Best, all-around A difficult decision, but I will say STORE WARS. The plot is very simple, but doesn't drag despite spanning a whole 23 minutes. The episode seems to aim to introduce the audience to each of the main characters and establish their personalities, and it succeeds magnificently in this regard. It's a pretty funny epsiode on top of all that.
Worst, all-around There are episodes that I dislike more than this one, but PHONE HOME fails on every level. The episode is not funny; it's not clever, it's not much of anything really. The simple plot quickly grows tiresome and there is nothing to make up for the episode's weaknesses.
Favorite STORE WARS, it was the first episode I saw and it was what hooked me onto this show. I began taping Fosters at every opportunity because I happened upon a rerun of Store Wars on the Sunday after it premiered.
Least favorite Torturing poor Frankie can be funny (see Store Wars, Busted). However, the torturing (for lack of a better word right now) of Frankie isn't what makes those situations funny; the character torturing her (Herriman is particularly entertaining), her reactions (funniest when reacting to Herriman), and the ultimate justice of the situation determine whether raising Frankie's blood pressure is entertaining. This reasoning is why I chose BLOOOOO as my least favorite episode. The episode has entertaining parts, but they are all but overshadowed by the long and unentertaining torture of Frankie. The whole sequence of locking Frankie out of the house in a thunderstorm, etc. absoluetely killed the joke ending, a joke that its sole purpose was to set up.
Ironically, I was locked out in a thunderstorm the night that Blooooo premiered. Maybe that's what soured me to it.
Best character-based FRANKIE MY DEAR was funny and based on my favorite character on the show. That's enough for me.
Worst character-based WHERE THERE'S WILT, THERE'S A WAY, because the Bendy episode had one really funny part. It was close though.
Best Written I've got to say THE BIG PICTURE. It had me guessing until the end, and the dialouge was consistently very good. "He looks like a Wally, doesn't he?"
Worst Written PHONE HOME, it was as if no effort was put into writing it.
Tearjerker Don't have one, Fosters has yet to make me cry, or even feel particularly sad. It's not a sad show, and it has few sad scenes. That's fine by me.
Best Moment(s) I have two here, actually. The two times I've laughed for 5 or more minutes straight while watching Fosters.
- Everyone Knows It's Bendy - bad episode, except for "I'M PUNK ROCK..." I laughed for probably 7 to 10 minutes.
- One False Movie - I was rolling for probably 6 or 7 minutes after EXPLORIN' LAUREN first popped up.
Worst moment When darn near everyone in house acts lazy in THE TROUBLE WITH SCRIBBLES. It just really bugged me for some reason.
In conclusion, I've found something to laugh about in every Foster's I have seen, except for Phone Home.
It's a great show.
Last edited by billytheskink; 08-20-2006 at 02:43 PM.
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