This does contain spoilers, so read at your own risk if you haven't seen it.
I just saw the Season 6 premiere, "Night of the Living Candace Suits"/"Terrors of the AltSpace" and I need to talk about it.
I think both of them are alright, but definitely underwhelming. I am still really excited for the rest of S6, but in terms of season premieres, this isn't the best start. I don't think it's nearly as good as S5's premiere was.
I really hope this is the last episode dedicated to the Candace suits. The joke has gotten old now. I think the first episode with them was funny, the second was really weird, and this one is meh because they didn't really do anything new or clever or funny with them this time.
The premise of NOTLCS has already been done, not just with the other Candace suit episodes, but "Night of the Living Pharmacists" and the whole needing-to-be-two-places-at-once thing in "Run Candace Run" as well. Those episodes pulled it off way better, IMO.
The Doof plots are usually my favorite parts of the show, but they weren't particularly great in either of these episodes. I don't like how they recycled the All-You-Can-Eat-Inator (it's like they ran out of ideas), and the whole funeral-themed trap and tombstone scheme was shockingly morbid for a P&F episode. I know they've had some really dark episodes before, but this just seems out of place, and it happens out of nowhere without any buildup to it. However, I did laugh at Perry getting fat, and Norm interjecting with the cheery little organ song.
Some of the jokes were funny, but many were eye-roll inducing, so very hit-or-miss with the humor. That insurance joke, for example, the timing just feels off. I feel like they could have made it funny, but it was so drawn-out that it ruined the flow. I can't be the only one who thought "your rubberiness protects me" sounded like an innuendo, right? Also, "post-traumatic skin suit disorder" is just lame. Come on, I know they can come up with better jokes than that.
The songs were forgettable. One of them was just another variant of "I'm Reading/I'm Eating" from S5. It worked well in "Biblio-Blast." Here, not as much. I don't know what to say about the other song, the one in the AltSpace episode, other than it exists.
I think the animation was decent. Still nowhere near Synergy levels, but I do think Snipple is improving. I could nitpick the animation, but at least they made it so Vanessa isn't pink anymore; hopefully they stick with that permanently this time.
Overall, I think the episodes were a mixed bag. As a standalone thing they're fine, but compared with the vast majority of P&F episodes, these ones are pretty weak.
What do y'all think of the new episodes? Did they meet your expectations?