Review: The Loud House “No Bus No-Fuss; Resident Upheaval”

Overview

“No Bus No Fuss“
Lincoln and his friends try to find another way to get to school after awkwardly encountering three eighth-grade bullies on the bus.

“Resident Upheaval”

Lincoln and Clyde are at odds when they discover there’s only room for one of their grandmas at Sunset Canyon.


Our Take

For the former episode, much of the plot is about bullies on the bus giving Lincoln and his friends shit as usual, because apparently, this is a universe where the bus driver is a simple-minded dolt who doesn’t seem to go Judge Dredd on their asses and drives a bus nonexistent Camera’s which would’ve made this a much shorter episode if these assholes were caught and rightfully punished. While it takes a while for them to confront this bullshit, much of the humor felt forced and contrived with a Car-pooling montage demonstrating how weird and dysfunctional every one of Lincoln’s friend’s parents is in different ways.

As for the latter episode, Lincoln & Clyde’s respective grandmothers go on a tour at an elderly home called “Sunset Canyon” for a shot at membership at a spa/country club of sorts leading to a series of comedic mishaps between Lincoln and Clyde when neither of their grandmothers would wanna get physical forcing the two to do something hilariously unthinkable, but eventually, they find a compromise by the episode’s end that manages to change things for the better.

Overall, both were passable episodes, with the former feeling like there could’ve been other ways to fix the conflict which would’ve made it much shorter, while the other episode was a bit too wacky with its setups yet still entertaining.