A few things are certain in Bob’s Burgers, and two of those are Bob is going to talk to some inanimate object and Louise will cause trouble. My favorite episode featuring Louise was “Ear-sy Rider” back in Season 3, so the fact that Logan has made yet another appearance has me thrilled.
Bob desperately wants a plot in the community garden so he can grow fresh vegetables for the restaurant (they make burgers, why do you need vegetables?). Bob finds out he wasn’t accepted into the garden because the woman who runs it is, sure enough, Cynthia, Logan’s mother. Linda has had her fair share of Cynthia in “Mother Daughter Laser Razor,” so this can only mean trouble.
Cynthia agrees to give Bob a spot in the garden if Bob gives Logan a “dead end job in a horrible place” so he can write an essay and get into a college prep summer program. The agreement is made, and a great deal of craziness is going to ensue. Louise first believes Bob is joking when he introduces Logan to everyone, but when she realizes it’s real, she and Logan fight immediately.
Gene says what we were all thinking: “I bet when you reconnect in your thirties you’ll get married.” I hope so! That would be hilarious. Linda is okay with Logan until Cynthia arrives to write his essay and rudely asks for Chamomile tea. This show does a great job at portraying people who can tick you off just enough to make you furious at nothing (hello customer service).
There’s a great musical number about how the garden is Bob’s happy place, and the restaurant is Linda and Louise’s crappy place. Bob “looks like a British lady” traipsing around the garden, singing to his bean sprouts, and I can’t help feeling horrible for Linda and Louise. We’re reminded in this episode that Louise is only nine years old! So young and her dad is forcing her to spend time with a kid who tortured her a few summers back. Not cool.
Bob is a good dad, though, and comes to his senses soon enough. After a bout with hidden spitballs, Louise steals Bob’s garden sheers and runs to the garden. Bob begs her not to cut the plans because they are his babies, and Louise calls him out on it right away. Louise remarks that she noticed “the greater good meant doing the thing you like to do,” which can be an issue with a lot of male leads on television. He realizes what position he’s put his actual baby in and tells her to cut the plants. In classic Louise fashion, she turns to the plants and says, “I can’t, it’s not their fault,” and Bob responds, “That’s right, it’s my fault.” And then, YES, Louise turns to Bob with the sheers and says, “So I’m gonna cut you.” She’s kidding, of course. That’s the Louise I know and love; that’s the relationship between Bob and Louise I really love. They’re such a weird father-daughter pair, and they are so funny together.
In the end, Louise gets to fire Logan and gives him a nice recommendation: “Put a bag on your face!” It was good to see Bob stand behind his family in this situation. A pretty funny episode I’d say, especially because there were some great stand-alone lines.
Some great lines from this episode:
– Jerry the mailman says “You never thank me for the letters I don’t deliver.”
– When Bob goes to see about his application Linda says, “If you have to sleep with her to get in it’s okay I don’t like her but whatever it takes” and Bob responds with, “Way ahead of you Lin.”
– Beets me.
– When Louise is bartering with Linda about making Logan leave she says “Dads a family member but he’s ranked 4th or 5th.”
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