User blog:Nstepneski1/Regarding "Kings of the Con"

This was a very... divisive episode. You either hate it or don't care much for it. I'm in the "don't care for it, category". I won't argue that this episode has flaws, nor that it is the weakest episode of Season 4 so far, but I do think some people are overreacting. So, let us take a look at why this episode got the reactions it did.

Let's start with what most people are fussing about, the ending. This may definitely be an unpopular opinion, but I didn't have a problem with the ending. Lincoln and Clyde were selfish and tried to screw the girls out something they wanted for their own benefit. The sisters were far more deserving of being named Kings of the Con than they were. You may make the argument that they still got to be in the movie after all, but remember that they got cast as littler scoopers to a cat that they kidnapped and antagonized throughout the second half of the episode. I see that as appropriate retribution.

Another thing that people criticized was how Lincoln was portrayed. Lincoln was very selfish throughout this episode. He only thought of what he wanted, and not what his sisters wanted, only feeling guilt after seeing their sad faces. Some people would say that this derails Lincoln's character, I would disagree. Now, I don't condone what Lincoln and Clyde did, but I do see where they're coming from. They were eleven-year-olds who were huge fans of Ace Savvy who overheard the judges say they were giving the cameos to the ones weren't even fans, as opposed to them, the actual fans. I can understand why they did it, but it still wasn't right.

I've heard people say that this episode is worse than NSL. Yeah, no. In NSL everyone (except Lily) equally shared the blame for what happened, but only Lincoln faced any consequences. Here, Lincoln and Clyde were the only ones to blame and also the only ones punished.

If you haven't watched this episode more than once already, I recommend you go and do it again, not because it's worthy of recommendation, but because if you still have some mixed feelings and bits of anger towards this episode, watch it again so that you can give it a fair assessment. We went in blind last time, this time we know what to expect, and thus properly judge this episode.