Friends in Dry Places (The Loud House)
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The literal personification of Apollos Hester's famous "They had us the first half, I'm not gonna lie" quote.
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Friends in Dry Places is the first half of the twenty-sixth and final episode of the fourth season, and the one-hundred-ninety-eighth episode of The Loud House.
Plot
While on a field trip, Lincoln worries that his friend group is splintering.
Why This Episode Is In A Very Dry Place
- Misleading title and title card: By the title and especially the title card themselves, you would think the episode is that Lincoln finds a turtle on the beach and becomes friends with it, but no, it's just another gang episode and it comes off as really dull and mundane. The turtle only appears for a small part of the episode where Lincoln is sandboarding.
- This episode's premise of Lincoln being paranoid that something bad is going to happen has already gotten tired at this point. It was done better in "Raw Deal" and to a lesser extent, "Predict Ability" (despite copying some elements from "White Hare"). Here it's gone to the point it's tiresome and stale with nothing new thrown in at all.
- Speaking of Lincoln being paranoid, the story brought nothing new to the table, which makes the episode pointless and useless at the same time.
- For pointless, Lincoln acting clingy and paranoid to his friends does not feel that needed since he would be confident enough to not listen to Lynn anyway.
- For useless, instead of throwing in a different story featuring Lincoln not liking someone at first for making his friends hangout with the said person more than them until he likes them in the end or Lincoln getting tired of his friends because every day feels the same to him and wants something to change, they throw in the plotline of Lincoln being paranoid. Except unlike "Predict Ability" or "Raw Deal", Lincoln acts clingy, which is nothing to expect from this episode as stated previously.
- Lynn, once again, is extremely unlikable in this episode. She makes Lincoln think that just because his friends are now in fifth grade they'll separate, which is a complete lie; being in a different grade is not the reason why friends usually separate.
- Speaking of Lynn, she is only used so she can get onto Lincoln's good side. That is not a bad thing in theory, but here, it's just forced so the story can happen.
- Lincoln is once again treated horribly through the episode. Most of the jokes involve Lincoln suffering just for the sake of crappy jokes.
- He gets kicked by Lynn (although, the latter apologized)
- Both he and Clyde get attacked by a bear that (for some reason) just happened to appear out of nowhere. That could've killed them.
- He gets trampled by students.
- He gets whacked in the face by a pillow.
- He gets electrocuted by a robot.
- When he goes on his field trip at the very start, he does all his activities by himself and is lonely and sad about it.
- Not only are these jokes so grating, groanworthy, and frustrating to even bother laughing at, they come off as really sad jokes since Lincoln being in agony is the main joke of the episode, even when he is not being paranoid and clingy.
- Stella, Liam, Zach, and Rusty aren’t really likable either. Leaving Lincoln alone just so they can have their own fun. They also get mad at him and leave him in the desert just when he was about to give them a good reason why he lied to them.
- The second act of the episode goes to the point of using the cliched Liar Revealed story. Not to mention, it's done in a few minutes right before the episode comes to a complete stop. Lincoln is found out for lying, all of his friends are angry, they leave him behind, Lincoln gets trapped, they (Lincoln's friends) save him, and Lincoln apologizes to his friends in the end.
- Also, why would Lincoln's friends turn so quickly from disowning him as a friend to helping him. Even though it's nice to see him forgiven and that they’re nice people, it does not make a lot of sense.
- This episode ends with one last terrible joke. The gang rides the raft, which is being pulled by Cheryl's ATV, but the road becomes bumpy, so Lincoln falls out of the raft and they just leave him behind, as if they didn't care about him.
- Overall, this and its sister episode "Coupe Dreams" ended the fourth season on a sour note.
Redeeming Qualities
- Lincoln is forgiven for crossing the gang's names off the activity list, and hugs him, which is nice to see.
- Clyde is still a likable character.
- There are some funny jokes in this episode.
- The Scene with Stella and Girl Jordan on the ATV is really cute to see. And the two have really great Chemistry.
Trivia
- This is also the last episode where Wyatt Griswold voices Rusty.
- The title card is a reference to the Coppertone logo, which is of a little girl getting her speedo pulled down by a dog.
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