"Fort Night " is the second episode of the fourth season of the American animated comedy series Bob's Burgers. The episode, written by Mike Olsen, is the second special 'Halloween series', and features guest appearances from comedians Aziz Ansari and Molly Shannon. The plot is centered around the Belcher brothers - Tina (Dan Mintz), Gene (Eugene Mirman), and Louise (Kristen Schaal) - trapped in their makeshift fortress on Halloween with their friends Darryl (Ansari), Andy (Laura Silverman), and Ollie (Sarah Silverman), all tortured by Millie (Shannon), Louise's psychotic classmate who refuses to send help. Children should try to escape from the fort before starting a trick-or-treat at night.
"Fort Night" originally aired on October 6, 2013 on Fox and attracted an audience of 4.21 million viewers. Once aired, the series takes a full-month hiatus to pave the way for Major League Baseball coverage. This episode received positive reviews from critics, who became followers of the mainstream.
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Plot
For Halloween, Tina, Gene, and Louise plan to join Andy and Ollie Pesto and collectively wear Chinese dragon costumes, which they make to wake Bob and Linda, by getting twice as much as regular candy. Tina plans to not do any trick-or-treat anymore, believing that as a teen she has gone beyond activity. Before they returned to the family restaurant to claim their costume, the five men, accompanied by their friend Darryl, decided to stop at the cartoon fortress made by Belcher's brother, located in a neighboring alley, so Gene could take the dragon's eyes. However, there are trucks that retreat and block the entrance and roof of the fort, with the driver not realizing that the children are inside. Once they realize that he will leave the truck parked in the alley at night, they start shouting for help. Only Millie Frock, Louise's psychotic classmate, heard it and came to their rescue. Louise, however, became increasingly distracted by Millie's speaking ability and eventually whipped her, causing Millie to get them trapped inside the castle. As the day went on, Millie continued to torture her trapped schoolmates, first by dropping a plastic spider through the walls of the castle. Louise tore some wet boxes, which revealed the hallway to a nearby dumpster. Ollie sent through first, but Millie closed the trash can on her before she could escape and get help. It appears that Darryl told Millie about their escape plan in exchange for candy and a trip to the bathroom, only for her to betray her. Night arrives and Bob and Linda, realizing that their children have not arrived to pick up their costume, decided to investigate the castle. Millie, however, tricked them into believing that children had gone cheat-or-treating.
Darryl finds that he can use a bent wire hanger to press a button on a truck that will lift his load path from the roof, allowing them to escape. However, he pressed the wrong button, which caused the ramp to even move down towards the fort. They piled bricks and painted cans from the dumpster to stop themselves from being destroyed to death and the power began to tear the castle door, allowing the children to crawl freely. However, they were disappointed to find that the lights had been turned off in every home.
Tina, Gene, and Louise come home and decide to eat the candy gained by Bob and Linda, who do the trick-or-treat in a dragon costume. Tina says that she will continue to cheat-or-treat. Millie then passes in the alley and is horrified to see the remains of a ruined fortress, believing that he has killed his schoolmates. Belcher's brothers, hiding in trucks, pretending to be spirits and trick Millie into losing her candy. When the credit rolls, Tina, Gene, Louise, Andy, Ollie, and Darryl are seen eating Millie's candy.
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Production
"Fort Night" was written by Mike Olsen and directed by Boohwan and Kyounghee Lim. In an interview with Rolling Stone, creator Bob's Burgers Loren Bouchard called â € Å"Fort Nightâ € as one of his favorite episodes of the series, stating: "I love that they get caught in cardboard boxes for the entire episode, it's a tall concept, what I call the 'submarine' episode, but it does not feel crowded in a bad way.We do not do actual bottle episodes, but it's fun to try to do what we do. "Bouchard revealed that the design of the castle, which features several rooms, floors and decorations, was inspired by the work of film director Wes Anderson. The Darryl costume is based on the American trademark rock band Devo's clothing.
Comedian guest Aziz Ansari in the episode, repeating his role as Darryl, a video game fan and a friend of Belcher's children. "Fort Night" also introduced the character of Millie Frock, Louise's psychotic classmate, a guest voiced by comedian Molly Shannon. The guest appearances of Shannon and Ansari were first revealed by Fox in September 2013. An official poster for this episode was designed and then posted on Bob's Burgers' author blog on October 8th.
Reception
"Fort Night" first aired in the United States on October 6, 2013 in Fox, as part of the Animation Domination programming block. This episode was watched by 4.21 million viewers and received a Nielsen rating of 1.9/5 in a demographic of 18-49, becoming the most watched program of the Animation Domination block for the night. His rating marked a small drop during the prior week's season, "A River Runs Through Bob", which earned 4.48 million viewers. "Fort Night" is the last episode of Bob's Burgers to broadcast before a full month's temporary hiatus, where Fox's coverage of Major League Baseball takes over its time slot. The series continued on 3 November with the episode "Seaplane!"
Alasdair Wilkins from The A.V. Club commissioned the "Fort Night" A score, wrote that the episode "amazingly pushes the limits of what could be the episode of Bob's Burgers, but the fact that it has more to offer than just "Wilkins states that the effort of this episode into psychological horror is perfect for this series, since Louise" has performed more than a fair share of possible psychotic tendencies ", and notes what she perceives as" clever tricks "episode" introduced Millie, which featured all of Louise's strangest traits even without a vague sense of right and wrong that made Louise at least loosely moored in sanity. "
Robert Ham from Paste gave episode 8.8 of 10, comparing it with "A River Runs Through Bob" in the sense that "no great lessons are learned, and no moments with a sincere family." He states that "the pleasure of this episode lies in witnessing the struggles of children with their fate", praising the elements of tension in the mainstream, although writing that "Bob and Linda, unfortunately, get stuck in the background of this story."
References
External links
- "Fort Night" on Fox
- "Fort Night" in IMDb
- "Fort Night" on TV.com
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