3/13/2008 Episode: "Jackie Khones and Case of the Overdue Library Crook"

[Mac-a-lacka]

If Mac is "too young to go to prison" did he forget where he was twice in two episodes that came before this one?

[taranchula]

Originally Posted by Mac-a-lacka

If Mac is "too young to go to prison" did he forget where he was twice in two episodes that came before this one?

Actually no, he wasn't in fact in "prison" (In the literal sense) at all those two times, he was just kept in a police holding cell. Prison is where you go after you are formally convicted of a major crime in a court of law, and that did not in fact happen in those two episodes.

For example in My So Called Wife, the police keeping Mac, Bloo and the other tresspassers at the station overnight was only used as a scare tactic and no formal charges were laid, it's also safe to assume no formal charges were laid in the other instances Mac took a trip to the station as well. As there was no mention of such an instance.

[Mac-a-lacka]

Originally Posted by taranchula

Actually no, he wasn't in fact in "prison" (In the literal sense) at all those two times, he was just kept in a police holding cell. Prison is where you go after you are formally convicted of a major crime in a court of law, and that did not in fact happen in those two episodes.

For example in My So Called Wife, the police keeping Mac, Bloo and the other tresspassers at the station overnight was only used as a scare tactic and no formal charges were laid, it's also safe to assume no formal charges were laid in the other instances Mac took a trip to the station as well. As there was no mention of such an instance.

The second time, Mac never really did anything.

[fosters home fan]

Well, I FINALLY saw this episode. It was quite funny. I'll give this episode 9/10 stars. Great episode.

[Mac-a-lacka]

I've been wondering, has anyone seen the end credit sequence for this episode yet?

[Frankie_4_Prez]

I may be totally wrong, but I think it showed JK riding on the RC car the whole time.

[bloonuggets]

Originally Posted by Mac-a-lacka

"I've been wondering, has anyone seen the end credit sequence for this episode yet?"

yes I did. It's that "Keep His Eyes On The Mayo" theme to a clip montage.

[BluebottleFlyer]

Caught this episode yesterday, and it was a good'un.
I loved the whole running gag with Jackie's sandwich obsession, and the little green dude's absolute dryness. I love dry humour. Great nod to all those 70's detective shows, too. Jackie's fee reminded me of "The Rockford Files". And of course, the mayo song, lol.
Poor Mac, freaking out at the sight of librarians, lol. My first thought was that Bloo was the culprit, but I did have that doubt in my mind that it was too obvious. As soon as he said "DVD" I knew something was up, lol. Mac's face, at that point, was priceless. As was Jackie's last line.

Great stuff, all round.

[jekylljuice]

I wonder how (or, perhaps more appropriately, if) Mac was finally able to resolve his issues with the library? Sure, he could return the missing book - though I did notice that he appeared to leave it lying there as he walked away from the pool at the end (gotta say, I liked how Mac was able to show restraint and resist whopping Jackie with that book, presumably in the interests of not damaging it further) - but as he said, who knows how much money he was now in debt for? And that's side-stepping the added issue of the financial damage inflicted by Bloo's DVD club subscription. As for the extreme extent in which those librarians stalked him - are we to take that at face value, or possibly as a product of Mac's overactive paranoia? Well, maybe.

I enjoyed this episode. As others have pointed out, it's a bit atypical for Foster's, but in a fresh and interesting way, and I will further echo the general feeling that, as culprits go, Bloo would have been just a bit too obvious, so it's extremely pleasing that they were not only able to resist that pitfall, but use it as the basis of an awesome little gag at the expense of our own expectations. Highlights for me included Mac, Jackie and that RC car, Fluffer Nutter's contributions, and, last but certainly not least, Wilt, the darling devilled egg thief. That final nervous apology of his made me crack up so hard. It's really good to have the old Wilt back again.

[taranchula]

Originally Posted by jekylljuice

I wonder how (or, perhaps more appropriately, if) Mac was finally able to resolve his issues with the library? Sure, he could return the missing book - though I did notice that he appeared to leave it lying there as he walked away from the pool at the end (gotta say, I liked how Mac was able to show restraint and resist whopping Jackie with that book, presumably in the interests of not damaging it further) - but as he said, who knows how much money he was now in debt for? And that's side-stepping the added issue of the financial damage inflicted by Bloo's DVD club subscription.

Um we'll just assume that after the events of this episode, Mac went to Eduardo and asked the purple one to use his vast accumulated wealth (See The Buck Swaps Here, to get that reference.) to pay off all of Mac's debts.

Far fetched, yes?

But it's a lot better then just saying "It was a wizard, who fixed everything with magic" and move on.