Velma: The Candy (Wo)man (2023)
Season 1, Episode 2
5/10
Shocking U-Turn
18 January 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I think they knew most people would switch off after an episode like that, so it eased off.

Don't get me wrong, the meta humor still lets down the show, the weird sexualisation is still there in the background, I absolutely hate the pregnancy gross-out, the 420 joke was horrible, an Norville's pointless romance subplot drags down the show. This Gigi (not called Scoobi, that's a hoax) can't come into the fray any sooner.

Fred's plot really drags down the episode. He's innocent, we know he's innocent, but the writer wants to drag this out, horribly failing.

The drug plot wasn't great.

That's all I hated. Daphne's arc is actually going great, I actually don't hate her. That's 1/4 main characters that aren't awful, and I can see Norville eventually joining that list.

Velma still is the worst part of the show, but her arc about coming to terms with her hallucinations is actually keeping me interested in her character.

Also, the humour and animation might be starting to recover. A few of the jokes were funny (the yarn for the conspiracy board coming from a sweater really got me) and the animation is great.

5/10 episode, I hope this show recovers, because I want it to shock me and be good.
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