyment out of it but it's far from great and overall not an episode that'll stick with me.


 * 34.Chore and Peace



Once again we have an episode where it's main conflict is resolved all for Lily, again the writer of this episode (which to my surprise is Alec Schwimmer) decided to lazily end it's third act with having Lily be the reason why and not because what they're doing is wrong, please STOP doing this! What also needs to stop is this whole "all the sisters band together to stop Lincoln while he's all alone" nonsense since none of the sisters back him up at all, it didn't work for any of the episodes before and it doesn't work here at all! Though to be fair, it is a scenario that does make more sense and I can relate to everyone getting a chore and one person not enjoying it, but my big issue comes with why Lincoln can't switch his job with someone else's, Lori explains that if one person switches a position it messes up the whole flow, but the episode NEVER gives us evidence to back up that statement or show us what could possibly happen if Lincoln switched with Luna or Leni's positions (and if Lincoln wanted to make his job easier he could've just gotten another garbage bag if the one he had was too heavy or full to carry). Otherwise, the episode is okay I found some of the gags funny (the best being Lola literally covered in garbage trying to look cute for the television reporter, and the farting noise when she blinks had me laughing) and the situation getting worse and worse was amusing (although Lola and Lori both chasing after Lincoln was uncalled for) especially when Lisa's garbage monster became full size. So overall, there were positives and negatives to round this up to being a kinda of okay episode.


 * 33.The Loudest Yard



And to piss off more of the Lynn fans we have the episode that was said by many to be "the episode that made me love Lynn as a character" but to me this episode is not very interesting. For starters, I find the reason for Lincoln playing football to be kinda of really stupid, yes kids need exercise but we have something in schools called PE to help them, not to mention forcing kids to play sports would seem more appropriate when they're like 8 or 9 when they need to find hobbies they could possibly be good at, not when they're almost in middle school. But whatever we needed something to get the plot setup, so Lynn decides to help Lincoln prepare to play football. And the part of the episode that many Lynn fans would argue with me and say "well what about Loudest Yard Lynn was being super nice to Lincoln in that episode, making her the best ever!" or comments similar to that, I have reasons to back up that Lynn wasn't exactly being a sweetheart. While Lynn had good intentions to train Lincoln she should've realized that her training methods weren't exactly effective since Lincoln kept failing (though that nod to Peanuts with the football and Lucy was cute) but the episode never does that since in the second half Lynn decides to take Lincoln's place for the games. Again, many fans of Lynn will argue that she was being thoughtful and kind-hearted for doing this, until you realize in the episode that Lynn is doing this less because she loves Lincoln as family and more because she wants to show how awesome she is at football and rub it in Lincoln's face. And in the end, Lincoln ends up playing and is chased by his team for losing the game after scoring the final point for the other team so at least Lincoln got what he deserved for lying to everyone. Still, the lesson in this episode doesn't feel earned as it seems more like Lincoln is forced to learn this moral and doesn't take anything away from his actions. The best part of this episode is Luna performing at the final game and smashing her guitar on stage, otherwise I don't care for this episode and don't hate it either it's just nothing to me, pass!


 * 32.Heavy Meddle



My opinion on this episode is mixed let's start with that, and I'm certain the reception on this episode is also quite mixed as well. The positives for this episode include some humorous moments particularly with Leni, I laughed at the moment she asked where her desk lamp is only to realize it was actually on her desk with her response being "so smart" to me that was the funniest part of this episode. And I will give credit and say that I enjoy how this episode is the start of Lincoln and Ronnie Anne's relationship, I find the two cute together and this episode did start the relationship with them somewhat. However, I still have some negatives that really hurt this episode, for as much as I can't stand it when all the sisters are against Lincoln I'm also not a fan of all the sisters being overprotective of Lincoln, because having all the sisters set to the same mood is strikingly out of character and doesn't fit. there needs to be an even balance! For me keep Leni and Luna as the nicest (and maybe throw Lucy and Lily in there as well) have Luan, Lana and Lisa be neutral with Lincoln and keep Lori, Lynn, and Lola as the meanest (but make sure when they're mean it's not taken too far or played as obnoxious) so that way it's an even balance and everyone stays in character!! While I appreciated Lincoln's sisters helping him, they suffer the same problem as Lynn in all her episodes, they aren't aware that the actions they do could really make things worse! But my biggest problem comes in the second half when it's revealed that Lincoln's bully is actually a girl and the sisters lose their mind over it, why!?!? Just because Hey Arnold did this over a decade ago doesn't mean it should still be used in cartoons, the whole "girl bullies have crushes on their victims" thing needs to die cause in real life that doesn't actually happen! The sisters then become complete idiots and are once again out of character before turning into a sister-nado which really was painfully unfunny (along with that whole forecast thing Lincoln was doing, where was the joke in all that?) and by that point I've started to become really annoyed with this episode! Still I don't hate this episode and thinking about it I find Heavy Meddle to be more of a forgettable episode, with it's positives and negatives weighing in for an overall okay episode, at best.


 * 31.Save the Date



Just like with Heavy Meddle my thoughts on this episode are mixed cause I have positives and negatives to say, and no surprise this episode was written by Karla Sakas Shropshire though it isn't nearly as bad as the ones she's done in my bad and awful tier. I liked the progression in Lincoln and Ronnie Anne's relationship and I do like the moral of this episode about how "words can really hurt someone" and Lincoln realizes this at the end. Plus the ending was cute and satisfying to everything going on. But just like with Heavy Meddle the negatives really do hurt this episode, for starters Lori was terrible from beginning to end acting like a total baby over something that Lincoln had no idea he even did to her, all because he said some nasty things to Ronnie (even if he wasn't aware of her presence) now means that Lori wants to physically hurt Lincoln and force him to suck up to Ronnie and apologize not because Lori feels bad for Ronnie but so she can get back together with Bobby, you seriously care more for your boyfriend over your freaking brother WHAT!?!? And somehow the episode is suppose to make us feel sorry for Lori and feel scorn for Lincoln, which I don't buy at all considering how Lori acts! But even then she's not the worst character in this episode, that comes with Clyde... and WOW I couldn't stand him! He was suppose to help Lincoln and yet spent the majority of this episode sabotaging the date by being a total jerk to Bobby and trying to impress Lori, as this episode proves ONCE again that Clyde should not do comedy because we're all suppose to find this funny, and unless you're a small child who easily laughs at everything I wouldn't be surprised if I wasn't the only one who bashed the comedy coming from this episode since it's awful! But my biggest issue aside from Clyde, Lori, and the general unpleasant feeling of this episode, is that everything happening is ALL out of convenience, from Ronnie hearing Lincoln say those mean things about her (twice by the way) to Bobby being Ronnie Anne's older brother causing Lori to be dumped by him to Lincoln's "friends" (though let's be honest kids this lacking in personality shouldn't be given that title) showing up on the date, you might as well call this "Butterfly Effect Part 2" since everything happening is almost through a chain of events caused by Lincoln! Overall, this episode has some good qualities and some bad qualities leading to this being only kinda of okay, but then again what would you expect with the polarizing reception of this episode?


 * 30.Picture Perfect



My thoughts on this episode are pretty straightforward, I have positives and negatives that help and hurt this episode without ever getting too annoying. I like the pacing of this episode with Lincoln trying to get everyone ready to take a nice picture and I found some of the moments humorous. But the moral of this episode doesn't fit whatsoever, the message about being yourself doesn't apply for an episode where you're trying to look nice for a picture, sometimes you have to put your usual antics aside so you can make something lovely for others. And I didn't like how in the second half we're suppose to be mad at Lincoln and feel sorry for the sisters, even though throughout the episode they're going against the idea of taking a family picture and just making things worse for Lincoln and we're suppose to feel sorry for you girls!?!? Otherwise, this is a kinda of decent episode but not one I plan on revisiting, sorry.


 * 29.Linc or Swim



Just like Picture Perfect my thoughts on this episode are very straightforward, I have positives and negatives but nothing too overwhelming, this is actually kinda of an improvement from Shropshire's previous episodes. I like the comedic moments in the second half of this episode, with the standout going to Luan trying to play Marco Polo with Leni which I found really funny (I seriously hope we get more episodes with these two as the focus that would be awesome) and I appreciate the message of this episode about how it's better spending time with your family over spending time alone (Linc or Swim gets this message across much better than Sound of Silence ever did) I enjoyed that overall. But my biggest issue with this episode is the same with The Whole Picture, the second half wants us to believe that Lincoln is the antagonist of this story and that we should feel sorry for the sisters for getting kicked out, even though again they were making things worse for Lincoln! I honestly feel more sorry for Lincoln since he didn't even get to enjoy being in an actual pool and had to settle for buying a smaller one for himself, and then he couldn't cannonball and when he did cannonball into the other pool it ends up getting destroyed because somehow we're suppose to see Lincoln as the villain in this episode!! Really a simple re-write of the third act could've easily fixed this by having the sisters actually feel bad for hogging Lincoln's pool and he would still learn a lesson in all this! But as a whole I find this episode fine enough, not terrible but not great just only kinda of okay.


 * 28.Butterfly Effect



This episode has been widely regarded as one of the best episodes in the entire series by several users, and I'm put in an awkward place to say that I don't really buy into all the hype. I don't hate this episode but I don't like it either, my overall opinion is that this episode just isn't for me at all. I find it too chaotic and over-the-top for it's actually pretty cool idea about how a choice made can lead to several effects happening to everyone else. The first half does a solid job up setting up this story with Leni becoming super smart after getting knocked out, Lisa giving up on science since her experiment failed (although it seems a little out of a character for her, just saying) and Lynn getting kicked off her sports team since she's failing her classes, something that required help from Lisa who isn't around anymore, this is a good setup and makes sense showing the after effects of Lincoln not telling Lisa that he broke her experiment. But by the time Luna leaves to go on tour with Mick Swagger, Luan leaves to save the earth (which I found bizarre and out of place) and Lucy turning into a vampire that's when this episode throws the whole "butterfly effect" concept out the window and focuses on beating you over the head about how Lincoln is feeling awful for not telling Lisa the truth. The problem I have is that the way it's getting the point across feels too chaotic to make sense and when it all turns out to be in Lincoln's head I was not surprised at all, and while the ending did deliver it's moral decent enough, the final shot of Lori and Clyde riding a bike together felt so left field that I didn't know if this was suppose to be funny or not. I can understand why this episode is praised by many but I just couldn't get into it, while not bad it still reminds me way too much of most of the modern cartoons on tv focusing on high energy gags and in-your-face kiddy jokes which is something I don't want to think about.


 * 27.The Waiting Game



I have serious issues with this episode and I was almost considering putting this in my bad tier, however this is also one of those episodes where the positives stand out in such a great way that I had to draw the line and give this episode props for working just well enough. Let's first start off with the negatives that do bring this episode down for me, for starters the plot of this episode is all about Lincoln and Clyde hoping to get invited to Chandler's birthday party that is so epic as it takes place... at a sewage plant. Look I get that Lincoln and Clyde are boys and are eleven, but even when I was their age I would easily get bored at the idea of going to a birthday party at a sewage plant and I would honestly find it pretty gross. So now the two have to try and act cool (which I found their attempts to seem cool really lame and unfunny) for Chandler as Lincoln comes up with the idea to convince Chandler to invite them to his party by giving him free stuff from Lori's job. For starters I'm not a fan of this setup since Lincoln comes off as quite unlikeable in this episode since he manipulates Lori by sweet talking her which felt kinda of funny at first but as it was repeated throughout it came off as really cringe-inducing and faceplam worthy, Lori had every right to be annoyed with Lincoln since she did nothing wrong and was actually grateful for Lincoln since he helped her get the job in the first place. My biggest issue comes with Chandler, and for as much as people can't stand Tetherby in Out on a Limo I find Chandler SO much worse! This kid is someone who thinks he's super popular and cool only because he has cool things and goes to places people want to go to, and he seems aware of this since people actually want to hang out with him, so he's going to manipulate people like Lincoln so he can get free stuff and just enjoy it all even if he's not aware of the possible consequences. I couldn't stand Chandler in this episode he was so annoying and snobbish acting like he is awesome only cause he has things people want so badly, so he's going to use that to his advantage so he can get free stuff without a care in the world. Even worse is how he doesn't suffer any consequences for his actions of almost getting Lori fired and using Lincoln in such a terrible way, why do kids at school think he's so cool again... oh right because jerkwad kids usually have things kids find awesome. The whole episode felt very cringeworthy as Lincoln manipulate Lori, tries way too hard to impress Chandler, and we have to deal with Lincoln and Clyde get overly excited for a birthday party at a sewage plant which doesn't even sound that fun at all!! So with all that why don't I hate this episode more than I should? Well...

That comes with the final third act, Lincoln is about to leave for the birthday party when he finds Lori getting dressed to go to her job, Lincoln wonders why she isn't getting ready for her school dance as she explains that she has to work overtime in order to payback all the free stuff she gave to Lincoln. He see's that she's upset over this and finally realizes that it's all his fault since Lori worked so hard to earn enough money for the dress she wanted for the dance she wanted to go to. So Lincoln takes over for Lori at her job while she goes to her dance, Lori comes back and is very grateful for Lincoln doing this as the two share a sweet hug that comes off as very sincere. The one thing this episode has going for it that really helps is Lori, this is one of (if not the best) the best depictions of Lori yet as she for once actually acts like just a normal, kind teenage girl and not her usual HBIC (High B***h in Control) attitude like she is in almost every episode she's in! I really hope Lori acts more like this in future episodes coming up since I easily prefer Lori acting like this, when she's annoyed with Lincoln it makes sense since she knows Lincoln is using her job as a way to get free stuff for someone. And the fact that she's thankful for what Lincoln did so she can go to her dance and their hug at the end easily makes it one of the best moments of season 1. So those positives were enough to outweigh the negatives (for the most part) that are in this episode, I might have issues with The Waiting Game as an episode but if this is a sign for what Lori is actually like as a character, I'm impressed more of this please.


 * 26.Cereal Offender



We've made it to the halfway point as we've come to an episode I'm conflicted on whether I should like or dislike since the positives and negatives weigh everything out. This episode has a somewhat polarizing reception from the fans and it's not hard to see why. As far as positives go I enjoyed the fast pace of this episode it never felt like there was a slow or boring moment, I also really liked the ending of this episode where Lincoln ends up getting rewarded for being wrongfully punished since he did deserve that cereal he really wanted after all that hard work he did to get the family groceries. I didn't even mind that chase scene Lincoln had with the Bratty kid, it offered some excitement and conflict for the episode that overall fits. However I still do have some real issues with this episode, for one this is an episode where all the sisters weren't needed, I don't see how all the sisters would be super excited to visit a grocery store which is something I don't find myself to get all that excited about. All they did was cause trouble and ONCE again (as I'm repeating myself from Heavy Meddle) the sisters aren't aware that the actions they're doing have real consequences, what they're doing will get them banned from the grocery store and don't even realize it (even the older sisters don't realize this which I find ridiculous since Lincoln is the only one to actually take this seriously) making me actually feel sorry for the manager since all he's trying to do is keep any trouble or reckless behavior out of his establishment. Which is why I find the sisters in this episode to be the real antagonists since all they do is cause trouble in the episode and then get angry at Lincoln when he wants to get his cereal at the end arguing about how they want something too, after everything you (the sisters) did in this episode I'm fairly certain you don't deserve squat quit acting like little children! (It's also a shame seeing Luna being the one who takes the cereal out of Lincoln's hands and acting like a schoolyard bully towards him, proof once again that the writers have trouble writing Luna how she's suppose to be) So this causes them to get kicked out and banned from the grocery store. Thankfully the sisters redeem themselves by getting Lincoln his cereal and apologizing which does save this episode a little for me. Still, this is one of those episodes where you didn't need the sisters and they all come off as quite unlikeable, but I did find some enjoyment enough to overshadow some of my major issues to make this a decent at best episode.


 * 25.Along Came a Sister



I feel like I should like this episode a lot more than I do because I get why many users have praised Along Came a Sister, it's also one of the better episodes Karla Sakas Shropshire has written for the show. But the episode as a whole has a few too many nitpicks throughout for me to really like the whole thing, and I know I'll be alone on this but I find Along Came a Sister to be one of the most awkward episodes of season 1. For starters we get an innuendo from Ms. Johnson that felt out of place and just plain weird at the beginning of this episode, but then again weird would be a perfect word to describe the first half of this episode which seems to be derived on having as many awkward moments as possible. The most cringeworthy coming from a moment where Lincoln looks underneath the bathroom door while Lori is in there and he tries to make up some excuse for doing it and WOW talk about creepy!! I get that he was looking for the spider but Lori's reaction from noticing Lincoln looking underneath the door sent chills down my spine (for all the wrong reasons) and made me think of a few too many NSFW artwork pics of the show that I stumbled upon online. That moment does hold the episode back for me since the first half seems like this is all meant to be funny, but Along Came a Spider is proof that Loud house isn't that great when it comes to having awkward humor, and the funeral gag from Lucy was a joke that went on FAR too long for me. What does redeem this episode for me is the final act where Lincoln and the sisters team up to stop the exterminator from killing the spider, I really dug how the siblings worked together not to put aside their differences over some issue (looking at you Chore and Peace) but because they want the accomplish the same thing. And of course Leni is great in this episode, not only does she have the funniest lines and moments (although for once Lynn actually as an amusing gag involving her and freeze tag that was solid) but the episode also highlights how she has a big heart and cares for her family, with proof of that coming from when she saves the spider and conquers her fear (for a brief moment) so Lincoln can make sure the spider is safe. I really like that coming from Leni and it fits with her character, especially since she does this to redeem herself after nearly killing the spider before. So an awkward and weird first half mixed with a really good second half are enough for me to find this episode decent for the most part.


 * 24.Snow Bored



Whitney Wetta and Sammie Crowley return with an episode that for once doesn't annoy me, but then again it doesn't amuse me much either, as a whole I find Snow Bored to be kinda of a nothing episode. I can't hate it since there's nothing wrong with it but there isn't much about it that makes me really enjoy it. Lisa for once actually comes off somewhat amusing (though her best episode by far is still Lock 'N Loud) but by the end she doesn't seem to have gotten anything out of the whole concept of a snow day, instead it was all a trick so she and her siblings can all go back to school. Some of the comedic moments were okay but nothing that stands out (though Luan dumping snow in Lincoln's pants stood out like a sore thumb to me, proving that Wetta and Crowley still enjoy torturing Lincoln for some twisted reason) compared to other episodes. I get why people like this episode but for me there's not much worth caring about overall, just saying.

TBC