Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25297799-20141107004500/@comment-24330788-20141107040618

To be honest I had mixed feelings about this episode. I liked it overall but there was something that bugged me and at first I couldn't quite put my finger on what that was. After thinking over it and reading through other people's insights, I believe I now have a better idea;

The episode brought to light a very real point of conflict in Mordecai and Rigby's friendship, one that's been present even in past seasons and there was a clear lesson/message to be learned. The problem I see is that this lesson is and has always been for Mordecai, NOT Rigby. It wasn't up to Rigby to prove anything in this episode. Fact of the matter is he has been there for his friend and (even though it was unintentional) Mordecai has begun to take that for granted. It is Mordecai that needed to wake up to himself here, but this crucial character transition is never really shown. Instead the episode focused on Rigby busting his chops to drive home a point that both he and the audience already know by now and Mordecai just sort of shows up at the end to acknowledge this (again; no mental process from Mordecai shown, so who knows how he came to that conclusion when he couldn't all those weeks/months before). If they just showed something from him, like maybe whatever off-screen conversation he had with Eileen to convince him to go to his friend, it would have been more meaningful that one line of closure he gave at the end. I don't know, I just think they could have done a bit better here. But again, other wise good episode. Some nice moments for Rigby and Eileen too.