August 08, 2025

Bob's Burgers: Mr. Safebody (15x21)

Another cute episode!

Cons:

I feel like I've been saying this a lot about the subplots on this show of late, but there always seems to be a lack of climactic joke... like, in this one, a car is blasting annoying loud music, Bob is annoyed, then he recognizes one of the songs, and gets annoyed when the police finally shut the music off just as he's getting into it. And then they put the music back on, and the plot thread ends? I was kind of hoping there would be more with whatever the crime was, or something. Nothing wrong with what we got, just wish there had been a bit more.

Pros:

That said, in the subplot I did really like the trajectory of sad sack Bob being turned around and getting into something that was previously bumming him out, that always makes me smile, when he winds up being enthusiastic.

Our main plot features Louise's classmate Arnold wanting to get into the body-guarding business now that he's a green belt who can smash wood boards with his feet. In typical Louise fashion, she takes his initial pitch of her helping him with promo and escalates it to an absurd degree, leading to her and her siblings, along with Arnold and Rudy, sneaking into an abandoned old high school and then getting into conflict with real scary high school boys.

I suppose this is one of those episodes where I don't have a ton to say; I had a fun time as always. Maybe my favorite comedy beat was Louise telling her folks that they were going to a safe location for school reasons, and Bob wondering why she felt the need to emphasize they were going somewhere safe... that whole exchange made me chuckle! Having Louise for a daughter would be a fun challenge, I think.

8/10 

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