Usually I'm one to criticize The Loud House for hardly coming up with anything original. But then again, this show is for younger audiences who probably don't find the plots or morals of the show cliche. I will however say that this episode was not cliche. The first part of the episode was THE CRYING DAME. This episode will probably be remembered by many Loud House fans as the episode with the singing creepy fox. At least I found it creepy. The episode starts off with the siblings wondering why Lily is crying excessively. They want it to stop so Lori decides to give Lily her old toy, Fenton the feel better Fox, which helped her with her crying when she was a baby. Lily plays the little song on repeat which drives the siblings to the point of getting rid of it. When they do this, Lily is saddened by Fenton's disappearance and The siblings must get the toy back. They are unable to retrieve it as the toy is crushed at the last minute in a junk yard. The episode ends with the siblings singing Fenton's song as Lincoln wears a Fenton costume. What I thought was original about the episode was the last part of it. Instead of having the toy be saved, kind of like vanzilla was in VANTASTIC VOYAGE, The siblings are too late. This left me wondering what the result of the episode would be. What we got was a beautiful and happy finish. I will also add that I am happy that they let Luna sing in this episode too.
The next part was called ANTI-SOCIAL. The episode focuses on Lynn Sr. being angry that his family spends so much time on their phones. When the siblings decide to show their dad the benefits of social media and cellular phones, then he becomes obsessed with using it so much that he doesn't pay attention to his family. Now the siblings must snap him out of his obsession and get him back to his normal self. I think this episode was less original than the episode taht precedes it. This episode is basically retelling VANTASTIC VOYAGE except with cell phones. The montage that plays with the siblings showing Lynn Sr. the wonders of social media almost mimics that one time the tried to teach Mr. Grouse how to use a computer in JOB INSECURITY. Don't get me wrong I think it was a good pitch for an episode, especially since one character Lori, is always on her phone and is on social media. So it fits perfectly. The only thing I'm being picky about is that we kind of see this a lot in The Loud House already. I assume someone said that there needed to be an episode about it. I really like Lynn Sr. I think he is a great character and I don;t mind him being the focus of an episode from time to time. But there's only so much that the writers could come up with so that at some point in the episode I'm not thinking 'Oh, I know that they're gonna do'. This is kind of why I think that putting an episode that has a surprise of an ending along with an episode that recycles the plot of another episode just doesn't do it for me. The reason why I give this episode a 10 is because the writers actually thought outside of the cliche box, and gave a memorable episode in THE CRYING DAME. As for ANTI-SOCIAL, well it's like I said I like Lynn Sr. and I think it was a good effort in trying to make an episode that would be relavent to now for kids. So I can't really take away anything from it. Good episode.
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