Thread:FirstDrellSpectre/@comment-25100807-20171119034231/@comment-24200891-20180809132516

Let's compare making the grade to out on the limo. In the former Lincoln tells Lisa to act normal and he was constantly glared and harshly punished, when Lisa told he told her to change. In the latter Tetherby told Lincoln to act snobish, but only Lincoln gets called out and harshy punished and Tetherby only gets splashed by mustard. It makes Lincoln suffer much more than others. In mtg serious problem is all characters act like idiots, who can't stand on their two feet without Lisa, all to make Lincoln look like the bad guy, Lisa never gets punished despite she made decision to act like a moron and she could have refused like she was creators' pet. In ool Lincoln could have refused to listen to Tetherby and go to his sisters, but Tetherby was a snobish jerk for years and Lincoln only one day, so their punishments are disproportionate.

The show writers often confuse natural desire to stop being threatened like dirt with selfish act. In mtg Lincoln was punished by his classmates, despite it all was Lisa's doing and he never even invited her. Parents could have used internet to check train and metric units and Lisa's teacher should have called doctor, not depend on a little girl. This episode simply has idiot plots for sake of unfunny jokes. This ep was Alec's Schwimmer worst episode, because he made all characters idiots. In ool Alec didn't make anybody an idiot, if we exclude Tetherby for mistaking Lincoln for a rich boy.

Both eps have problem that they have 10 nasty minutes and 1 good minute, that lack of proportion in screentime doesn't help.