User blog:Scrooge200/Season 2 Review

Note: This review is in progress.

This is a continuation of my Season 1 review. As I concluded last time, Season 1 was not exactly the best, so is Season 2 an improvement? With the amount of infamous D.W. episodes, I'd say probably not. But maybe I'll be surprised.

I will rate each episode on a scale from Vomitrocious, Bad, Okay, Good, Great. At the end of my review, I'll count up how many of each rating there are in the season, and give it a rating as a whole, alongside ranking every episode in the season from best to worst. I may end up splitting my blog into parts if there are too many episodes to cover in one.

I have currently reviewed 2/40 episodes in Season 2.

Arthur Meets Mister Rogers
Hey, this is the first episode where Arthur plays with his glasses when he lies. Anyways, I've never actually watched Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. I've heard a lot of good things about it, but have never seen it myself. So I can't judge if this crossover is entirely accurate to that show. I don't get why Arthur would be embarrassed by Mister Rogers staying in his house. And especially why he thinks his friends will laugh at them if they see Mister Rogers. It doesn't mean that he likes the show or anything. The episode gets completely nonsensical with the ending where Rubella, Brain, and Prunella think Arthur and Buster are zombies and the police get involved... I do like Arthur and Mister Rogers talking on the swings, it's a very nice scene. The part where Binky sings is hilarious, but the rest of the episode isn't nearly as funny. This episode's plot doesn't make sense and it isn't very funny, but it does have a few good things, so I'll rate it okay. "Hey, I just met Mister Rogers!"

Draw!
Exclamation point title! This is another episode where Francine can't get away with anything, and yet if Arthur or Buster had done it, they would be treated like heroes. Also, this episode re-uses a joke from "I'm a Poet." We get a bunch of random scenes of Ms. Tingley running around the school and interacting with other teachers, which is too weird and distracts from the plot. It's like "Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe." Fern getting the entire school to insult Francine because she called her a mouse is pretty out-of-character and mean. Buster's "The Giant Slime Who Came to School" comic is really funny and I like the animation (which is similar to "Team Trouble"), and it's the highlight of the episode. Since I disliked "Francine Frensky, Superstar" and "Poor Muffy," I'll dislike this episode too, right? Well, surprisingly not. This episode is okay because Arthur and his friends actually realize what they did was wrong. It's not that Francine has to apologize, it's that they feel bad for her after they learn how she feels about the comics. A scene like this was missing in the other two episodes, and the conclusion feels satisfying here.

Season Notes

 * Nothing yet.

Rating Counts

 * Great: 0
 * Good: 0
 * Okay: 2
 * Bad: 0
 * Vomitrocious: 0

Season Ranking





 * 1) Arthur Meets Mister Rogers
 * 2) Draw!