Review: The Loud House “Save Royal Woods!”

Overview (Spoilers Below):

When Royal Woods is in danger of being flooded to make room for a sixth Great Lake, the town comes together to prove that they’re worth saving.

Our Take:

The Fourth of July weekend brings us another Loud House two-parter that’ll have us screaming loud with pride. This latest half-hour special sees the folks at Royal Woods encountering a huge threat to their society. That threat, in particular, is a massive flood big enough to wipe out an entire village. In short, it’s another episode involving saving a town from being demolished.

This special made itself seem like a fitting way to be classified as the show’s series finale since it has a plot involving people coming together to save their beloved home. However, the series has been renewed for a seventh season, meaning we can throw that theory out the window. But that’s not to say there isn’t something to enjoy in this two-parter.

The plot’s first half consists of the people in Royal Woods attempting to create a monument to make Royal Woods memorable and prevent Joyce Krandal (Christine Baranski) from demolishing the dam. They decided to create the world’s largest Flippee, but Flip’s decision to add expired gasoline caused it to explode. The second half sees the people coming up with a fake piece of Royal Woods history to convince Joyce not to destroy the town. Unfortunately, Joyce recognized that ruse from Lola’s pageant crown. This resulted in them telling Joyce the real reason for Royal Woods being special on live television, resulting in her being fired.

“Save Royal Woods!” happens to be the best two-parter of the show’s sixth season, mainly due to how it represents its message. A town doesn’t need a monument or a piece of history to make it memorable. The people who live there and the memories they create make it a worthy place to live. Along with its fun musical numbers and Baranski’s vocal performance as Joyce, the half-hour special is like Royal Woods itself. It may not be extraordinary, but its heart makes it worth saving, or in this case, watching.