Ep Discussion - Duchess Of Wails

[jekylljuice]

One of my favourite aspects of this episode? The Applebees. The Foster's crew didn't exactly go out of their way to hide the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Applebee were essentially cheap knock-offs of Ned and Maude Flanders from the Simpsons, now did they? It's hard to explain why exactly, but for me it makes it all the more hilarious...I was delighted to see them return for a brief, wonderfully in-character cameo in Infernal Slumber.

The episode as a whole is quite easily one of my favourites from Season Three (a season which I have an unfortunate tendency to overlook sometimes, it being sandwiched in between my two favourites, 2 and 4). Duchess is simply awesome, and it was great to see her in a starring role. I have my doubts as to whether I personally could live with the pedigree IF without trading in my will to live, but she's certainly a delightful creature to view from the safe distance of your living room. Her threat to go naked and Madame Foster's response to it crack me up every single time.