User blog:AustinDR/Review: Heavy Meddle

Now, I know that I might get a lot of flak for saying this, but I actually didn't hate this episode; I only found it average at best. In the episode, Lincoln was being bullied at school. Given how his sisters always meddle in his business, Lincoln naturally tries to keep them from finding out. Of course, his efforts fail, and they decide to take matters into their own hands. However, when Lincoln informs them that his tormentor was actually a girl, they are convinced that she may actually bully Lincoln because she likes him. While initially skeptical, Lincoln gets goaded into kissing her, and it goes as well as you'd think. But surprise, surprise, it seems that they were onto something.

As I've said, I find this episode okay; not great, not good, just okay. I guess part of the reason as to why I'm talking about this episode in particular was to see how it compared to "Trash House." From what I gathered from "Trash House," its moral is "sometimes it's best to stay out of peoples' affairs." While that's fine and good, "Heavy Meddle," on the other hand, seems to be saying that meddling in peoples' business is fine as long as you're proven right in the end. These conflicting morals confuse me as Lincoln's sisters very clearly interfere in Lincoln's affairs which they criticize him for doing the same thing in "Trash House." Even if you chalk it up as negative continuity, it just seems that they're backtracking on morals. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the fact that in the latter episode Lori and Leni fight over something as trivial as a dress. What I can applaud "Heavy Meddle" for is the sisters are still pretty much in character, and they express genuine concern for Lincoln, even though they kind of go too far. This is definitely better than how they were in "The Episode That Must Never Be Named."

I also didn't like the ending that much. As cliché as having the sisters being right about Lincoln's bully, I also felt that it could unintentionally give off the wrong impression. I'm not saying that children are morons, but the episode does somewhat infer that if you're being bullied, it could mean that the bully must like you. While that could be true, that isn't always the case. Again, the ending is relatively harmless, but I felt that they unintentionally left that impression.