Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24412362-20141122020629/@comment-25683876-20141124015050

CharismaKid16 wrote: I honestly don't see how anybody can hate this episode. In my opinion, it was one of the most well-thought-out episodes of the season, and possibly even the series. The creators took a somewhat mundane, ancillary character and turned him into a badass Russian spy in the time span of twenty two minutes and somehow managed to make the entire plot seem coherent instead of forced. The fact that the creators were able to do so much with what we once assumed to be a boring character in such a short amount of time is pretty impressive, even if it is a plot that has caused so much controversy. I'm not saying everybody should be adding this episode to their favorites list, but it should at least be respected for its creativity and 'wow' factor.

Think about it- you probably had no idea that Thomas would turn out to be a Russian spy, did you? And even if you assumed that he would eventually turn out to be some sort of antagonist, you probably had no clue that the relatively boring things he had been doing (Such as calling his mom, for example) this whole time had been leading up to something so extravagant. If you think about it, this has probably been one of Regular Show's most 'irregular' episodes in a long time. It may not be the best episode you've seen- heck, you might not even like it at all- but I'm sure it still managed to surprise you. And isn't that supposed to be one of Regular Show's strong points? The surreal events the duo/cast face on a weekly basis are supposed to be 'anything but regular' (As the commercials used to state) and create a sense of astonishment whenever they occur. This episode has managed to do that in a way most of us could never have expected. In that regard, I tip my hat off to the creators. Exactly. The revelation of the true identity of Thomas, surrounded by cold war stories, spies, and of course, the park being destroyed, are the esence of Regular Show greatest "irregular" episodes, and the most important, we finally found out the truth about Thomas, and he leaves the show like a great character, and with the door open for more Nikolai in the future.