I'm gonna be honest, I found CJ catching Mordecai kissing Margaret to be such a painfully predictable and contrived twist. I was worried about where they would go from here, and while my worries were mostly confirmed, I did leave this episode with a smile on my face. I'll start with the negatives first though:
The fact that CJ getting mad at Mordecai over a misunderstanding happened not once, but TWICE, was infuriating. How forced can this episode possibly be? Since CJ was ready to forgive him at the beginning of the episode (until Margaret conveniently called), the whole thing felt kind of pointless and frustrating.
Another terrible scene I wanted to mention is when Mordecai faked his own death as an attempt to apologize. Yes, I understand that the humor comes from how cringy his behavior is (the cheerleader bit was pretty funny), but this was just too far. What Mordecai did was a form of abuse and should not have been written off as a random gag. Honestly, CJ should have broken up with him just for that. It was way worse than him kissing Margaret.
Then we get to the climax. While Mordecai's lights message was undeniably cute, I can't help but feel a bit confused. Wasn't the whole lesson of this episode that grandiose, showy displays of apologies were bad? We literally got an entire montage of Mordecai's apology attemps failing because of how over the top they were. How was his lights apology any different? Sure, it was sweeter and less cringy, but it still feels like Mordecai didn't learn from his mistakes. After failing to get CJ's attention, Mordecai ends up getting her attention by... doing the exact same thing as before. Just really weird writing.
At least the episode ended well. Mordecai's apology in the hospital was heartfelt and genuine, however I'm not a fan of the events leading up to it. I have no idea whether to like or dislike this episode. I'm just happy Mordecai's arc ended on a good note in the end and they didn't ruin his character.
The fact that CJ getting mad at Mordecai over a misunderstanding happened not once, but TWICE, was infuriating. How forced can this episode possibly be? Since CJ was ready to forgive him at the beginning of the episode (until Margaret conveniently called), the whole thing felt kind of pointless and frustrating.
Another terrible scene I wanted to mention is when Mordecai faked his own death as an attempt to apologize. Yes, I understand that the humor comes from how cringy his behavior is (the cheerleader bit was pretty funny), but this was just too far. What Mordecai did was a form of abuse and should not have been written off as a random gag. Honestly, CJ should have broken up with him just for that. It was way worse than him kissing Margaret.
Then we get to the climax. While Mordecai's lights message was undeniably cute, I can't help but feel a bit confused. Wasn't the whole lesson of this episode that grandiose, showy displays of apologies were bad? We literally got an entire montage of Mordecai's apology attemps failing because of how over the top they were. How was his lights apology any different? Sure, it was sweeter and less cringy, but it still feels like Mordecai didn't learn from his mistakes. After failing to get CJ's attention, Mordecai ends up getting her attention by... doing the exact same thing as before. Just really weird writing.
At least the episode ended well. Mordecai's apology in the hospital was heartfelt and genuine, however I'm not a fan of the events leading up to it. I have no idea whether to like or dislike this episode. I'm just happy Mordecai's arc ended on a good note in the end and they didn't ruin his character.