Maybe my hopes were too high for something amazing, but I felt episode 5 fell flat. I enjoyed the comedy, but based on the way this series has been through the first 4 episodes, my feeling is, if the comedy is the best part of the episode, it was a poor episode, and that's how I felt watching it. The plot too way too long to materialize and it wound up being not only a general plot that's been done to death (and, in fairness, that's the case with basically any plot today) but also a specific plot that's been done to death. There was no twist, no interesting take, not even an attempt to pull a moral quandary out of their ass. For the first time, the parodic elements were actually the best parts of the plot (particularly, Kelly's jealous girlfriend activities), which would have been enjoyable if the series had built itself to be a straight parody along the lines of, say, Get Smart, but Seth seems intent on making what many others here have correctly called a loving homage instead, and I think the first 4 episodes did very well in that context, even if they weren't perfect.
The Mr Potatohead gag was probably the first time I legitimately laughed out loud and I did enjoy Kelly's interactions with Alara (who, I will admit, I've grown a bit of a TV crush for
), so it wasn't all lost, but as I said, I really expected something exceptional with the names involved. In the end, I don't feel like I'm overstating it when I say that was the worst episode so far quite handily. I don't expect it to become a thing, but I'm really anxious to see next week's episode. Hopefully they can return to the levels of "If The Stars Should Appear" immediately, but I'll take anything to the levels of the prior 4 episodes. I'll be concerned if it's not.
