Apologies for being a bit late today, we're in the midst of storm season here in Oklahoma and while I wasn't personally affected, internet connection was a bit spotty for a while. Anyway, I'm here today to talk about friendships that will never, ever end.
"Lost Boys" is a story of love, loss and betrayal, though in like, the opposite order. Roger needs a squash partner, dammit, so he attempts to recruit Steve to join him, only to be rebuffed over and over again. Steve won't abandon Snot, Barry and Toshi during their "friendiversary" and Roger is forced to get creative, using a Chuck E. Cheese costume and a Julia Childs voice modifier(don't overthink it) to break them up. Most of the early portion of this episode was quite predictable, but it's here where it takes a sharp turn. Instead of some sort of feud developing, Steve become completely reliant on Roger, driving Roger completely crazy. Even after tossing Steve aside for losing the squash tournament, Roger just can't get rid of him and turns to Klaus for help. The goldfish has connections in Tampa, so they're off to Florida to learn about male friendship from some true bros. Most of the Floridian-based jokes are very good, but they've all been done before and better, so a lot of the material falls flat. Roger learns nothing, he never does, but does set out to reunite Steve and his friends with a snake in tow.
Ultimately, Roger's plan to have Steve save his friends doesn't work as planned, because Snot, Barry and Toshi have already decided to forgive Steve. It's a sweet resolution to the story, but feels entirely out of left field. That's because Steve's friends are extremely secondary, barely featured on screen with little agency in their own choices. This is a very Roger-centric episode, but with a title like "Lost Boys" it's weird that the characters so central to it are so unimportant. The twists along the tale were interesting enough, but nothing truly stands out as unique. It also doesn't help that most of the jokes in this episode were very dull, especially when Roger wasn't on screen.
"Lost Boys" also achieves the rare distinction of a secondary storyline flop, as Jeff become a house flipper. There's nothing to any of this, as it's obvious immediately that he's lying and that it will eventually blow up in his face, which it does. Somehow, this leads to a big moment for Jeff and Hayley, which is so far out of left field that I think it's out of the ballpark. Man, there's just nothing here to talk about, it's all complete filler.
5/10
Despite my problems with it, the main storyline of "Lost Boys" was easily the best part of it, and really should've been the entire episode. The B-plot nearly put me to sleep, and the jokes were either tonally off-putting or largely unfunny. It's a shame because you can tell that a good amount of effort went into writing this episode, and the Steve/Roger dynamic was near perfect. That's really all that saves this outing from being a complete dud. Now if you'll excuse me, my buddies down in Tampa have just informed me that the next President of the United States of America is............................
"Lost Boys" is a story of love, loss and betrayal, though in like, the opposite order. Roger needs a squash partner, dammit, so he attempts to recruit Steve to join him, only to be rebuffed over and over again. Steve won't abandon Snot, Barry and Toshi during their "friendiversary" and Roger is forced to get creative, using a Chuck E. Cheese costume and a Julia Childs voice modifier(don't overthink it) to break them up. Most of the early portion of this episode was quite predictable, but it's here where it takes a sharp turn. Instead of some sort of feud developing, Steve become completely reliant on Roger, driving Roger completely crazy. Even after tossing Steve aside for losing the squash tournament, Roger just can't get rid of him and turns to Klaus for help. The goldfish has connections in Tampa, so they're off to Florida to learn about male friendship from some true bros. Most of the Floridian-based jokes are very good, but they've all been done before and better, so a lot of the material falls flat. Roger learns nothing, he never does, but does set out to reunite Steve and his friends with a snake in tow.
Ultimately, Roger's plan to have Steve save his friends doesn't work as planned, because Snot, Barry and Toshi have already decided to forgive Steve. It's a sweet resolution to the story, but feels entirely out of left field. That's because Steve's friends are extremely secondary, barely featured on screen with little agency in their own choices. This is a very Roger-centric episode, but with a title like "Lost Boys" it's weird that the characters so central to it are so unimportant. The twists along the tale were interesting enough, but nothing truly stands out as unique. It also doesn't help that most of the jokes in this episode were very dull, especially when Roger wasn't on screen.
"Lost Boys" also achieves the rare distinction of a secondary storyline flop, as Jeff become a house flipper. There's nothing to any of this, as it's obvious immediately that he's lying and that it will eventually blow up in his face, which it does. Somehow, this leads to a big moment for Jeff and Hayley, which is so far out of left field that I think it's out of the ballpark. Man, there's just nothing here to talk about, it's all complete filler.
5/10
Despite my problems with it, the main storyline of "Lost Boys" was easily the best part of it, and really should've been the entire episode. The B-plot nearly put me to sleep, and the jokes were either tonally off-putting or largely unfunny. It's a shame because you can tell that a good amount of effort went into writing this episode, and the Steve/Roger dynamic was near perfect. That's really all that saves this outing from being a complete dud. Now if you'll excuse me, my buddies down in Tampa have just informed me that the next President of the United States of America is............................
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