User blog:AustinDR/Review: One of the Boys

So, "One of the Boys." In this episode, Lincoln, annoyed by his sisters, wishes that he had ten brothers. That night, Lisa gives Lincoln a watch that would serve as a portal to another world; the only catch is Lincoln has to return within 24 hours lest he be trapped in the alternate world forever. As you would've guessed, Lincoln enjoys having ten brothers at first, but eventually, he saw that it wasn't all that it was cracked up to be.

Now, with this episode, I actually felt insulted when I had first watched the episode as it seems to suggest that all boys are dirty, disorganized, etc. Case in point, while there are no lines to the bathroom, it's left in such crude conditions....to add insult to injury, Lincoln is subjected to a swirly in the disgusting, hair-filled toilet. Besides that, his brothers are assholes. They lack any of the positive traits that Lincoln's sisters possess. For instance, they mock Lincoln when he sprains his thumb, they tease Lincoln about him going out with Ronnie Anne, and then dogpile on him, they perform a Loud House-style Dutch oven on him. The fact that they were entirely apathetic towards Lincoln spraining his thumb actually enraged me when I first saw it. True, Lincoln's sisters aren't perfect and can get carried away sometimes, but at least they give a crap if Lincoln was hurt. If it wasn't for the fact that they showed concern for Lincoln as Linka, they would've gone down as some of my most hated characters of the series.

With that being said, there wasn't really that much I liked about the episode. It starts off humorously, but it spirals into the realm of dislike for me. One of the gems of the episode is Linka, Lincoln's female counterpart. She is revealed when Lincoln seemingly wakes up in the wrong dimension. That was legitimately funny. Besides that, nothing comes off as great. This is an episode that I choose to skip whenever it is on.

Final score: 2 out of 5 stars