Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Bob's Burgers - 1x01 - Human Flesh

    Bob enlists his family to try to ensure an good opening day for a re-opening of their burger joint.  It turns out that his youngest daughter told her show-and-tell class that the burgers they sell are made with human meat salvaged from the funeral home next-door.  The health inspectors arrive and post a large poster in the window indicating that they are under investigation.  It turns out that one of those inspectors is a former boyfriend of Bob's wife.
    Stef likes this show, but he never said anything about it.  I was kind of skeptical, but for a pilot, the episode was pretty decent.  I didn't feel like they relied as much on exposition as pilots usually do.  I still don't have a full grasp of the show, since it seems strangely realistic, but also bizarrely surreal.
    Not much in this episode stood out, but it felt uniformly well-handled.

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