Yeah, this one was out there. This episode is following a couple of highlights of the series so rates a little lower in comparison, but the quality of the show on average remains quite high.
I found Season 4 quite boring and unfunny, and the first episode of Season 5 was more of the same. But after that, it’s has gone completely crazy, and I’m loving it. The pride one was way out there, but the local news, and campaign ones solid funny ones. I was fading as a fan before this season, but fully back in now.
I was worried that 5x08 was going to be a bad episode, completely about that terrible roast. But then it wasn’t.
I love the double meaning with the title.
I remain perplexed as to why Kristen Schaal has gotten an opening credit and been in the marketing material this season, yet her character has been sparingly used. Possibly it was a negotiated contractual thing?
I’m not sure, but I do not really want her featuring all that much. I love Schaal, but her character in this show is not that great.
The final two episodes of the season released at the same time. They are okay, but don’t really have the humor or zaniness of the best episodes of the season. It settled the question of what happens when a vampire sire dies.
Good season. Ending okay? Gizmo really hadn’t thought things out and Derek deserved a better friend.
The series could end here fine.
I kind of like it as a meta commentary in the show. The Guide (who the characters and we don’t even know their actual name) has wormed her way into the credits and into their lives and should be more important but none of the characters think about her as being anything other than…just around.
During the roast episode, I really thought it was building to have been a kind of test/lesson for Nandor. I thought the Count knew Guillermo had been turned by Derreck. I guess I had misremembered the episode where he and Derrick went to the Count for advice? I thought Nandor would be willing to sacrifice himself to save Guillermo and the big reveal would be The Count revealing it was all an act and that since Nandor would sacrifice himself for Guillermo, he must care enough to forgive him for getting turned by another vampire…
I have to say I liked the idea of the weird hybrid animals…but I did not like seeing them…too creepy for me.
I just finished binge-watching seasons 3, 4 and 5 and I enjoyed them all (although some episodes were funnier than others, of course).
Bumping this thread because the sixth season starts tomorrow, October 21, with three episodes scheduled to air.