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Originally Posted by Mr. Marshmallow
On that, I gotta say something in regards to the episode "Bloooo". I get the impression that alot of people consider that episode to be anti-Frankie and that it gives her a "non funny" treatment that ends poorly like in "Make'em up pals". I think that's crap to be honest.
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I don't see how any episode of Foster's is "anti-Frankie". The writers play her stress, fear, anger, etc. for entertainment value. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
I didn't think it worked in "Blooooo". Her treatment wasn't funny (to me) and it didn't end particularly well for her (just like it did in "Imposter's"). I just don't see the entertainment value of it.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Marshmallow
"Bloooo" doesn't treat Frankie any worse then the other characters were treated, why you ask, because this was designed as a "horror" episode. Frankie was played off as the typical teen girl being stalked by a killer, and I actually thought her running around scared thing really helped the episode.
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Agreed that it doesn't treat her worse than the other characters, or worse than she has been treated in other episodes. "Blooooo" may have been designed as a horror episode (as horrific as TV-PG can get, I suppose), but it plays the horror for laughs with the other characters. I can see where putting Frankie in a stereotypical horror role can be funny to some folks, not me though. I saw her running around scared as a device to set up the ending joke. That joke just seemed stupid to me, after all that setup. (Like the ending joke in "Imposter's")
But hey, opions are like fingers, most people have 10. I got caught out in a thunderstorm the night "Blooooo" premiered, so I'll readily admit that may have soured me on the episode.