No Such Luck (The Loud House)
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No Such Luck is the 14th episode of the second season of The Loud House. It aired on March 13, 2017.
Plot
When Lynn Jr. calls Lincoln bad luck after she loses a game, he finds himself with unexpected free time. But it soon goes horribly wrong when he gets banned from all family activities.
Why Its Luck Just Ran Out
- It's an 11-minute extremely harsh Lincoln torture episode.
- Hypocrisy: Remember the episode "Ties that Bond" from season 1, where Rita and Lynn Sr. said that they would never kick out any of their own children? Well, this episode contradicts that.
- Lincoln's family are unlikable in this episode:
- Lynn Jr. is the WORST offender out of the entire family, as she made her own brother come to her game, by threatening him with a baseball bat. Then after losing, she calls him bad luck, which means that she cannot accept losing.
- Even some of the nicer sisters are unlikable, which is very unacceptable, considering that they don't treat Lincoln this harsh, as the other half does.
- Heck, even the parents are unlikable too, as they chose to side with the girls, over their only son, which is just not okay.
- This episode started Lynn Jr.'s flanderization as she started caring more about winning more than her brother. In other words, she became a spoiled, egotistical, sore losing bully and it's what made her to start this awful plot.
- It tries to portray the message of not lying unrealistically, but it comes more across as the entire family being dumb.
- It is illegal for a parent to kick out their own son from their house, especially because Lincoln is a minor, so Rita and Lynn Sr. could've face maximum jail time for this.
- Why didn't Lincoln call the police or at the very least, stay at one of his friends' (Clyde, Zach, Rusty, or Ronnie Anne) house?
- "Step farther away from the house!" - Lynn Sr.
- This episode tries so hard to make Lincoln the bad guy just because he wanted some free time to himself but technically, he did bring this unto himself by lying about being bad luck, but he wouldn't have done that if Lynn didn't accuse him of being bad luck. It also tries to make Lincoln look selfish for wanting some time to spend on himself, which isn’t selfish at all given that Lincoln had attended countless things with his entire family before this episode and just wanted some room to breathe and relax.
- Bad Moral: Having time to yourself is wrong, seeking independence for yourself is wrong because it is selfish, and you should always attend every single family activity even if such activities are detrimental to you.
- Abysmal Ending: After Lincoln proves to his family that he isn't bad luck, his family apologizes to him. One scene later, they have poor Lincoln wear the suit, in order to prevent themselves from having bad luck, which makes their apology come off as insincere.
- Lincoln's family never even gets called out for their actions, especially Lynn Jr., making them Karma Houdinis.
Redeeming Qualities
- Lincoln is the only likable main character.
- Bobby and Margo are likable characters, because they did not participate in what Lincoln's family did to him.
- Clyde luckily didn't appear in this episode, because he would never treat his own best friend like this.
- Unlike "Brawl in the Family", at least Lincoln did something to get this episode right up to this point.
- However, while the episode is still bad itself, it at least didn't take the torturing Lincoln trend to an extent the same way "Schooled!" did.
- The Casagrandes episode "Bend it Like Abuelo" executed the "good luck" concept way better this episode did.
- Like with most Lincoln torture episodes, this episode will succeed at making you feel sympathy for Lincoln for what he went through and for how he was harshly treated.
Reception
"No Such Luck" was panned heavily by critics and especially fans and caused them to take their hatred out on Lynn Loud. Some fans decided to stop watching the series after this one episode. The episode alone ruined Lynn's reputation just like "The Principal and the Pauper" did with Seymour Skinner. However, many people thought that Lynn was treated harshly, and it was the whole family's fault.
When fans inevitably complained about Lincoln's treatment in the episode, Chris Savino replied to them on his Facebook and said that Lincoln deserved to be punished the way he was, thus making a lot of them more furious.
Due to all the hatred this episode received, the admins and moderators of the Loud House Wiki disabled the comment sections on the entire wiki for a few months before bringing them back with new rules.