Fresh Off the Boat: Episode 11, Season 1

Fresh Off the Boat: Episode 11, Season 1

Picture Credit: AV Club

"Very Superstitious"

Synopsis:

Jessica's superstition comes out when she is asked to sell a house with an address full of 4's. Eddie gets caught by a counselor when he was selling ripped cds. The counselor convinces him that he should run for student council. Jessica sells the house but tells Louis that the commission check needs to torn up because it's bad luck. Instead he buys a mechanical bull for the restaurant. Eddie trips over the cord and Louis convinces the kids to not tell.

Louis decides to tell a lie about how he broke his arm after Louis says that a white lie never hurt anyone. The lie used to help him win class president. His lie was about a fight and a school employee suspects he lied and called Child Services. The grandma performs a ritual involving Garfield mugs to rid the family of bad luck.

Review:

This episode was good, but nothing special. In the book the show was based off of Eddie talks about how Child Services was called. He has said publicly that he has stopped watching the show because it's gotten off track and that he doesn't recognize his own life anymore. Knowing that makes the show significantly less funny.

MY GRADE: C-

Reviewer's Quotes:

The script pays attention to how the characters would actually react—not how just anyone would react, but how these specific people in this specific place at this specific time would react. It shows that Fresh Off The Boat is starting to build a consistent, well-developed world. Maybe the writers have a long game in mind after all. - Dan Caffery

Ratings/Share: 1.4/5         Viewers: 4.85 million