Review: FP-A Member of the Family, Parts 1-2

This episode was almost identical to the episode A Member of the Family, Part 1 and 2 in album 1. I knew that going in, but this caused to have already heard the entire episode. First of alll, why is it that whenever Monty comes to town, it's never a happy reunion? There's this episode, The Reluctant Rival, and The Green Ring Conspiracy, Part 1. Okay, the Green Ring Conspiracy was happy, but it was in the middle of a giant plot, so it wasn't that happy.

One of the things that shocked me most about this episode was the price of movie tickets in it. Five dollars for a ticket? It's a lot more expensive now, but we do have better graphics than there were in 1987 so it does make sense. Still, that's a really good price.

Another thing that I noticed in this episode is the fact that Hal Smith's Whit is the only one that is able to scare me. He's really good at playing the scenes where Whit is angry, like in this episode with Monty. This also shows up in the episode The Very Best of Friends. Even though he's good at playing an angry Mr. Whittaker, he's also really good at playing Whit in other scenes.

Now, to the actual review, instead of the details that I've been writing so far. I thought that the episode was pretty good. Another concern that I had with it (already off track from this paragraph) was that Monty had a change of character way too quickly. He hated Mr. Whittaker and everything in Odyssey and then thought that Mr. Whittaker was the best person ever after a week? This seems unlikely. They do have to keep the episode happening within a reasonable time though. Summer only lasts for a while.

Back to the review (hopefully), I thought that the episode was good. I didn't notice any flaws in the acting or plot. In general it was a good episode, not the best episode ever (in my opinion), but not the worst. I know that I said that I didn't notice any flaws in the plot, but I will point out that this episode and some other Family Portraits episodes have incorrect dates about things like how long Whit's End has been opened, but since the episodes aren't canon (I think), this is fine.

Overall, I thought that this was a good episode.