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Season 8 Episode 2 - Children of a Lesser Bog

Airing on Hulu (US) or Disney Plus (outside US) - Monday, July 31, 2023 at Eastern Time (ET) 03:00 a.m/ Pacific Time (PT) 12:00 a.m

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I love how the 3 kids are basically Bart, Lisa and Maggie.

For me, it was okay. But it won't truely feel like home until a Bender episode gets to shine.
- Told you.

Anyone else think the writing in this episode was weak? The characters felt so fundamentally different and the jokes felt so lazy compared to the previous seasons. I’m staying optimistic about the rest of the season but this one left me pretty disappointed. I’d hate to see bender headed in the ‘jackass homer’ direction
- Bender has always been a massive jerkass though. That's his character.
- Yeah, same. Both episodes so far have been disappointing. I'm not too optimistic about the rest of the season at this point, but I'll be watching them all and hoping for at least one solid good one.
  
  I’m glad I’m not alone in feeling that way The worst scene for me was when they were making the candy (a plot point that went nowhere). The professor’s “diabetic coma!” line followed by “It’s too sweet, better add more sugar” from Fry is just so lazy. The dialogue is just mirroring the action and not adding anything and the jokes are just garbage
  
  It’s quite stark when you go back and do a rewatch of the early seasons. I’m still enjoying the episodes and all the fan service, but it feels like the characters are second to the random jokes jumping a bit all over the place.
  I’m still having fun though!
- I can't really say what it is exactly aside from it didn't have much energy and wit. I do like the stakes are lower. My favourite episodes are low-key episodes that's not about the universe ending (aside from a few of the best ones). But by lowering your stakes we need more from our characters.

Its the same jokes and the same characters. Feels like no time has passed at all since previous season. I'm not sure if thats a good or a bad thing. On one hand I was hoping they evolved a bit more, on the other hand any changes would have launched the ire of those who expect stuff to stay the same. On a third sewer-mutant hand they tried doing different with Disenchanted, I loved that they did, but it failed.
- Actually, Leela feels different now, dumber like the rest of them. If anything she's devolved. It kinda makes sense because why else would she want to be with a guy like Fry, but the show seems to have lost the voice of reason, the only sane one.
  
  Yeah I found that annoying. Leela being drunk and saying 'I must have been drunk'.

I thought this episode was very enjoyable. I loved the kids' personalities and connections with all their family members. The scene with the Grand-Midwife with the emergence of the spawn was my favorite along with the tardigrades. I am happy to see some of the non-main characters in the spotlight, although I know many folks may disagree. Overall am happy with the quality of this season. It is difficult to compare to other seasons as each one is a representation of their time and the amount of time that occurred between each season.
- Completely agreed. I'm enjoying it more than Season 7, so I'll take that as a win.

Are we gonna see Kif and Amy’s/Leela’s kids? Could be a nice callback episode!
- in the description on hulu it says we're gonna meet them. really intrigued where the creators are gonna go with this
  
  I watched the original episode recently. It's a great callback to it, because even in it they mention "in 20 years they will sprout legs and come onto land as children".
  Well, 20 years would have been January of this year.

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