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Dollhead Revisited
LanceUppercutt12 April 2022
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An Awkward by amazing season finale, a great finish to the beginning of the series, it just too hilarious in many ways.

Bobby is invited to a middle school party and is worried he'll mess up at Spin The Bottle, since he's at an age of embarrassment, he doesn't want to go.

Hank is worried about Bobby not being interested in girls yet and believes his son just needs a push in the right direction by forcing him to go. Meanwhile Luanne is studying for her beauty school finals and is handed a mannequin head that will determine if Luanne can pass or fail the semester. Bobby sees the head and believes it is the solution to his problem, everything seems to go right until Peggy catches him.

Comedy gold is poured into this episode, Bobby's obsession with the head and him try to prevent himself from being put in an embarrassing moment gives laughter to every scene. Hank's tough parenting seems cruel and is harsh to Bobby but his reactions and thoughtless actions involving the head steal the show, his haircut scenario however gives only little support until the end where is becomes a cathartic message of support to Luanne.

Luanne desperate to pass the test gives small amounts of laughter until the third act in which the doll head becomes Chekov's gun to the story. All three storylines involving the head tie together in a well written episode full of awkward moments and funny dialogue. Jennifer Coolidge's character Miss Kremzer gives an antagonistic performance to the show, even later as a recurring character until Luanne drops out.

Despite some small problems like Luanne failing to save or even track where her doll head is bother the plot and Hank's overreacting towards the subject is annoying but Peggy's reactions are priceless especially when she struggles to let go of Bobby and resorts to the possibility of moving to Europe to support him.

Bobby's difficulty with not being weird ends him making him weird but yet relatable to anyone who grew up the shy awkward teenager.

The Lesson is to not overreact and second guess things, as the family has tried in this episode which lead to the inevitability of Bobby having an awkward moment in front of his peers at the party.

Definitely Yup.
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VenVes9 January 2022
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These writers really seem to have their claws out for Bobby at times. Was very relieved to learn that he was indeed using the head for practice socializing.
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