Tina Needs To Chill Out

Bob's Burgers, S03E07

Bob made Tina lie about a car accident that she had caused so they wouldn't have to pay more insurance, but Tina's inability to live with the lie made the situation difficult.  When they finally decided to come clean, their insurance adjuster turned out to be a crook who wanted Bob to help him commit insurance fraud.  Mort also offered to drive Bob and his family around while Bob's car was in the shop.

It's nice that Tina has such a big conscience, but she is freaking ridiculous.  Essentially, Bob was the one at fault for letting someone as uncoordinated as Tina drive even in a near empty parking lot, so she shouldn't have felt so much guilt for him lying and taking the blame.  Burning down someone's house, on the other hand, is another story--I wouldn't feel great about lying about that.  Still, I wanted Bob to like tape her mouth up or something because she kept acting like her heart was going to explode if the truth didn't come out.

I can understand why Bob didn't want Linda to know what was going on because she is such a loudmouth!  I really hate that about her.  I hate it even more because she doesn't do it out of spite, but it's almost a natural thing she does without thinking.  And she finds it funny and doesn't take much remorse to the fact that she embarrasses Bob.  Hearing her sing that "diarrhea song," made me want to slap her.  Ugh.  And then they had her singing an extended version at the end.  I just hate hearing her sing (or talk, really, haha).

Chase was a scumbag, of course, but I still sort of liked him.  Maybe it was because before I knew he was doing insurance fraud, he just seemed like an agreeable guy who could believe the stupid story that Tina made up or could forgive Tina for burning down his house.  He really didn't do anything of these things, but still he wasn't that much of a jerk (especially to a lot of the regulars on the show that Bob deals with).  Sure he blackmailed Bob, but he was going to share the money with him.  And if Bob hadn't tried to lie in the first place, Chase probably wouldn't have taken Bob in as his partner in crime at all.

I didn't think they would be able to get rid of Chase, but it was nice that it was Tina who managed to outsmart him by recording his plan for the crimes.  It seemed only fitting that Tina should solve the problem when it was sort of her fault.  I mean, even a screw-up like her should have been able to avoid one car in that whole, big space she was driving.  And even though she barely caused any damage, it was her nagging that made Bob have to leave a note and eventually get insurance involved.  It was really the least she could do.

The little story about Mort wasn't that interesting.  Louise and Gene were driving him crazy, and Mort was feeling taken advantage of, even though he was the one dumb enough to offer his services.  It was good that it didn't turn into something dramatic, thanks to Bob and the others leaving him a gift basket.  There was enough drama going on with the insurance fraud thing.

I guess this was sort of a good episode.  I stayed interested because I worried that Tina was going to blow Bob's cover, and there was a nice twist with Chase being the one trying to cheat the system.  I hope we don't soon see Tina in this kind of situation again--she is the worst person to collaborate with on a lie.  I'd rather her stick to what's she best at:  being creepy and awkward.

There'll Be No Baby Tomorrow

The Cleveland Show, S04E05

Donna wanted to have another baby with Cleveland once Rallo had grown up, but Cleveland's vasectomy made it impossible.  Donna and Cleveland battled each other to expose the other concerning the fake pregnancy that they both were aware of.   Rallo became the star of the play Annie, but his diva-like actions got it shut down before it was even performed.

Wow, I think it has been a while since there was a story where Cleveland and Donna were trying to best the other with a lie or a scheme.  Or maybe not, but I feel like it has because I hate this setup.  Mainly because you know that both of them already know the other is full of crap, but they keep playing out the charade anyway.  I mean, it was a little funny that they were both so stubborn that they would actually go to the hospital and get the doctor to birth a cushion, but it was mostly frustrating as hell.

The best line from that story came from Dr. Fist, who finally spoke up after going along with their fight for some reason:

If I may interject…you’re both terrible people who should not have any children.  In fact, I am not even comfortable sending that cushion home with you.

His comment was almost worth them acting like idiots for the majority of the episode.

The side story where Rallo got to be Annie was kinda cute.  I liked how he adapted Junior's shirt into something that looked like Annie's dress.  It was also cute when he was crying at his window after regretting the show getting cancelled due to his ureasonable and costly demands.  A little later when Roberta was offering a way to have Rallo be a star after all, there was a pretty funny moment:

[Roberta, bring Junior and Rallo close] We’ll do our own knockoff version!
[Rallo] Ack, ugh!  Girl don’t know how to whisper.
[Roberta] I am whispering!

There's something very funny to be about people who don't understand how to whisper.  I guess because it makes them look a little crazy and stupid at the same time.

This was an okay episode.  I really wish the side story about Rallo could have been longer.  I would have liked to see him be more of a diva than was shown.  Didn't care too much for the lie fest between Donna and Cleveland--it stopped being funny a few seconds after they started.  It's a little weird to say, but I feel like for the sake of this show's comedy, Cleveland and Donna shouldn't do much together.  It usually ends up being a pretty boring (or annoying) story.