User blog:AlexKawa/Episode Review: City Slickers

UGGGGHHHHHH!!!! This was not a great week for episodes. It really wasn't. Season 3 has been great so far, with the exception of White Hare, but they really hit a roadblock here. These episodes were very less than stellar, and I dreaded walking into them. But hey, why waste anymore time? Well, we could be watching the Olympics, but, I guess I've gotta review the episodes in front of me right now.

City Slickers
Man, I really wanted to love this one. I was excited that we were gonna see Ronnie Anne and the Casagrande family again. What could possibly go wrong? But that first promo! It was a warning sign, alright. It looked like it was just gonna be a Lincoln-torture episode. But I kept an open mind. I wasn't looking forward to it in particular, but I was just gonna do my best to give it every chance to please me. Then, we get Lincoln imagining him meeting Ronnie Anne once again. And this is where I got a little triggered.

Loud House, you lied to me! That scene of Ronnie Anne pantsing Lincoln on TV never actually happened! And what's worse, Lincoln looks embarrassed in the imagination, but happy in real life. Make up your mind! Writers, how is Lincoln really feeling about all this? I mean, in Shell Shock, he is scared to work with Ronnie Anne because of her reckless behavior towards him in the past, but now he's supposedly looking forward to it? What is this trying to say? I don't know, because the episode isn't clear! They're not trying to say why Lincoln would enjoy being embarrassed!

Whew! Wow, not even 2 minutes in and I've already complained about at least 2 things! So, this episode lost all its potential to be great already. Fantastic! OK, well, maybe it can redeem itself. So, we see the Casagrande family preparing for Lori and Lincoln's arrival, and here's another problem! It's no different than The Loudest Mission: Relative Chaos! At least mix it up a little, but it was virtually the same exact concept. It totally lost whatever charm it may have once had! Honestly, though, the scenes with Carlino flirting with Lori were pretty funny, and I'd much rather have him constantly flirt with Lori than Clyde. I know I said it was funny when he did it in my rankings of the Loud sisters, but I cringe looking back on what I said.

And it was at this point that I realized what a chore this review is to get through, so I'm not gonna be reviewing Fool Me Twice until sometime next week. So, check back for that. It probably won't be until Saturday or Sunday, since I have a lot of schoolwork and an album coming out Friday that I'll probably review Saturday. But I have a 4-day weekend from school thanks to Presidents Day, so I'll have until Tuesday.

OK, back to this episode. So, as Lincoln meets Ronnie Anne's new friends, and she lies to them saying she's from the city to impress them. She constantly stops Lincoln from saying she's from a small town because she wants them to see her as cool. But in the end, guess what, they accept her for who she is. This is totally generic by Loud House standards; we've gotten this message in the past! Now, to be fair, at least they try to mix up how they convey the message, but it just felt like they're cramming it down our throats with what we've been taught so many times.

Overall, easily the worst episode of the season. Horrendous promotion, generic, rehashed message, rehashed scenes, and, overall, nothing that really holds my attention and has me crawling back for. If there is one plus, well, two technically because, like I said, Carlino flirting with Lori was pretty funny, it's that we had a subplot (Lori trying to fit in with the city) in this episode, which is something that I haven't seen too much of in Loud House episodes. So, absolutely props for that. And points for trying to convey the "be yourself" message in a different way, but enough is enough. Overall, I really don't care for this episode, but I wouldn't be mad if I was forced to watch it again.

Rating: D+

So, that's it from me. Like I said, I'll be reviewing Fool Me Twice next weekend because I just couldn't do it here. So, check back for that, and I'll see you then!