Linda: Maybe Good Sister, Definitely Questionable Wife

Bob's Burgers, S02E06

Linda's sister Gayle came for a visit and volunteered to pick up Bob from the dentist.  He was high on the gas from the procedure and shared a kiss with his sister-in-law.  Instead of getting mad at Bob about it, Linda was excited and encouraged him to lead her on so that Gayle would have the confidence to find her own man.  This plan began to backfire when Bob took Dr. Yap's invitation to go skiing.  Bob hoped that Gayle would fall for the dentist, but instead she kept trying to get Bob until Gayle thought that Linda wanted Dr. Yap for herself.  Finally, after Bob had broken a tooth and gone through other abuse for Linda's plan, Gayle turned her attention to Yap.  Tina was also fighting for Yap's affections, but he hardly noticed her while he was after Gayle.  Louise and Gene competed in several different challenges to determine who would get a jawbreaker.

Ken Jeong as Dr. Yap was excellent.  His voice gave the character the suggestion that although the dentist seemed like an okay guy, he was definitely a little crazy underneath.  This was also indicated by how easily he was distracted when Bob wanted to keep him from stabbing him with the needle.  Also, what sane guy thinks that those persuasion techniques would actually work on women?  Either he's hit rock bottom with luck finding a decent woman or he's just crazy (I'd bet on the latter).  

Someone else acting crazy was Linda.  Who lets their sister think they are having an affair with their husband just to boost her self confidence?  Makes no damn sense.  I felt bad for Bob having to put up with all of Linda's craziness (must be love).  Gayle isn't sexy in the least, and he lost a tooth trying to avoid cheating on Linda with her.  Yet, Bob's reward for listening to his wife is a few slaps to the face and a gap in his mouth.  If Linda knew her sister as half well as she thought she did, she would know that Gayle just wants whatever Linda has.  Linda should have been pretending to want Dr. Yap all along.  Her stupidity that harms others really annoys me.

I basically ignored Gene and Louise's fights over who would have the jawbreaker.  It was just really gross (I don't care if they're siblings) that they were passing the candy back and forth after it had been in both their mouths.  If you think about it, they were actually sharing it without realizing it (the contests were utterly pointless).  What was slightly more interesting was Tina's advances toward Yap who was oblivious of her intentions.  Still, it was kinda funny to see her try to use the same dumb techniques to get with Yap that he was using on Gayle.  It might have been funnier for him to notice what she was doing and be grossed out by her or something.  Sometimes Tina (especially with her soft voice as if she is talking to herself) seems like a ghost because people don't pay enough attention to her.

I didn't care too much for this episode because I hate seeing Linda's moronic ideas punish Bob when he hasn't done anything wrong.  Unless you think that he deserved that horrible skiing trip because he accidentally kissed his sister-in-law.  I'm really starting to be annoyed by Linda, but since she is a main character, there's not much to do about her.  Just hope that they don't have too many episodes like this where she gets to make others miserable without having to pay her dues or apologize.