Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24330788-20150824010300

This is probably gonna earn some warranted opposition but, does anyone feel the writing in Regular Show has seen better days? I’m not saying there’s a cut-off date for good episodes or anything like that, just overall you don’t get as many really standout ones from beginning to end (in my opinion anyway, I’ve been wrong.) The characterizations especially comes off a bit forced now and then. While I think it’s admirable they’re trying to give the guys more depth, there seems to be this general consensus that this is a new innovation for the show. It’s really not, they’re just more blatant with it now. When Benson begrudgingly gave Mordecai relationship advice during a short scene in Yes Dude Yes -but then got irritated when Mordecai thanked Skips for the advice instead; it’s a subtle but solid indication that he values his employees’ opinions of him despite himself. In Bensons Suit he states it out loud at the beginning of the episode. Not to completely rip on Benson’s Suit cause it had entertaining parts too, but with scenes like this it makes me think the writers don’t trust their audience enough to understand the character’s frame of mind unless he verbally spells it out for them. I’m sorry but they could and have done better. Imagine if at the beginning of Don Rigby outright admits he has an inferiority complex with his brother instead of going through the motions of it as he did in the episode. You show, don’t tell, or at least you show then tell. I get this is all subjective though so, feel free to disagree with me. If you have any thoughts or opinions on the current progression of the show, please share/discuss below. 