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That’s how long it took for them to make their first actual joke.

Impressions:

You would think a comedy would have jokes, but apparently not. Maybe if you’re a blithering idiot, you couldn’t figure out within the first couple seconds that the GIANT FOGGY VIDEO OVERLAY meant either dream or flashback, and with the latter out of the way the first time anybody opened their mouth, that left dream. Which then proceeded for another 100 seconds before the stunning reveal that… it was a dream. That’s it. No other punchline. Just a dream. In fact, it was clear this week that GoHand’s writers have already pissed off down to the pub and left a panda at the typewriter. The first half was the biggest collection of bad cliches and recycled jokes that I’ve seen in years. Oh, Shino’s giving him a book. Just like last time. And it’s a porn book again. Just like last time. It’s even funnier the second time, especially strung out. Omigawd, a girl’s in his room, it must be to have sex. Omigawd, I hear noises, they must be having sex (in a very uncomfortable place). Yes. Great. Repetition makes everything better.

The second half of the episode didn’t exactly excel in the writing department either, but in a completely different way. It wa abundantly obvious that they were taking random jokes and just throwing them all together without any regard for… well… anything. It was like watching a bad stand-up comedy routine on stage, complete with the interstitial providing the rimshot signalling that the joke has been made and you are expected to laugh. Some of them were okay, but again, there was absolutely no rhythm, flow, or even cohesion between anything. It literally felt like they took the dregs from the cutting floor of previous episodes and dumped them all together, then wandered off.

Preview:

Breasts are not trampolines.