Review: Gary And His Demons “Leslie and Her Demons”

Demon slayer!

Overview (Spoilers Below)

This week’s episode sees Gary’s boss Leslie having a nervous breakdown after she caught her husband cheating on her with a podiatrist. Her kids take off too, and as a result, Leslie’s string of bad luck gets the best of her and so she goes on a rampage after getting some demon venom from Gary. Leslie ends up kidnapping her ex, leading the cops on a chase right up until she crashes and is apprehended by officials.

Our Take

You can tell this show is produced in Canada due to the fact that the cops in this episode were so damn nice despite the fact that Leslie just lead them through downtown on a mad chase that ended in a bunch of damage and a messed up car.

The episode itself featured a fun premise not seen a whole lot…divorce. That said, as a result of the gravity of the situation, Gary and all of the demon-killing that goes along with an episode that follows him kinda gets put on the backburner in favor of a storyline that’s a bit more familial and less action-packed. I do like the variety of storytelling, however, I wish we could better incorporate those killer action sword-fighting sequences a bit more, though seeing the animators’ talents was both educational if but fleeting.

Mark Little’s take as “Gary” is really growing on me too. It took some getting used to the nasally voice, but over time, you come to actually appreciate it in an episode where he takes a back seat. The one-liners are evident and sneak up on you, similar to the way how Gary was explaining to Leslie how her outbursts were coming across during the course of her nervous breakdown. Are they written as slick as say Archer or Rick and Morty? No, not yet. But they work, and as a result, Gary And His Demons works, and for that to work, it’s all on Gary because we still really don’t have enough investment in a second character to give a shit about just yet, but giving us a “Leslie” focused episode was probably a good start towards that goal regardless of the fact that if we’ve spent all of five minutes with her up until this point with no knowledge of her family beforehand. Effective story-telling is probably the one thing this show REALLY lacks to put it over the top, but it’s doing a solid job of entertaining me.