The eleventh episode of Bob’s Burgers is a great treat for
anyone who has been watching the series from the beginning as it brings back
characters and gags from previous episodes. It starts off with a green mold
growing in the restaurant that requires a visit from the health inspector Hugo. The same Hugo that Linda broke up with to marry Bob. He tells them that the restaurant will need to be tented for 48 hours. Whereas
Bob looks at it as a complete loss of weekend profits, Linda sees it as an opportunity
for them to have the honey moon they’ve never had.
They end up staying with Mort next door in the apartment
above his mortuary, mostly furnished with things from the deceased. Which ends up getting the weekend dubbed the “haunted
Honeymoon.” Mort agrees to watch the kids all weekend so that Linda and Bob can
enjoy themselves. Once in their room Bob switches into his lazy pants and
begins building a model of the bus from Speed. There are some great dated
jokes about Keanu Reeves that follow. Linda is convinced that she can have a great Honeymoon on her own while Bob builds his model. Bob basically ruins the entire weekend
for Linda until a near death experience changes everything for him.
The kids really steal the show in this episode. From having
Gene eat mold, to family sing-alongs and then nearly killing their father by
burning him alive. There’s a great throwback joke to Tina’s obsession with
Zombies which was humorously followed by the term “Robot Wieners.” The show
still maintains a great balance of comedy with an actual story. They build the
relationship of Bob and Linda and establish Tina more as a teenager that is
actually in control of her younger siblings instead of vice versa.
Overall Score – 8.5/10