User blog:TheMaximumMatt/No Laughing Matter Thoughts

Guys, I just No Laughing Matter and to be honest... I really thought it was a c tue episode. So much that I just had to make this late blog right after watching it!

Finally! Yet another episode where Luan really shines! The story here is that after overhearing her family say she's not funny, Luan decides to fully give up on comedy.

Firstly, the cons. If there is one big gripe I have with episode, it's that the episode feels very repetitive. I feel like the beginning half of literally repeating the exact same scenes over again was a bit boring. I understand it was meant to establish that Luan was not funny to the family, but I think you could've done it in a way that was less repetitive. On top that, you could have shown Luan giving up comedy without feeling like you reused scenes.

Ok, with those out of the way, let's get right into this masterpiece! Though it was repititve and boring, the beginning scene does its job of showing us that Luan can be annoying with her jokes and it does give the characters some great reason to get mad at Luan. At the same time, you understand that Luan is just someone who likes to bring smiles to people's faces and isn't trying to annoying them intentionally. After overhearing her family, Luan becomes heartbroken and decides to give up comedy.

If there is one thing I love about this episode, it's Luan. You really understand why Luan likes making people laugh here. Though I understood the family's anger, when I saw Luan give up her passion, I could not help but sympathize with her. If she's failing to make even her own family laugh, what's the point? I really feel Luan here. I also like how instead of acting whiny and unpleasant about not being loved, she actually accepts her not being funny. That... is actually really mature of her.

When the family realizes they messed up, they try to cheer up Luan and get her back to being herself. Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention that Leni is really cute and funny in their episode. Unfortunately, those plans fail, so Lincoln gets the idea of going up on the stage himself and trying to make the audience laugh, only for him to mess up the jokes. This scene is pretty funny to be honest and it does a good job of giving Luan motivation for coming back to comedy without making it rushed like some other resolutions from other episodes (cough-Future Tense-cough). The ending was really heartwarming. We see Leni giving Luan a cute hug (Yay! My two favorite sisters are finally hugging each other!), the family apologizes for their harshness, and Luan learns not to be too in people's faces with her jokes, though that doesn't mean she won't make jokes of course.

Overall, this was a great episode. Despite the slow beginning, that doesn't change the fact that this episode has a great story, great development for Luan, and a great ending! 8.5/10. Definitely worth a watch! Now... I just need to watch Friend or Faux and I'll be good with The September Episodes!

What did you think of the episode? Leave your thoughts below. And as always, salutations.