Review: Bob’s Burgers “The Big Stieblitzki”

Overview

The family gets invited to Rudy’s father’s birthday party; Tina attempts to convince a woman to commit to a relationship with Rudy’s father.

Our Take

The long-awaited return of the 14th season of Bob’s Burgers has commenced and quite frankly,this episode really isn’t indicative of a normal season premiere for the series which usually have a few more accoutrements thrown in for good measure. Still though, it’s nice to get new episodes of Bob’s Burgers!

This week’s episode features all of the standard hijinks that a typical Bob’s Burgers episode will have. Bob and Linda have a bit of a romantic squabble over one of Linda’s silly questions and the kids set off on their own adventure that usually comes by way of their lack of understanding of grown-up problems. The result is that comforting hug from an established show that does it’s best to help you through a rough work week.

While I think Bob and Linda’s storylines were pretty much throwaway, the kids attempting to get Rudy a new love interest is very much endearing and the kind of sweet taffy that the producers of Bob’s Burgers likes to pull quite a bit that provides for that separation from the more assertive big brothers of Animation Domination.