One of the big problems that I have with various shows today is that they don't stay consistent with what they have started. Most of the shows change after a specific amount of episodes, and they forget everything that made the audience fall in love with the show to begin with. However, there are some shows that manage to come up with creative things, yet still maintain the same tone and overall feeling of the show. One of those shows are "Atlanta." Seven episodes in, and the show still manages to find new ways to impress me with its clever writing and new storylines. The episodes that have gained the most positive response from me have been some of the most creative episodes, and this episode definitely fall in under that category. This episode was written solely by Glover, and it is probably the best episode of the show, this far. I had nothing but love for this magnificently creative episode.
The thing that immediately appealed to me was the special format that the episode had. The episode is structure to look like a television channel, so it's basically a lot of commercial and a special news coverage at times. This idea was so creative and it's something that I would have personally never come up with or predicted that they would ever do. Even though the episode has nothing to offer the overarching story, it felt so great to have a bottle episode that was simply there to have some fun with the audience and do nothing but entertain for thirty minutes or so.
This is also the episode where the writing felt the most episodic, but I didn't mind that at all, because of the episode's format. It's meant to feel episodic, because that is how commercials are done in this day and age. When we get into the meat of the episode, which is Alfred participating in a debate about transexual people, and the approach that Al had to everything in those scenes felt so consistent with his character. Glover could have easily chosen to make the character a little bit more political in this episode, but he opted not to do that which I found to be the right move. Brian Tyree Henry was a standout in the episode and once again proves that he is great when it comes to comedic delivery.
This episode also did something that I didn't expect the show to do, which was that they called back to things that happened earlier in the season. There is a specific character that appeared in the premiere episode, and he is revisited in this episode, and the way they decided to approach his "return" was perfect. Also, there were some commercials that were revisited multiple times in the episode, and I loved the progress in these individual stories. There is also a specific character that has a substantial role in the episode, and I didn't know what to feel about him when he first appeared, but as the episode reached the ending of his arc, I really couldn't do anything but love the character more than I have ever loved any other guest appearances on this show. ... Maybe except for black Justin Bieber.
The thing that immediately appealed to me was the special format that the episode had. The episode is structure to look like a television channel, so it's basically a lot of commercial and a special news coverage at times. This idea was so creative and it's something that I would have personally never come up with or predicted that they would ever do. Even though the episode has nothing to offer the overarching story, it felt so great to have a bottle episode that was simply there to have some fun with the audience and do nothing but entertain for thirty minutes or so.
This is also the episode where the writing felt the most episodic, but I didn't mind that at all, because of the episode's format. It's meant to feel episodic, because that is how commercials are done in this day and age. When we get into the meat of the episode, which is Alfred participating in a debate about transexual people, and the approach that Al had to everything in those scenes felt so consistent with his character. Glover could have easily chosen to make the character a little bit more political in this episode, but he opted not to do that which I found to be the right move. Brian Tyree Henry was a standout in the episode and once again proves that he is great when it comes to comedic delivery.
This episode also did something that I didn't expect the show to do, which was that they called back to things that happened earlier in the season. There is a specific character that appeared in the premiere episode, and he is revisited in this episode, and the way they decided to approach his "return" was perfect. Also, there were some commercials that were revisited multiple times in the episode, and I loved the progress in these individual stories. There is also a specific character that has a substantial role in the episode, and I didn't know what to feel about him when he first appeared, but as the episode reached the ending of his arc, I really couldn't do anything but love the character more than I have ever loved any other guest appearances on this show. ... Maybe except for black Justin Bieber.