Review: The Freak Brothers “Son of a Freak”

 

Overview (Spoilers Below)

The Freak Brothers go to a UFC fight. While there, Phineas finds out that one of the UFC fighters is his son. Meanwhile, Kitty goes around town trying to score some food and Freddy goes to look for her.

Our Take

This adult animated comedy-adventure is coming into its own. Previous weeks have focused on Jeff Bezos and the obsession of billionaires with deep space, and having three brothers, Phineas T. Phreakears, Fat Freddy Freekowtski, and Freewheelin’ Franklin Freek transported from 1969 to the year 2020. This week focused on UFC fighter P.J. Always Barkin Larkin enters the lives of Phineas, Freddy, and Franklin by staying at the Switzer house. Phineas believing that P.J. is his son. Franklin gets jealous and there is lingering emotional tension after P.J. begins having sex with Gretchen, as he wants to do the same after she welcomed his sexual advances.

This series continues to be irreverent, with no shame at showing characters in the nude, sexual acts, and going on psychedelic drug trips which would likely be censored if this series had aired on FOX or Hulu. The show continues to be captivating, even though it is one of the strangest, out there series I’ve seen in a while. It makes me think of the Harold & Kumar films or even the short-lived animated series Magical Girl Friendship Squad, which were both stoner comedies. The voice talents of Woody Harrelson, John Goodman, Pete Davidson, and Tiffany Haddish continue to shine. The same can be said for La La Anthony, Andrea Savage, Phil LaMarr, and Liza del Mundo. However, at times, it sounds like Haddish is talking in a tunnel, with her voice echoing.

This episode has social commentary, especially about the plight of homeless people, which Gretchen terms as houseless people. This reminds me of The Simpsons and Futurama episodes with social commentary of their own and were some of the strongest episodes of each series. This commentary makes the episode much more relatable. I laughed a little when watching this episode, but not as much as I did with earlier episodes. Even so, the series is still a strong comedy. I hope that future episodes provide more character development to not only the main cast, but also Camile, the daughter of Noah and Harper Switzer, and Harper’s sister, Gretchen. That would pique my interest even more in this series, as it seems shallow at times, with its simple storylines, even though the characters continue to stand out. Despite this, I trust this series will still be good enough to pull me into the world of three weird brothers stranded in 2020 and make me glad I watched each episode.

Score

Summary

The Freak Brothers go to a UFC fight. While there, Phineas finds out that one of the UFC fighters is his son. Meanwhile, Kitty goes around town trying to score some food and Freddy goes to look for her. This adult animated comedy-adventure is coming into its own. This week focused on UFC fighter P.J. Always Barkin Larkin entering the lives of Phineas, Freddy, and Franklin by staying at the Switzer house. This series continues to be irreverent and captivating stoner comedy. This episode has social commentary, especially about the plight of homeless people, and remains a strong comedy.

7.0/10