Loud Night

This episode was terrible. I've enjoyed most of this show, but this was complete trash ruined by current day politics. This takes place in the 90's, but we get rhetoric and buzzwords that weren't prevalent in that decade. No matter how hard they try to mask it with references to Bill Clinton, it still comes off as current day and it completely takes me out of the universe this show sets up. They treat issues like gay rights and execute it in a way that's very 2024. Did anyone say fluid in the 90's? Doubt it.

The problem isn't even that this episode got political. The anti-conservative snark was a little annoying, but it's par for the course with Seth shows and I can let it slide if it's funny, but this episode wasn't. It was very preachy and portrayed in a way that's not realistic in this show's climate. If you wanted this show to tackle current day politics, maybe don't make this show take place in the past.

It feels like a strong case of not knowing your audience as every episode before this one plays off as a funny, care-free comedy that comes off as a more of a feel-good comfort show with some of that trademark politically incorrect humor that Seth MacFarlane is known for. Then 6 episodes in, we get this botched attempt at social commentary. Now there were a few off-hand remarks delving into politics before, but they were small jokes and they didn't really feel all that out of place to me. They were jokes and I laughed, but here it felt like a preachy lecture and feels like it went against the tone the show was setting up.

Started off funny, but the more it went on, it devolved into preachy garbage. I really hope this episode was just a fluke because this was pretty bad.

This series has been incredibly amusing so far, but this episode took a disappointing turn. When I watch shows like Ted, I'm seeking entertainment and escape from political discussions. However, this episode seemed more like a platform for the writers' political views rather than genuine entertainment or comedy. It felt forced and out of place in the context of the season. While the rest of the season has been fantastic, this episode was a letdown due to its heavy-handed political messaging. If the creators want the show to thrive and secure another season, they should focus on more suitable storylines for the characters instead of injecting unnecessary politics into every aspect. It's important for everyone to have their own opinions, but I prefer not to feel like I'm being brainwashed while watching a comedy series.

And I love it! Great episode, Seth MacFarlane has always spoken about diversity, gay rights in all of his shows and In this episode he just proves again, it doesn't freakin matter who you love. Clearly everyone will have their opinions, but how about everyone just focus on their own lives instead of trying to control everyone else's? It was a heartwarming Christmas episode that needed to be told. I found myself getting emotional about a story of a truck that comes to life. I'd say if you can do that then you did storytelling right. Stay mad people, we will continue to be happy, minding our business, loving who we love.

This Ted series has been fabulous, start to finish. Where it could have risked getting stale was by not challenging the toxic 70's achetype the parents embody, but they do - and they do it surprisingly quickly into the series run. Blair may be a 90's kid, but she's as progressive as at least a 2010's one. In this episode we get to see Maddy really have to confront his preconceptions - and its also a heavy-handed metaphor for extremist points of view getting exacerbated by surrounding yourself with yes-men... aka, far right news media embodied in a anthropomorphic toy firetruck. My only wish was to have someone besides Seth voice the firetruck just to make the most of the opportunity, but besides that it was pitch perfect as the rest of the season. I would have considered it the weakest ep overall just by a hair if it wasn't for how heartwarming the ending is with the karaoke machine - now its probably my second favourite behind episode 5. Its great to see Maddy show real character growth - and accept family comes before defending Hitler. And for anyone who thinks this is propoganda - if accepting someone who for they are is propoganda to you, then you're never going to be able to accept yourself or figure yourself out either.

Have ya ever been on a flight cruising along like nothing could get better? Like no crying babies, comfy seat, bag of chips and full can of Coke good?

Then ya start to feel it. A little rumble here, a little overhead bin shake there.... then BAM! The oxygen masks drop, the engines fall off and all of a sudden you're praying to God for just one miracle to keep you alive cause you already know you're going to hell.

That's what this episode was like for the first season. All season I'm like laugh laugh laugh then that BAM! Drops on my face like a sledgehammer to the nads. "We need to discuss these important issues that we think are important due to our superior Hollywood morality." P. S. Thanks to Boeing for making this illustration so effective.