The Kids Rob a Train
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"The Kids Rob a Train" is the 15th episode of the fourth season of the animated comedy series Bob's Burgers and the overall 60th episode, and is written by Steven Davis and Kelvin Yu and directed by Boohwan Lim and Kyounghee Lim. It aired on Fox in the United States on March 30, 2014.[1]
Plot
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The Belchers take a trip on a train and, to their dismay, Louise, Gene and Tina are seated in a separate train car. Louise ropes the children into helping her on a mission to steal the vast chocolate supply from the restaurant car. Meanwhile, Bob and Linda indulge in some wine tasting before Bob has a taste-off with a snobby wine enthusiast.
Reception
Pilot Viruet of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B+, saying “The Kids Rob a Train” lays out everything right there in the title. But it’s still a surprisingly tense episode, even though the children are never in any real danger. It reminds me of “Fort Night,” the great Halloween episode with crazy Millie. The kids were never going to die that night, and they’re not going to get hurt trying to jump back onto the train. But Bob’s Burgers manages to create suspense in both episodes while still being very, very funny."[2] Robert Ham of Paste gave the episode an 8.3 out of 10, saying "Shame that the episode didn’t just stick with the adults as the whole train robbery bit with the kids wasn’t all that exciting. The three gang up with Regular-Sized Rudy who is stuck in the juice caboose while his dad is on a date to liberate the bars of chocolate from the front of the train. It’s a deeply silly idea and seemed, as ever, just an excuse for the kids to toss off as many weird asides as they could. Though a success in that regard, I probably laughed less at this episode than any of the 14 that preceded it. A better batting average than most sitcoms, to be sure, but a slight disappointment for one of TV’s finest half-hours."[3]
The episode received a 1.0 rating and was watched by a total of 2.26 million people. This made it the fourth most watched show on Animation Domination that night, losing to American Dad!, The Simpsons, and Family Guy with 4.17 million.[4]
References
- ^ "Bob's Burgers Episode Guide 2014 Season 4 - Kids Rob a Train, Episode 14". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
- ^ Viruet, Pilot (2014-03-30). "Bob's Burgers: "The Kids Rob A Train"". Avclub.com. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
- ^ Ham, Robert. "Bob's Burgers Review: "The Kids Rob a Train"". Pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
- ^ "Sunday Final Ratings: 'The Good Wife', 'Resurrection', 'Crisis', '60 Minutes' & 'America's Funniest Home Videos' Adjusted Up; 'The Mentalist' Adjusted Down". Tvbythenumbers. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
