With Halloween behind us, the Belchers are serving us up something different and with Bob's Burgers, you know if that's going to be a good or bad thing.
Thus far in season 15, we've got a mixture of different stories in just four short episodes. That's why each week always feels like a surprise. Thankfully, that's part of what makes the show so great.
No matter if you're a newbie to Bob's Burgers or have been watching since the beginning, you can jump into most episodes and get caught up. That's part of the charm of the show and why it's such a comfort show for so many.
However, we're here to recap and review the Bob's Burgers episode, "Don't Stop Be-Cheesin." If you haven't watched the episode yet, this is your spoiler warning. There will be spoilers from this point on.
Here's what happened in "Don't Stop Be-Cheesin."
The episode begins with Louise and Gene getting excited for Cheese Royale but Tina isn't. It's basically 8th graders throwing cheese at each other and trying not to get hit. Unfortunately for Tina, she doesn't have the athleticism to throw cheese at people. She ends up joining Jimmy Junior's team and they have a strategy meeting after school. Meanwhile, at the restaurant, everyone teams up to help Linda get better at eavesdropping.
When Tina goes to the bathroom at the meeting, everyone in the group gets cheesed aside from Tina and she is immediately nervous. Louise decides to help Tina out with strategy including leaving at a different time, going to a different place after school, and then going home after cheesing hours are over.
Louise tries to figure out who the Master Cheeser is and tells Tina to shift her strategy to start cheesing people. It results in Tina cheesing Tammy and Louise gives her a list of everyone else in the game. Tina ends up getting an invite from Henry to meet up with the rest of the contestants. At the meeting, Henry says that it's Susmita and Susmita says it's him.
Before the big reveal, Will, Chelsea, and Henry all get cheesed. It comes down to Tina and Susmita going head-to-head, with TIna cheesing Susmita. We find out that Sam is the Master Cheeser, and Tina ends up, defeating him.
"Don't Stop Be-Cheesin" was a fun Tina episode of Bob's Burgers.
When I first started the episode, I had no idea if I was going to be into the Cheese Royale or not, but Bob's Burgers pulled it off. While this concept wouldn't work on other shows, the writers managed to make me super invested in a cheese fight. Given Tina's lack of athletic prowess, there was no way she was the Master Cheeser.
However, the way the story played out and how things worked out for her was great. It was also nice to see Sam return as he and Tina play off each other nicely. Plus we got some of our other Wagstaff mainstays like Chelsea and Susmita. This episode also pulled off the rare feat of having two plotlines in one episode that I loved which doesn't always happen.
Seeing Linda learn to eavesdrop and share what she found at the end of the episode was great. It was nice to see the entire Belcher family around the dinner table as Linda and Tina shared their achievements. As far as Tina-centric episodes go, this was a fun one.
Bob's Burgers airs on Sundays on Fox at 9/8c.