I was upset at Frankie and Herriman too but in truth, they really weren't needed in this episode even though I love seeing them around ever so much. What was nice about this versus "Make believe it or not" is the fact that all of this kind of took place at the front door about Mac waiting for Bloo to come home.
That was the key thing, granted Frankie really could have shown up during the tour with Barry Bling but even though she didn't, it worked out really well showing just how strained Bloo and Mac's relationship became. I love the fact Bloo and Mac actually "acted out" each other's responses and actions.
It showed how much alike the 2 of them are and even though Bloo was being a total ass to Mac (Mac had EVERY right to be angry), those 2 are so similar it's kind of scary. One thing I love to see is bringing back things and characters that were used before, having Duchess, Mac's sugar obsession and Berry back was phenomenal.
I truly never expected to see or hear from ANY of those factors again, especially Berry. As Pitbull lady said, I am truly proud the acknowledgment of death came into play and that they SAID the word kill. They could have easily had Mac screaming for help and not saying he was going to die from Berry.
This to me is a big step because for one, Fosters has an EASY outlet of being toony. The IFs could easily be seen as capable of showing those "toon effects" like Pitbull said about seeing birdies or being burnt to ashes then magically reappearing the next scene. So for them to make them REAL and REALLY get hurt is big.
Most importantly though, saying the word kill is a BIG DEAL because toons lately have always avoided that word or the 3 D words: Death, died, or dead. Toons have cowardly ignored the concept of death from existing by hiding behind safe words or just avoiding it all together. But they REALLY meant it this time.
Mac could have died, Berry tried to kill him, she was gonna hit him with a train and he screamed she was going to kill him. No safe words, no "misleading words" it was straight, cut, and dry and I thank them for that. It took Ben 10 forever to use the word dead in the show and THAT is an action series.
Fosters has NEVER come across a situation involving death or someone who wanted to cause death, the shows plotline easily avoids this problem. So for the creators to go out of their way to bring back one of their few ACTUAL villains and have her directionally try to kill Mac for a show of this nature is incredible to me.
I applaud them, worship them, and kiss their feet because they used something serious in a kids show and they didn't hide it over soft words, cheap misleadings, or any kind of tricks. This is a big deal for me to see a modern cartoon actually saying that and it's because of that I truly admire Fosters and their creators more than ever.
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