TALKBACK - Clarence - Episodes 102-105 [6/19-6/23]

[Gatordragon]

Episodes 102 - 105

Monday-Thiursday at 4:00p/3:00c!

Officer Moody
premieres
MONDAY at 4:00 PM

This week...
Pieces of Mr. Reese's past are revealed when his old partner on the police force, Officer Moody, visits Aberdale Elementary.
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Gilben's Different
premieres
TUESDAY at 4:00 PM

This week...
Gilben's newly sprouted peach fuzz sparks a discussion about puberty that ultimately convinces Clarence to act more like an adult.​

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Cool Guy Clarence
premieres
WEDNESDAY at 4:00 PM

This week...
Clarence finds a fast friend in JT, who shows him some cool new music, a new outlook on life, and a sweet rat-tail; Clarence leans into the rat rail lifestyle, discovering a whole new side of Aberdale he never knew existed.
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Just Wait in the Car
premieres
THURSDAY at 4:00 PM

This week...
As Mary runs errands, Clarence waits in the car and struggles to fight boredom.​

 

[NeoplanDan]

Well today's episode was kinda weird or good, we learned that Mr. Reese used to be part of the police recruitment before he'd did something that caused him to get fired, however overall the first and the near end of the episode were more passable than the end, which played Mr. Reese as his use of his rear, pretty much like "Butt of the Joke" (not realistic trying to mention about the butt joke, but this seems heavily implied)

C- (76.8)


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[Surreal Kangaroo]

Officer Moody was an okay episode. Nothing to write home about.

 

[Radical]

Officer Moody was pretty great/funny,

Mr. Jim Reese's major focus was great.

The Jim vs. Belson scenes made me laugh, hehehe.

Love Officer Moody, awesome funny likable new jerkette female character which suits her name, hehehe, but she's scary.

Cool seeing Jim's backstory, he was a great cop and a poor screw-up, but his teacher job is more better though.

Belson being the culprit, but he had it coming from Officer Moody, hehehe.

The kids saving Jim was great, I hope to see Officer Moody return.

 

[Zanneck]

Officer Moody (Mid Low Tier) - Sorry. Not feeling this one, honestly. I mean, it doesn't take much to see why people (especially Ms. Baker) do not respect our focus here, Mr. Reese - his backstory on how he became the detention guy will only make you dislike him more if you didn't have much to feel for him already, IMHO. I understand the kids sticking up for him at the end because Officer Moody (of course) predictably went too far, as well as showing him more respect by the episode's end... It's still pretty weak material we're going through here, know whom it's focusing on, IMHO. The guy just works better as a side character, because to me - that is when he is not only tolerable, but funny (when it's called for, of course.).

I'll say this much - the next episodes are much better. Especially what comes on Wednesday and Thursday, again - IMHO.

Speaking of which...

Gilben's Different (Mid High Tier) - While I did ultimately get some laughs out of Clarence getting scared of growing up and his friends getting in on it (which is ultimately why I don't harbor too much ill will towards it, as I wasn't really feeling this one at first...Seriously, the "seeing your MC pretend to be a baby joke" isn't all that funny and is pretty cringey to watch, honestly...), I think it's kinda sad that there wasn't enough Gilben in this one for my liking. Then again, it would have been pretty boring if it did focus on him, so whatever.

So, like I said - this was alright, but the next two episodes are better, IMHO.

 

[NeoplanDan]

Well today's episode was a bit odd in the beginning but in the end was funny, tbh, the episode was pretty much underwhelming despite of Clarence trying to act like an a adult, which only at the end when it pretty much confusing to Clarence, but he learned that despite of being a kid, he has a long way from being at that age when that's needed.

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[Surreal Kangaroo]

I loved Gilben's Different. I got a kick out of Clarence taking care of baby Jeff (and playing with that breast pump) and literally burst out laughing at Sumo sticking his head through the window like "how's my favorite grandson?". I'm a little surprised by the lack of Gilben.

 

[NeoplanDan]

Well today's episode was kinda alright, I didn't expect Clarence to have such a long hair, since all other previous episodes, which usually has it normally short,
Kinda odd for a guy who's obsessed with rat tails, which he felt about not letting it go, who at the end, Clarence cut off JT's rat tail. While the rest once felt underwhelming as most of his friends nearly quietly ousted him by not choosing him to play along because of the obsession with Clarence acted, he finally realized that it wasn't cut out to be. The ending was kinda weird as Clarence ends up collecting hair that had been cut up, and made several rat tails, which everyone wind up wearing one.


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[Zanneck]

Cool Guy Clarence (High Tier) - Clarence did come off a bit annoying here at first because of how he wanted to be more like his new acquaintance he met, but at least he learned the hard way the lifestyle he was delving into isn't for him - after all, the person he was making friends with early on (JT) did have a point. That being Clarence has never needed to act cool to hang out with anyone, whether they be classmates or best friends of his. A simple enough setup, but whomever wrote this did go that extra mile to put their own respectable and enjoyable take on it.

Just Wait in The Car (High Tier) - While not a truly eventful effort, I did admire how creative this one was; just another example of how this show can do a lot with something small. Admittedly, I was worried at first, but for me, this is Season 1's "Patients" done in a much better way, as how Clarence interacts with keeping himself preoccupied is much better executed and quite heartfelt in a way, as a result.

Like I said, these 2 premieres were the best out of these 4 for me, personally.

 

[NeoplanDan]

Well today's episode was a bit dull, and I find it hard to see it entertaining, although when (you're) a kid is left in the car and had nothing to do, there's always something that had to be at least entertaining, although it's hard to describe whether this relates to real life as of nowadays, as no parents or anyone responsible, are allowed to leave a child in the car (especially in the hot days) on any reason unless someone with them, this episode felt like a callback as this how it was back in the day without the rules being laid upon, overall the episode was already, but it's exactly not my cup of tea.



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[Surreal Kangaroo]

Cool Guy Clarence: this was just an okay episode to me. The part when he made the rat tails for the other kids was gross.

Just Wait in the Car: this felt like one of those "random event plot" episodes such as the Classroom and Pool episodes, but this one felt right to me. Maybe it was because the focus was solely on Clarence.