Post by Hippo on Apr 25, 2016 2:25:59 GMT -5
Welcome aboard the S.S. “Pro Tiki/Con Tiki” review, episode 15 of season six where Bob’s old friend offers investment in the restaurant but with a price, a very Maui tourist fleapit price.
Bob is offered $100,000 to redo the place with his wealthy friend but has to sacrifice too much of his own vision to his investor’s, it’s a good story which has stakes, some would say possibly cliche but I haven’t had enough exposure to said plots so it plays out well. Now yes, this was a “Bob/the Belchers gain something but lose it” plotline which are usually bad but this one felt very different, Bob was the one deciding not to take Warren’s investment, not having it taken from him and that sort of agency he was granted meant something different for the end result of no change. We know he’s a man of principle and has a goal in mind even if said goal is a dingy burger joint with a weird bathroom selling great burgers though nobody knows it exists because to a point Bob doesn’t want success. That’s what takes it from being something kinda mean-spirited to showing that Bob can stand his ground if the price for betterment means changing everything, no longer being his own boss and worst of all, following in the footsteps of Jimmy Pesto with gimmickry.
In a way it does make me feel better retrospectively about “Sacred Couch”, just not very much because it’s still “Sacred Couch” and stupid things were done in order to maintain the status quo. Strong episodes usually mean a lack of B plot and here, there wasn’t one and I don’t think it needed one, I guess there was a small one in Gene’s plot of land under the window but it complemented enough that it wasn’t distinct from the main plot.
Episode 15: Pro Tiki/Con Tiki
Store of the week: Don’t Stop Bereaving Grief Counseling
Exterminator of the week: Final Pestination Pest Control
Burger(s) of the day: All In a Glaze Work Burger (served with balsamic glaze), a burger I didn’t catch the name of but know it contains sprouts and sauerkraut, If At First You Sesame Seed, Thai, Thai Again Burger and Turn the Other Leek Burger
Exterminator of the week: Final Pestination Pest Control
Burger(s) of the day: All In a Glaze Work Burger (served with balsamic glaze), a burger I didn’t catch the name of but know it contains sprouts and sauerkraut, If At First You Sesame Seed, Thai, Thai Again Burger and Turn the Other Leek Burger
“I don’t usually like sunglasses indoors but that pineapple really pulls it off, that’s one cool fruit.”
Bob is offered $100,000 to redo the place with his wealthy friend but has to sacrifice too much of his own vision to his investor’s, it’s a good story which has stakes, some would say possibly cliche but I haven’t had enough exposure to said plots so it plays out well. Now yes, this was a “Bob/the Belchers gain something but lose it” plotline which are usually bad but this one felt very different, Bob was the one deciding not to take Warren’s investment, not having it taken from him and that sort of agency he was granted meant something different for the end result of no change. We know he’s a man of principle and has a goal in mind even if said goal is a dingy burger joint with a weird bathroom selling great burgers though nobody knows it exists because to a point Bob doesn’t want success. That’s what takes it from being something kinda mean-spirited to showing that Bob can stand his ground if the price for betterment means changing everything, no longer being his own boss and worst of all, following in the footsteps of Jimmy Pesto with gimmickry.
In a way it does make me feel better retrospectively about “Sacred Couch”, just not very much because it’s still “Sacred Couch” and stupid things were done in order to maintain the status quo. Strong episodes usually mean a lack of B plot and here, there wasn’t one and I don’t think it needed one, I guess there was a small one in Gene’s plot of land under the window but it complemented enough that it wasn’t distinct from the main plot.
| A | Kept thinking how much Warren looked like Chris Parnell which doesn't come up much for their guest roles and I did look at Alistair’s review unfortunately. Giving this a C+ is bullshit and it is nowhere near as bad as “Sacred Couch”, that's all I say. The episodes reiterates the point nicely made by Bob this episode regarding the Belchers and to a degree the show itself, “Yeah, we are disgusting.” |
