Review: The Great North “For Whom the Smell Tolls Adventure: Part Two”

Overview (Spoilers Below):

Lone Moose faces a day of reckoning as Beef and a group of townspeople attempt to rescue the prom-goers from a flood of rotten meat waste.

Our Take:

The Great North gave us a suitable start to the show’s first two-parter, kicking off its “epic” season three finale. Now, it’s looking to conclude this brief saga in a humorous and smelly fashion, hopefully with more emphasis on the former. I hope you got your nose plugs and bear-repellent spray on you because this finale is certainly a doozy.

Continuing where part one left off, part two has Beef and Moon discovering that the horrendous smell came from a container of rotten meat hidden beneath the school. Its explosion caused the school to be flooded by meat waste. Even worse is that the smell attracts a group of endangered hybrid creatures called the “pizzlies”. Unfortunately, this event couldn’t have come at a better time, as the school was hosting a prom with the kids inside. But that’s not even the worse part. While figuring out how to get the kids out, the townspeople discover that there are a few more bunkers underneath the ground, with each one being bigger than the last. 

Part two further emphasizes the environmental disaster trope, with the townspeople coming together to prevent an enormous catastrophe. I usually enjoy these types of movies of how insanely disastrous they are, whether they’re weather-related or company-related, so it makes sense that I enjoyed the season finale because of it. This is due to its humor consisting of references to the disaster genre, mainly Wolf’s “cool lines”, and their attempts to prevent the bunkers from exploding and rescue the children.

The episode also sees the kids trying to rescue themselves by heading toward the school roof. During that time, the truth between Judy and Kima and their dates was revealed. No, Eli and Laird are not two-timing scumbags looking to score chicks as I thought they would. Instead, it’s revealed that Judy is in love with Eli, and Kima is crushing on Laird. It’s a slight mix-up that would’ve caused a big tear in Judy’s friendship with Kima. Fortunately, the episode usurps this teenage love drama trope by having the girls quickly understand their true feelings, representing the show’s charm and likable characters without the corny drama.

Overall, the conclusion to the show’s first two-parter wasn’t as explosive as what the massive bunker did to the school. However, it provides enough humor and good stakes to end the show’s third season with a bang. The part with Beef’s great-grandfather being responsible for the meat company was random and didn’t add much to the plot. Thankfully, it didn’t deteriorate its story that much. With that said, the final two episodes show that the series can provide more two-part episodes in the future while improving them for the better. The series has already been approved for a fourth season, so it might be possible we’ll see another one sooner or later.