Review: Harvey Beaks ‘The Finger; The Negatives of Being Positively Charged’

 

Spoilers Below

‘The Finger;

Harvey and Fee chase Foo through the woods and discover that Foo is hanging around a finger statue. Harvey gives it a name, and later that night when no one’s looking he heads back to check on the finger which seems to be moving around almost like it’s alive. It seems like a nice finger and means no harm, but Harvey wants to learn more about how ‘Ira Fingerman’ got there. After the library proves to be no help, Foo comes up with the idea of digging up the finger. Problem is, the rest of the kids are there disgracing the finger, but Harvey convinces them to help dig the finger up. A storm comes and ruins the progress that the kids make which forces the other kids to ditch the effort. Soon, it’s just Harvey digging right up until his mom shows up and convinces him to leave Ira where he is.

Our Take

I liked the idea of this episode, but I wasn’t crazy about the execution. I was really hoping we were going to discover something under ground, as my favorite thing about this show is the adventure to something grand. Instead, the kids taught other kids to just give up and let things be all the while.  I would have preferred to see if Foo really did have a girlfriend, because that sounded more fun.

Score

6/10

 

 

The Negatives of Being Positively Charged’

The kids head into the woods and go hiking when they stumble on to some rocks that make Fee and Foo into magnets. Both are positively charges, so they keep bouncing off of one another which at first is a lot of fun, but soon causes discontent among the siblings.  The duo eventually find out that static electricity would fix that , so they set off a static blast which cures them of the magnetism, and sets them on the right way.

Our Take

This was by far the better of the two episodes as we got a pretty cool science lesson for the kids. Moreover, the distress between Foo and Fee was very evident and was capped off with a heartfelt song that showed a different side to this series that we hadn’t seen before. Harvey was relegated to cameos, but I was ok with that part.

Score

8/10