User blog:Scrooge200/Season 7 Review

Season 6 was completely down the middle, with amazing episodes and terrible episodes. Now it's time for Season 7.

I will rate each episode on a scale from Vomitrocious, Bad, Okay, Good, Great. At the end of my review, I'll count up how many of each rating there are in the season, and give it a rating as a whole, alongside ranking every episode in the season from best to worst.

Cast Away
The problem with this episode is that I don't like Arthur or D.W. in the beginning. I get that Arthur is unhappy, but he's still being a jerk. We're meant to think that D.W. is being selfish about wanting a week-long vacation with David like what Arthur gets, but this is completely understandable, especially since David suggested the idea first. But the rest of the episode is dedicated just to annoying Arthur. He has to listen to Mary Moo Cow in the car, doesn't catch anything while fly fishing, slips in the lake and sprains his ankle, D.W. fishes better than him... And David congratulates him for being nice? Not to mention the annoying commercialization morals and unrealistic jokes (fish with umbrellas, seriously?). This confused mess of an episode is vomitrocious and I seriously hope the rest of the season is better. If it weren't for the ending where Arthur, David, and D.W. do end up seeing the whale, this would likely be in my bottom 10 of the show.

The Great Sock Mystery
I had no idea what this episode meant as a kid. Watching it now, I enjoy it more; jokes like the "fur masons" and the "sock market" (Amigo even tells Pal to "always buy low and sell high") are great analogies that I understood over time. There's even a reference to The Wind in the Willows and a double-meaning joke at the end ("dog-eat-dog world" is a common phrase, but in this case it's "canine eating hot dog"). Besides those, this episode is kind of boring and the plot remains unresolved. I'll give it an okay.

Francine's Split Decision
Francine is being a little selfish here. I like Brain explaining the plan and the multiple interruptions. The plot of this episode is pretty cliche and I wasn't very invested in what happened. And the weirdest thing about this episode is the ending, where Francine actually gets punished for her behavior and learns her lesson. It's a nice change from season 1. Besides that, I still find this episode okay and a little unmemorable.

Muffy Goes Metropolitan
The highlight of this episode is definitely the song in the opening. Also, Muffy wants to go to the opera here but not in season 9? I like just how disappointed Muffy is at Crown City, although we've kind of seen this plot before in "Dear Adil." Still, this leads to some funny misunderstandings, like how Muffy's rant about Crown City is interpreted as poetry. The ending to this episode feels a little cheap, like the moral is "not everything will meet your expectations, unless it actually will". I'll give this episode a good rating.

Ants in Arthur's Pants
The opening to this episode is really odd. I like the old science film shown in class. Besides that, this is pretty much just "Hide and Snake 2". Just pointless gross-out and the plot isn't even resolved in the end. It's a light bad episode.

Don't Ask Muffy
I like the idea of this episode. Muffy answering questions in an advice column could be really funny. But Muffy only answers one question and it's from herself, so this concept hardly goes anywhere. Muffy acting like Molly is just out of nowhere and not needed for this plot. If Molly doesn't even like giving advice, why does she do it? This episode has a good concept but quickly loses track of it. I'm not sure whether to give it a high bad or a low okay, but I feel that it's more okay.

To Tibble the Truth
This is one of the funniest episodes in a while, with lines like "I'm 13, you really think I want to play with a plastic cow?" and "Your house smells like dog!" I also like how the plot progresses from the Tibbles lying to them telling the truth and being mean; both parts are really funny, and I like how Alberto tells the Tibbles that what they're doing is wrong. There's a nice wraparound with Buster, too. This is a great episode.

Waiting to Go
It was Brain's fault for breaking his watch. He wasn't looking where he was going. I also like how there would've been an easy solution to the problem if Binky and Brain hadn't been mad at each other. After that, this episode gets better. Even though it's an episode about waiting, it's really funny and never gets boring because of how much that happens. I used to think this episode was great, but now it's just good because the pacing is a little slow.

Rating Counts

 * Great: 1
 * Good: 2
 * Okay: 3
 * Bad: 1
 * Vomitrocious: 1

Season Ranking

 * 1) To Tibble the Truth
 * 2) Waiting to Go
 * 3) Muffy Goes Metropolitan
 * 4) The Great Sock Mystery
 * 5) Francine's Split Decision
 * 6) Don't Ask Muffy
 * 7) Ants in Arthur's Pants
 * 8) Cast Away