Steve's Wild Night

American Dad, S08E06

Stan and Francine's regular babysitter got injured and they decided to let Hayley watch Steve so that they could go to the horse show they were looking forward to.  Steve wanted to prove that he was wild, so he snuck out of the house to a party and Hayley spent the night trying to get him back before their parents figured out how irresponsible she was.  Stan and Francine hired Roger to drive them in a horse and carriage to the horse show, but his reckless driving on the highway made them miss the show when he wrecked the car.

There isn't much that I liked or disliked about this episode.  In general, I liked that Stan and Francine didn't trust Hayley to watch over Steve at all.  I sometimes forget that they don't find her to be really reliable.  It must be because she tends to be the one most concerned with what's morally right that it makes me overlook the fact that she is sort of a flake and a wildcard.  However, she would have had an easy time watching Steve if she hadn't pushed his buttons in the first place.

It was nice to see Steve have a pretty successful night.  He managed to run away from Hayley (which was easy because she wasn't prepared to chase after Steve in the first place), get alcohol to ensure his ticket to a party, get a cute girl's number, and spend a few seconds at a cool party.  For him, that was about as good as it gets, even with a methhead threatening him with a gun because he didn't give him a receipt and said addict getting his head shot off in the room of the girl he just met.

If I had to pick something I liked, it might be that Snot kept telling people "you're doing great," when they were being questioned by a police officer in Jeff's van.  Everyone was certainly not doing great, but Snot is so damn positive.  I'm still enjoying him from the previous episode and just thinking that he's such an upbeat guy that he has no clue that they were gonna get so arrested.

After seeing the grim end to the former babysitter, Lindsay, it was sort of nice that her ghost ended up helping Hayley and Steve move Francine's car back to the house in time.  I don't know why she chose to help them, but it was only slightly random, so I could go along with it.  Her good deed as a ghost sort of made her death seem a little less sad and unnecessary.

As far as Stan and Francine's story, I didn't care for the way they were so horny about horses.  It was almost too gross, but not quite there.  I'm just surprised that with Roger taking the carriage on the highway that no one got hurt.  I never expected them to get to their show with Roger handling their transportation, but they did get to see some kind of horse show.  However, I feel like their story didn't really add much of anything.  And Roger's role was minimum so it was lacking comedy for me.

This was an okay episode.  I certainly didn't have much to complain about.  It was nice to see things go pretty well for Steve and see Hayley and Steve sort of get along.  I don't know how I feel about Lindsay dying for the sake to help Steve and Hayley (it seemed), but at least it was something different to see.  However, I didn't see the point in Stan and Francine's story at all.  It could have been filled with more of Steve enjoying the night being "wild" for once.

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.