Review: The Jellies “The Invasion”

Let these guys just take you away.

Overview (Spoilers Below)

Cornell meets his real parents, The Gorfs, who invite their son to the pad and we get to learn why Cornell was given up for adoption. We eventually learn that the duo is actually aliens trying to get a key that was supposedly created by Cornell’s real dad to kill the entire alien race. Fortunately, chocolate cake is their weakness, and Cornell’s got one in his back pocket that he uses to subdue the aliens and run away.

Meanwhile, Reggie and the rest of Cornell’s friends chill with a new “Dirt Bike Kid” who wants to do a world record-breaking stunt by jumping over 500 people. Cornell shows up and interrupts the jump and now the Dirt Bike Kid wants nothing to do with anyone. Cornell’s friends ditch him and someone’s calling in for alien backup.

Cornell’s walking home alone when he gets picked up by Sammy and brought to The Jellies minus KY, and it’s here we learn about Project Mantis and how the aliens are looking to make an attack. The CIA shows up and gives chase, but Sammy and Cornell are able to escape and figure out what the cure is in destroying the aliens. We learn at the debate, that the mayor’s been an alien living among us this whole time. Our defense? Prince….who is, I’m assuming kissed, and turns into a frog set to do battle against a giant mantis monster. An entire army shows up for both sides and we learn that Cornell’s real dad is named “P.D. Gorf” turned woman/stripper named Chocolat.

Before you know it, this battle gets out of hand and Prince is victorious in saving Earth

Our Take

Now, THIS was the big pay off we’ve been waiting for. We’ll go into more detail in this for the season review, but, the Adult Swim Season One finale of The Jellies was by far and away the best episode of the season. Just a gag explosion that smeared all over the television that finally showcased the true chaotic skillset of Augenblick Studios and the writers/producers of this series that haven’t quite shown this tenacity as consistently this season as we hoped, but the finale was juicy af goodness.

For whatever reason, I think 30-minute episodes should be the future of this franchise. Cornell’s pals make for excellent “B-plot” material, and there’s enough going on with The Jellies that I think the producers could certainly pull it off. The meat and potatoes of the finale episode were put together so well and featured the frenetic pace of classic Superjail! that we thought this show was going to give us a bunch more of. Here’s hoping, a second season, will have more output like this.