[Frankie_4_Prez]

I found this thread and its more upbeat cousin, "Top 10 Fave Episodes," quite helpful for a relative newcomer like me, so I decided to share my thoughts while moving the thread up the list (maybe so other new people could find these more easily). Just today I finished watching every episode of Foster's out there, so I could judge all more fairly.

Note: #1 in this case is my least favorite, and #5, the most tolerable of the 5. Also, next to the title, I put the writer(s) name, just for reference.

1. I Only Have Surprise for You - Tim McKeon
If there was a time I felt silly and embarrassed for watching Foster's, this was it. Mac felt totally out of character (he's usually nice), and I don't remember him being "crazy" on sugar, either. The plot was rather shallow and predictable, and the gags, other than maybe one, of the past Mac birthdays, weren't all that funny to me.

2. Foster's Goes to Europe - T. McKeon
Ugh. The sweet, caring, Famous-Foster's-Cookies-giving Madame Foster, filching tickets from an 8-year-old... riiiiiight. It's not like McKeon was a new writer. Plus, there was so much unused potential in Eurotrish, whose face they figuratively shoved in the mud and left her there to dry. Despicable end credit "gag" too.

3. Jackie Khones and the Case of the Library Crook - Darrick Bachman
Another episode where, in my opinion, the writer didn't fully use a character to his full potential. I view Khones as crafty, witty, and cunning, but he just kinda sat there for most of this episode--either in the toilet, in a toy car (which had Mac driving it), reading a book in the library, or floating in the pool. OK, maybe the last one wasn't his fault.

4. The Little Peas - Darrick Bachman, L. Faust
Plain old boring, topped with a re-used plotline that kinda left me with the taste of old, chewed-up gum in the mouth. Peas truly had good intentions, but the humor was seriously lacking.

5. Imposter's Home for Um Make 'em Up Pals - C. Lewis
Great concept, but awful delivery. Yes, Frankie is only human, makes mistakes, and is willing to admit it, but the writer pushed the envelope so hard, he pulverized the letter. Comedy, in one of its purest forms, uses hyperbole to make the audience laugh, but man, was this extreme. To put a positive spin to all this, it really goes to show the strength of Frankie's character for not breaking under all that pressure and going psycho on everybody. In the end, this episode had more creativity and effort (but of the wrong kind for the series) put into it, which led me to rank it "higher" among my least favorite episodes.