Shows You Should Be Watching
Honest reviews. Zero hype.
Our Take A quieter episode that leans on character stuff rather than chaos, and it mostly works. Mordecai trying to impress Margaret while Rigby and Eileen carry the comedic load makes for a nice change of pace, though the middle…
Our Take A fun Halloween anthology where the park workers swap scary stories, and the show gets to play around with horror parodies it normally can’t touch. Some segments land better than others, and the wraparound story is pretty thin,…
Our Take Skips finally gets the spotlight and it’s a fun one, mostly because his quiet competence plays so well against Mordecai and Rigby’s nonsense. The bowling match against Death’s team gives the episode a solid structure and some genuinely…
Our Take A middling entry that leans too hard on one joke stretched across eleven minutes. The escalating paranoia bits land a few laughs, and the payoff is enjoyably gross, but the middle section drags and the side characters barely…
Our Take Middle of the road. Watchable, but you’ll forget the details by next episode.
Our Take A solid season two closer that keeps things simple: Mordecai and Rigby humiliate themselves on tape and spend the rest of the episode panicking about it. The dread of getting caught carries the whole thing, and the payoff…
Our Take A gross-out episode that leans harder into body horror than you’d expect from this show, and it mostly works. The were-skunk transformation stuff is appropriately disgusting in a fun way, though the middle section drags once the joke…
Our Take A pretty thin premise that mostly coasts on the show’s usual energy, as Mordecai and Rigby chase internet fame and the “viral” gag gets literal in the third act. The escalation into absurdity lands well once things kick…
Our Take A nice callback episode that replays the pilot’s events with some extra connective tissue, and it mostly works because Mordecai and Rigby’s slacker chemistry was already fully formed from the start. It’s slight and a bit padded for…
Our Take Middle of the road. Watchable, but you’ll forget the details by next episode.