This is one of those episodes that you need to see twice, because it can be a little confusing the first time through. In this episode, the Venture compound is recovering after an attack by the Monarch, 24 is dead, Brock went a-wall, Sergeant Hatred has taken Brock's place, and there are some Nazis that are trying to revive the spirit of Hitler that is inside a dog. This is a lot of story lines to take place in the span of half an hour. However, the writers for this show do a very impressive job of fitting it all in without truly overwhelming the viewer.
This particular episode had a few negative points to it. For one thing, the confusing part of this episode was the constant shift between different points in time. One is right after the all the incidents listed above, and the other is quite a bit of time after this. In this later point time, Brock is fat, Hank has long hair and is turning into a mini-Brock, and Hatred is taking over for Brock. The confusing part is that the shows jumps between these 2 points with no real notice. By the second time I viewed this episode, I was able to understand the story much better and truly appreciate it, but most people aren't going to watch it a second time which is unfortunate. My only other real complaint with this episode was the lack of Rusty Venture. Rusty has been one of the funniest characters in this show, and to see him without a major part in this season premiere was disappointing. He only had 3 small parts in this episode, though they were all pretty funny. I just wished there was more of that, but I imagine the upcoming episodes will feature him more.
Despite these negative points, this episode had many positive factors. Though Brock is a great character, I love the addition of Sergeant Hatred into the Venture Compound. I was surprised at how funny he was. I shouldn't say I was surprised to see something funny, because everything in this show is usually funny. Hatred had a couple of lines that really made me laugh. In the beginning, when Hank basically says he's going to shoot his dad, and Hatred says "I will give you so much money to not do that." That delivery came out so perfectly that I was cracking up, plus the Hatred on the toilet scene was awesome as well. Plus, the scene where Hatred tells Hank to shoot him was very well done and I think it was a pretty pivot scene in turning Hank into a man. I also enjoyed seeing 21 turn into a bit of a villain himself. I always liked his character, and I'm glad to see he is becoming a more standout character.
The main focus of this episode was about Brock and his return from almost dying. Though this story line wasn't laugh at loud funny, it had its moments. Seeing Brock fat was amusing, and the interactions between him and Hunter are funny. This story line was to get Brock from point A to point B in the story with a few laughs along the way. The end scene where Brock stabs the Hitler dog was a nice end to the episode. You see Brock in shape again and working with Hunter. It was interesting to see that he seemed happier working as an agent again when he greeted Hank. It was nice to see Brock really sort of acting like a father figure for Hank, which he really needs.
Overall this episode was good. If they had a cleaner transition between time periods (I know the value of the comic book was supposed to indicate that, but maybe a more obvious way would have been nice, like "3 months later" kind of thing), and if there was more Rusty in it, this episode would have been great. The only ting that really saved this episode from being mediocre was the inclusion of Sergeant Hatred.
I give this episode an 8.5
Plus, they referred to toilet papers as "shit tickets" which is a phrase I will now be using all the time.
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