Bob's Burgers: Don't Stop Be-cheesin (15x05)

Another fun one!

Cons:

There were SO much shenanigans in the kid's plot that I could have used slightly more shenanigans back at the diner with Linda's training to be a better eavesdropper! It was fun, what we got, but Bob and Teddy teaming up to tell Linda she sucks at something is a fun dynamic that we don't see as much, and I could have used even more of it.

Pros:

The main plot was just full of chaos from start to finish, and I loved it. Tina doesn't want to play this crazy cheese-throwing game, but she gets roped into it when she realizes she's the odd man out and everyone else is in it to win it. At first she's just the weak link on Jimmy Jr.'s team, but when everyone else on the team gets taken out by someone who's apparently some sort of cheese throwing prodigy... she becomes their last best hope! Throughout the episode, Tina makes it surprisingly far not getting knocked out, following advice from Louise about how to be sneaky and covert.

In the end it's a showdown between the remaining people left in the game, and it seems at any given time that Susmita, or Henry, or maybe even Tina herself, might be the mastermind... but it turns out it's Sam! He's been so nervous about the whole thing, but turns out that's actually not incompatible with being sneaky and good at throwing cheese! Tina gets the win, though, tricking Sam and sneaking up behind him.

It was so satisfying to see Tina's big victory here! And just in general, all of the chaos leading up to her big moment was fun. The rest of the team being in Tina's corner because she's their only hope, even though Zeke can't quite hide his skepticism... Tina's sneaking around after school to avoid the cheese throwing chaos, wearing disguises and getting home late... the big final battle with everyone taking cover and calling out confirmation that they're NOT the sneaky mastermind behind it all... I loved all of this! Such fun!

That's all for now; this show continues to delight and come up with fun new ideas, but even when a subplot isn't the most thrilling, like with Linda and Bob and Teddy this week, I still just like hanging out in this world with these characters.

9/10