Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25892460-20150223132732/@comment-24882645-20150224150628

I think this season has been pretty stellar so far myself. I like how most of the episodes thus far have revolved around various relationships and how much certain characters have developed over the course of a few years. Even the episodes that have not really focused on character relationships (Such as Terror Tales of the Park IV, Mordecai and Rigby Down Under, Format Wars II, and Park Managers Lunch) still managed to keep my attention and get a lot of laughs out of me. While there haven't really been any duds this far into the season, (At least in my opinion, anyway) I didn't overly care for Lift With Your Back or Sad Sax. As much as I love Mordecai, there are times where his character annoys me, and these two episodes were no exception. In Lift With Your Back, I thought he was a bit too hard on Rigby, especially when said raccoon had been going out of his way in order to cover for the work his friend kept abandoning. In Sad Sax, he ignored what his own heart was telling him to do and kept going to a man who couldn't give romantic advice to save his life. I personally feel he should have told CJ the truth right away, even if it meant adding a bit of fuel to the metaphorical fire. He could have avoided so much trouble if he just would have pulled her aside and had a heartfelt conversation with her from the start. Ah well, enough with my minor nitpicks. While I don't hate these two episodes to any extent, I just think that they aren't the best.

In regards to Benson, I feel as though his... non-Bensoness...has to do with who is storyboarding that particular episode. I noticed that newer writers have recently joined the crew, so maybe that has something to do with why Benson has seemed a little out of character.