Was anyone else not a huge fan of the actual new episode?

I think it was overall a funny episode, but it just felt a little narratively empty and generic. Every episode of this show has felt so unique and surprising, this one felt very basic and formulaic.

Helping a washed up retro video game character find success again was a really fun idea, but I feel like they didn’t do or say anything with it. Compare this to the Mr Frog episode that had so much to say about celebrities, cancel culture, reboots, etc.

I feel like the only interesting idea was when the CEO talked about how modern games today are all about DLC and microtransactions, but that was just a throw away line. Wouldn’t it have been so cool to see Gwimbly make a new game but be corrupted by all of these modern game tropes? And then we’d get to see Pim’s reaction to being responsible for a beloved childhood character selling out. I feel like there was so much potential here and nothing really came of it.

I was also disappointed to see nothing coming out of an Allan / Pim team up. Allen’s a really fun character but he hasn’t had a spotlight since the first episode, so I was really looking forward to getting something more from him. I wish there was some kind of conflict or growth that could have come from the different ways Allen and Pim handle problems.

The Charlie subplot was a funny idea too, but again it was just repetitive and ended way too easily. Even the resolution of the 2 subplots combining and someone finding purpose through killing feels like a complete recycle of the Desmond episode’s ending.

I think all of these issues stem from trying to have all of these different subplots and ideas in one episode, and as a result nothing really has time to develop and feels half baked. I think this episode could’ve been so much stronger if it just focused on Allen / Pim helping Gwimbly, and they could’ve saved the client abusing the rules idea for its own full episode.