Thread:Scrooge200/@comment-4797643-20180807050945/@comment-32560263-20180807064819

One of the episode's main problems is that it's trying to make me feel bad for D.W. when I really sympathize with Arthur. Arthur gets dragged to a preschool play that even his own dad admits is boring. I used to not like the episode because of Arthur's constant whining, but if I was in third grade and in that situation, I would've complained too. But the episode tries to make me feel bad for D.W.. Even after she does her manipulative plot to get Arthur to embarrass himself in front of practically the entire neighborhood, I'm still supposed to like her. Why? Arthur wasn't lying when he talked about "that feeling that something bad is going to happen" at the beginning!

I never want to watch this episode again. It has no redeeming qualities. It's the absolute bottom of the barrel of bad Arthur episodes. But hey, if Season 21 is any indication, Oasis Animation is learning how to make good episodes and not fall into the pits that 9 Story did. At this rate, we won't be seeing another The Pageant Pickle-quality episode in a long time.