The Loud sisters really care for their one and only brother, Lincoln. In fact, you could say that they care for him a little TOO much! Lincoln is constantly getting bullied at school, so when he comes home with gum in his hair, he tries to keep it a secret from his sisters, as they ALWAYS meddle in his business to try to help him. After sneaking up to his room to cut the gum out of his hair, the sisters find out, (courtesy of Lisa) and they are NOT happy. This is where the episode's main problems come into play. First off, Lincoln pleads for them to stay out of it, but they straight up IGNORE him! If you REALLY care about your brother, take his request seriously for god sake. We then see how much of a problem his sister's meddling is. While I applaud the sisters caring very much about his brother's situation, some of these solutions the characters come up with are just irrational. But at least we get another dose about what their personalities were like, which I liked. But things go downhill from here, VERY fast. After Lincoln reveals that it's a GIRL bullying Lincoln, they go absolutely INSANE, coming to the conclusion that the bully LIKES him. Even after Lincoln shows them what the bully has done, they still think Lincoln should kiss her. See, THIS is the main problem I had with "Heavy Meddle". The sister's idiotic advice and constant squealing was just annoying and frustrating to watch. Eventually Lincoln decides that it's worth a try, and kisses the bully, only to get a black eye in the process. Lincoln berates his sisters and tells them that they will NOT meddle in his business ever again. I'm glad that the sisters got SOME sort of karma, but I felt like they weren't punished ENOUGH. It's all THEIR fault Lincoln got hurt, so I thought their parents should make them do extra chores or ground them for being unhelpful. Now you may be saying "Carter, they're IDIOTS. They didn't know any better". Uh, yes they did. They sounded completely serious when they said that the bully likes Lincoln. But I digress. It's revealed at the end that the bully actually DOES like Lincoln, (via a note taped to a rock that included the bully's phone number) and even throws a steak through his window to help heal his black eye, which ALSO has a note attached, introducing herself as Ronnie Anne. The two would come together for more episodes to come, thus creating a nice shipping couple. Do I recommend this one? Well, it depends; if you're a hardcore Ronnie Anne X Lincoln shipper and you want to see how their relationship started, then go for it. But for anyone else, there are other, better fish in the sea. 3/10
Episode 2B: Making The Case:
This episode could've been really good, if the execution was any good. In "Making The Case", Lincoln is determined to win the 5th Grade Video Contest so he'd finally have a trophy to put in the case like his other sisters. So far so good, right? Well, what if I told you that Lincoln secretly records his sister's mishaps JUST so he can earn some popularity at school and increase his chances of winning the contest? Sad, right? If he did that to ME, I would be mad at him, but then he'd apologize, and I would forgive him. Well, what the sisters did was crossing the line. They treated him like an evil criminal and shut him out of life. I understand that what he did WAS wrong indeed, but do you really have to go THIS far? There are WAY worse things he could've done, which I will NOT discuss here. In conclusion to this particular convention, I didn't really feel THAT sorry for Lincoln, since he inevitably brought it onto himself by ignoring Luan's "unspoken rule" about posting funny videos online, but I thought the level of hatred the sisters had for him afterwards was just absurd. Moving on, Lincoln tries to make it up to his sisters by uploading a compilation of some embarrassing moments of HIM, (courtesy of Luan) which makes him the laughingstock of his class at school. His sisters, on the other hand, appreciate what he did, and they love him again, which is really redeeming for him. Despite some problems, the episode was pretty decent. It's far from perfect, but far from being a complete disaster. 6/10
Season 1 Rankings:
1. Left In The Dark
2. Making The Case
3. Get The Message
4. Heavy Meddle
Next time, we'll find out what happens when Leni learns to drive in "Driving Miss Hazy", and strap in for even more shenanigans when the Louds overthrow their bossy babysitter and "No Guts, No Glori".
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