Previously : The Louds commit a coup but like all coups it failed. You can read about those episodes Here now we continue with episode 4's pair of segments.
Episode 4A: The Sweet Spot
So the Louds have a really old van that can fit all of them and the condition of the seats are varying this means Lincoln's quest is obtain a spot he thinks is best, or in his words "The Sweet spot", and the segment starts simply enough Lincoln is packing up for a family trip the next day. He mentions each seat's problem and how he figured out which seat is the best. Anyway, his plan is to sleep in the van until morning he ends up there and everything is fine.
He contacts Clyde who puts into his mind another wrench in the gears, asking who will sitting next to in the car, so he goes back inside and figures that Leni would the best person to sit with in the car. Everything is solved oh wait, Clyde once again puts another wrench in the gears. This time who is sitting behind Lincoln? So, he figures Lisa would be the best even though she likes to talk about the dangers of car riding. Lisa. later talks to him and now she wants to make sure Luna doesn't sit next to her then sets in the motion of moving everyone around. He finally gives up on Clyde.
Now the bridge into the rest of the episode is when the girls find out that he was trying to get the best spot in the van. This turns into a mess where the characters starts fighting each other in the literal sense causing the mother to make them stay in and not be anywhere near the van until 7AM. (4 in the West) When it hits 7AM they start an all out battle with each other causing the van to even get destroyed. The trip was canceled and they now have to sit in the living room.
Time to play "OVER THINK IT" : All Lincoln really should have done was ignore Clyde in the first place and sleep in the spot until morning, then hope for the best which sister sits next to and behind him. Oh well.
Unlike the past few episodes where it seems the mold was character learns something at the end this one, nope not at all which I am fine with, really, the reason being that not every episode needs to have a lesson and it doesn't mean everything is worse for the wear. I think the episode is entertaining and I don't get a sense they are doing it in spite or hatefulness it's just they all really want something that before Lincoln even thought of it they didn't know they wanted. It does show that yeah sometimes they love and hug other times they fight over stupid stuff like normal people. It's not a gold star episode oh no, but there was some comedy in the episode that I enjoyed it gave me some laughs so 7.7/10.
More after the jump
Episode 4B : A Tale of Two Tables
When I first watched this on TV when it premiered , I was kind of surprised that the Louds don't eat dinner all together. They have dinner where the kids Lynn and everyone older than her eat in the dining room while Lincoln and everyone younger than him eat in the kitchen. Lincoln would now rather eat at the 'adult' table since he finds the kiddie table a bit much.
He goes to Clyde for advice who proves helpful since Clyde is an only child and therefore eats with his parents all the time. Up next , he attempts to act more mature like drinking coffee, reading the newspaper, watching fake C-SPAN, solving disputes between the younger kids, and shaving his face. Clyde shows him how to then sit at the grown up table. You'd think a line that Clyde gives would make me want to give it points off on this episode, oh no. in fact it gets an extra .1 point it's favor more on that later. (Oh goody) Never talk politics at the table is a good rule too, Clyde so extra .1 point there too. Wow even a Rocky reference and one that's not the stairs thing wow alright!
Lincoln presents to his family why he should be sitting at the grown up table and the parents say yeah sure alright. Lincoln then finds out that he thought the other man's grass is always greener ,because the grown up table isn't as much fun as he thought it was going to be and it's more boring and and not exciting at all. The kiddie table gets dessert because grown ups don't eat dessert or something. (lies!!) He decides that he doesn't want to eat at the grown up table anymore.
The Lincoln nightmare is good it's perfectly unsettling. Lincoln decides instead of asking to go back the table and decides to act improperly instead. It works he gets kicked back to the kiddie table where things are a little more fun. (and wasteful) Also Lynn and the others join in too having a fun meal. Really nice ending.
The message that hey don't be too quick to grow up is a good one and shown really well through out. I'm not sure why the parents don't think kids 13 and up can't have dessert, I mean that's their basic food group. I do like the contrasts between the two tables showing and the ending was very lighthearted and well crafted. I have to stop gushing over this episode before I have to marry it. So It gets 9.5/10 yep, the .3 extra points, so that means 9.8/10.
That's it for now, tune next time when we eat dessert.
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