![]() It’s a solid spin to all of this though and makes this Bosom Buddies kind of ridiculousness less so. As they break Steve down further, it begins to make sense that he could be a girl trapped in a boy’s body (but of course isn’t). What makes this even more palatable is the reveal that the entire team knew the whole time that Stevie was Steve, but instead think of him as a female trapped in a male’s body. It’s great that Steve’s present appearance could pass for a butch female much more easily than the show trying to dress him up as one, and makes this more palatable. What helps this storyline out a little bit is how Steve isn’t dressing up as a female at all rather than the bra and garters he is wearing. This isn’t ridiculous as it all seems, considering Steve pretending to be a girl (Stevie Wonderbra is his team name, with Hailey getting the much less eloquent, means he gets to get bounced and trounced amongst other girls, “which is how the game is played,” Steve reiterates. A desperate Hailey who is still eager to fit in concocts a standard sitcom scheme that sees Steve pretending to be a female so he can be on the derby team and take Hailey along with him. It really just feels like they needed something for Roger to do, and they were already at a roller derby and doesn’t Roger look good in a big blonde wig? Even just having Roger have put some money on the Hot Broads would have given a little more urgency to his character.īack to the main story, Hailey’s body isn’t taking to roller derby, but naturally the aerobatic Steve is killing it. He bullies the children who use his claw machine, pep talks the derby term and acts ornery in general, but it doesn’t amount to much more than that. Similarly, Roger is squandered as he seems to be running the roller derby for whatever reason that isn’t worth questioning. ![]() What could have been a fascinating, bizarre plot, ends up being barely anything at all. There isn’t really an explanation or even an ending to any of this. We see the carpenter/Jesus using more and more of his magic to bend the universe to his will as Stan and Francine are unimpressed until…that’s about it. It’s pretty clear that this is Jesus and immediately this B-story feels like it’s going to be the runaway story here… It’s not. All of a sudden a simple carpenter appears–“I’m a simple carpenter,” he tells us-and he starts to levitate and telekinesis his tools up towards him. Stan isn’t helping with his solutions to these problems, like taking wood from the roof to fix the sink. Meanwhile Stan and Francine are facing repair woes at the home. When Hailey watches the Langley Hot Broads working together in action, joining them seems like the logical outlet for her needs. “LGBSteve” sees Hailey longing for a sisterhood of her own that has each other’s backs, much like that of the Amazonians, and unlike what Klaus is capable of providing (unless he’s seen the whole incident, in which case, he’s not moving a fin). ![]()
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