Review: Mr. Pickles “Mental Asylum”

Spoilers Below

Mr. Pickles is back to his same old tricks. For a quick recap, season 1 ended with Grandpa being admitted to The Old Town Mental Asylum because of his supposed insanity, all caused by Mr. Pickles.

“Mental Asylum” opens with Mr. Pickles slaying the mayor of the town, maybe to save the women that he is mistreating, or maybe just because he is blood-thirsty. After that, season 2 picks up right where the first ended, with Grandpa trapped in the institution but soon realizing that it’s better to stay safe and sound from the evil murderous collie. So what does our favorite satanic canine do? He wears the flesh of the murdered mayor as a full body suit in order to break Grandpa out. But before he can do that, Mr. Pickles must attend to his new-found duties of running the town, because of course, he is the mayor. He approves of proposals like legalizing the illegal cartel of machine guns, and changing the town’s currency to toenails. Just as he is about to sign off on Grandpa being discharged, he realizes that that isn’t good enough because he will just act crazy again to be readmitted. At the city council meeting, things get a bit out of control when Mr. Pickles starts making love to the mayor’s wife’s poodle. Still in the suit, the “mayor” gets admitted to the mental hospital and starts killing the workers left and right. The doctor gives Mr. Pickles what he wants, for Grandpa to be discharged and never allowed re-entrance, and gets to stay alive, for now, and everyone lives happily ever after. Except Grandpa, and the many victims of Mr. Pickles, of course.

Our Take

The season 2 premiere had no shortage of disturbing imagery between Mr. Pickles wearing the carcass of the mayor around the town, people being gutted alive, and then the crazy frog man actually transforming into a look-alike frog made of rotten faces sewn together. The show is based around disturbing images, so that’s a good thing in this case. The regular audience has to love over-the-top gore or they wouldn’t watch week after week.