Murder Family

This was the first episode I've watched and it was boring and generic. The dark humor was badly executed imo and the ending was atrocious. I think the idea of this show is decent, but this episode is just an average bad adult cartoon. I'm giving this episode a 4/10 but it's very near to the 3/10.

The characters aren't really memorable or even likable. It's the kind of show that throws a lot of dark jokes and sex jokes and doesn't even try doing an actually funny and creative joke. The animation is good and it's the only thing in the episode that was actually fun to watch, but it wasn't amazing or anything like that.

3.5/10 ~ 4/10, low bad.

Updated: I've watched until S2E4 and the show overall is definitely better than this, but I really wish this first episode was a lot better.

This episode was funny, suspenseful, and very well animated. The part with Stolas was also priceless! This episode was an amazing start to the actual series!

This episode feels like Helluva Boss. It handles all of its characters extremely well, none feel like they're ever out of character, and compared to the rest of the show, this episode feels like it was actually made for more mature audiences. I never got bored throughout the entire episode, yet one problem I have with every episode is the extremely predictable humor on certain occasions, and the akwardness of some of the jokes. This episode is what Helluva Boss aims to be, yet none of the later episodes have hit me quite as well since. I hope Vivz will someday look back on the earlier episodes and take notes of the way they wrote the first episodes.

This episode has an ambition compared to the others that makes it special. You can tell Spindlehorse wanted to start this show as strong as they could. Amazing tension that caught me completely offguard, amazing visuals, amazing action, amazing jokes, this is Helluva Boss at its strongest. The teachers backstory was not only surprisingly engaging, but incredibly fun and ridiculous. Without going into spoiler territory, lets just say that the episode's first scene is one of the greatest I've ever seen in any western adult cartoon comedy. This may be an unpopular opinion, but this is HB's best episode so far.

Plot:Its certainly structured better. Its not mind-blowing,but its not bad. The pacing on the other hand is way too fast. 6/10.

Humor:Its not as good as the pilot. I didn't laugh half as much. There were still some good jokes in there(ex. Stolas's dirty talk,Moxxie's italian accent and Blitzø's quippy dialogue in general) 6/10

Visuals:It has more variety in comparison to the pilot due to the setting. I like the variety and each setting is holy to behold. 8/10

Music:The music's kinda just ok in this one. The teacher song isn't as charming as the I. M. P jingle. 6/10

Voice acting:Brandon Rogers,Richard Horvitz,Vivian Nixon,Erica Lindbeck,Mara Wilson, Jinkx Monsoon and Bryce Pinkham all did amazing for this episode. 10/10

Theme execution:I know this isn't an educational show, but the moral's kinda....horrible. I know its hell,but in my opinion,it would have been nice to get a more morally in between takeaway for this episode....and the way its done is ok,but the overly quick pacing kind of hinders it a bit. 3/10

Overall:6.5/10. A vast improvement from the pilot with a good story structure. Not my favourite, but not too bad for its first episode outing.(the pilot is now not canon)