Review: Brickleberry ‘Global Warning’

Spoilers Below

Woody and Ethel get into a big argument about global warning and as such both take their cases to the extreme. On one hand, you have Ethel who wants to have as little of a carbon footprint as possible so she goes to live with the Amish. On the other hand, Woody wants to set the record for the biggest carbon footprint and as such tries to set a record on having the most crap turned on at the same time for all to see. Weirdly enough, when Steve tries to steal electricity for his employer he gets shocked like all hell giving him the ability to see into the future ala Final Destination.

With Woody trying to make financial gain on Steve’s new abilities, Connie is fitting right in with the Amish unlike Ethel whom is struggling to keep up. She may not have a choice though, because back at Brickleberry, Woody uses Steve’s abilities to win a bunch of money at the casinos and then uses the winnings to buy a bunch of factories guaranteed to help Woody’s cause of proving Ethel wrong.

We come to find out that Ethel hates living with the Amish all the while Connie is loving life. That said, Steve tells Woody that Ethel is right because the ‘Ranger of the Month’ gets a vision showcasing Woody going insane and taking Earth to hell in a basket due to his carbon footprint. Woody replies by throwing Steve out of a window strapped to a bed.

Meanwhile, Denzel is trying to take advantage of Malloy’s fear of cows by constantly scaring the shit out of him when he least expects it.  Soon, the two team up to investigate the cows possibly planning some sort of attack on Brickleberry.  Unfortunately, Denzel has bigger fish to fry as Steve enlists him to help him kill Woody to save the planet.

Connie and Ethel are getting ready to be burned alive by the Amish, but Steve opts to take on Woody and start a fight. Woody subdues Steve, and Connie and Ethel are joined by the rest of the Amish as they are tricked into the wonders of technology.

Right after Malloy gets over his fear of cows, Brickleberry is invaded by alien cows after the carbon footprint hits max levels thanks to Woody. After the cows get word of how we treat them, they start zapping the shit out of everyone and the cows officially take over. Yep, the cows run Earth.

Our Take

A rather interesting way to say goodbye…a Planet of the Apes-esque twist that saw all of our characters basically killed off. Despite the very Family Guy-familiar Amish plot, I thought this was a grand way to go. Woody going crazy right-wing Republican is a great lead-in for a Daily Show audience getting ready for an election, and a funny one at that.

Now, one thing I gotta figure out. Do I want more Brickleberry or do I want more Super Jesus? I’m not gonna lie, I think I would take the Super Jesus. Basically, that whole thing should be its own TV show, and I would watch 50 episodes of it before I was bored. And with the way this episode of Brickleberry ended, it would be hard for me to see the producers just pick shit up and keep going, but I would follow wherever. The show has a bunch of fans and I think the series could do well on a Hulu or Netflix environment that would let the show continue to stretch the Woody ‘bat-wings’.

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