Bob's Burgers recap and review: "Boogie Days"
It's hard to believe November is coming to a close and we've only gotten a handful of Bob's Burgers episodes. Even so, the show has been giving us some quality episodes so there really isn't much to complain about.
With November coming to a close before Thanksgiving, it does beg the question on if season 15 will have a Thanksgiving episode. Maybe we'll get a belated Thanksgiving episode or perhaps, "Boogie Days" is a different take on the holiday.
No matter what the case is, we're here to talk about the season 15 episode, "Boogie Days" and as you can tell from the image above, Louise and Bob are paired up. Considering how underrated this duo has become, it's bound to be a good episode as the two somehow always manage to tug at our heartstrings.
With Bob's Burgers not airing an episode last week, most viewers should be caught up. If you aren't, there will be spoilers for the episode, "Boogie Days," from this point on. This is your spoiler warning!
Here's everything that happened in "Boogie Days."
The episode begins with the family eating breakfast together and Louise asking Bob about entering the Father-Daughter Boogie Board Battle and the first prize is $100 dollars. Bob is doing everything he can to get out of it but Linda shared that Bob used to be great at boogie boarding. Linda also alludes to an incident Bob had in which he almost drowned. Eventually, Louise is able to wear him down.
Meanwhile, at the restaurant, Linda tries to find out what Teddy is doing for his birthday and she decides to throw him a birthday party at the restaurant. A week later, Teddy calls and says he has to go to a funeral. Due to that, Gene and Tina keep trying to eat the cupcakes Linda ordered for him but Teddy pops in.
Bob is trying to focus on boogie boarding, but he keeps flashing back to the incident and even tries to consult the lifeguard. Louise keeps trying to boogie board but Bob can't help feeling overwhelmed by his past incident. Bob explains to her that he got stuck in a wave and he couldn't get his head out of the water but the worst part is when it happened, his bathing suit came down as well.
After telling Louise the story, she starts to feel a little bit scared but she decides to go for it while Linda is trying to celebrate Teddy's birthday much to his dismay. Louise has her own incident so she starts to feel similar to Bob and wants to give up on the battle. Bob realizes his mistake in telling Louise and explains to her that he's happy she got him back in the water.
The episode ends with Teddy and the other handymen playing a party game and Bob and Louise coming back with their 4th-place prize.
"Boogie Days" was a heartwarming episode of Bob's Burgers.
With a title like "Boogie Days," there is no way any of us thought this episode would end up being what it was. Regardless, it ended up being a much more heartwarming tale but that's par the course with Bob and Louise. Before getting into Bob and Louise though, the entire storyline with Teddy was downright bonkers and did feature some annoying moments from Linda.
Even so, it was nice to see Teddy being celebrated by the Belchers, who are more like his family and his fellow handyman friends. The only thing I wanted to know is why Teddy doesn't like his birthday or birthday parties. Maybe it's something we'll explore in later episodes, but it's something I wish the show had touched on more or possibly wouldn't have mentioned at all.
Bob and Louise's storyline was such an impactful and relatable tale. Most of us can remember something like that happening to us at one time or another. Sometimes, your parents or one of your family members say something that scares you without meaning to, and you're done. The way Bob's Burgers handled this was brilliant, and it made me love the father-daughter bond we rarely see between Bob and Louise.
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like we're getting a Thanksgiving episode this year, but "Boogie Days" was such a solid one to end November with. Either way, it's nice to have a backlog of great Thanksgiving episodes to enjoy.
Bob's Burgers airs on Sundays on Fox at 9/8c.