S04.E18: Smooching and Smushing

[Neptune]

“Smooching and Smushing” – Jay, Sam and the ghosts attempt to fix the ghost trap in hopes of getting Sasappis across the ghost boundary to visit his longtime crush, Shiki. April 10

WRITTEN BY: Rupinder Gill and Sophia Lear

DIRECTED BY: Todd Biermann
 

[Neptune]

 

[ams1001]

"It's a ghost trap from Latvia and he's a chef with an all-in-one screwdriver; I'm not loving our odds."

Did we think Sass and Joan were meant to be?

-Do you think I'm a selfish, capitalist pig?
-Of course, it's one of your only redeeming qualities.

Narwhal is delicious with hollandaise? 😂

So I guess we won't find out if the trap transport works...

[Annber03]

2 minutes ago, ams1001 said:

So I guess we won't find out if the trap transport works...

I dunno, that line about how the trap can now hold one hundred ghosts sounded like foredhadowing for something... I feel like this isn't the last we'll see of that thing. 

My favorite line from tonight: "We burned lots of things in the '60s. Bras, draft cards...Governor Reagan's Cadillac." I LOVED how Fower got back at Hetty and Trevor with thier little scheme, that was priceless (..er..no pun intended :p). I also loved Trevor wanting to bid on the skates - the way he said "foot fetish freaks" was especially funny. 

As for the main story, awwwww, Sasappis and Joan are gonna give it a go! I wonder what this means for him and Shiki, if they ever will get a chance to actually see and interact with each other again. I liked how they played on the rom com "overhearing/misunderstanding" trope, and LOL at Sam not relaizing she's the friend butting in at the most inopportune moment when Sasappis and Joan were really connecting :D. 

I also loved Thor going all out to help save Sasappis and get him out of the trap. "Thor have your front, too. And top. And bottom." "..okay..." Thor's whole running joke about proteciting one's backside was fun. 

That was cute. 

[shura]

Wow, Thor!  He actually understands how electric appliances work and that shorting them will stop that, instead of just, you know, yelling at the lightbulb.  And the “potential laser beam ricochet”?  Bravo, my Viking friend!

Not crazy about a Three’s Company-style misunderstanding, but okay.  I like Joan and she gets to stay, it seems.  I hope she would write it better than that though.

Now, how is watching meercats on TV fundamentally better than watching ants in real life?

[ams1001]

16 minutes ago, Annber03 said:

I dunno, that line about how the trap can now hold one hundred ghosts sounded like foredhadowing for something... I feel like this isn't the last we'll see of that thing. 

I thought maybe Thor destroyed the trap with his electricity. But I guess we don't know for sure. Maybe the repair guy will have to come back.

[Orcinus orca]

I came away disappointed.  I wanted Sass and Shiki to at least meet face-to-face one time as ghosts.  Plus the if the ghost trap had worked to get them off the property, a whole new world would be open to them!  Obviously Sam and Jay would have to be involved as the "Trap Transporters".

[phalange]

Aw, Sas and Joan are cute together, so I’m glad it worked out. A whole miscommunication plot where they think the other doesn’t actually like them is very rom-com-y.

Maybe Sam and Jay will get the ghost trap fixed again, but I think the ghosts are too nervous about getting smooshed to try to use it to cross the ghost boundary now. But I’m sure it won’t be the last we see of the ghost trap. 

Flower beating Hetty and Trevor at their own game was hilarious. She isn’t dumb, just stoned most of the time. I also liked the running joke about her not being sure narwhals are actually real. 

[ItCouldBeWorse]

3 hours ago, Annber03 said:

I dunno, that line about how the trap can now hold one hundred ghosts sounded like foreshadowing for something... I feel like this isn't the last we'll see of that thing. 

100%. I thought all the ghosts were going to be pulled in (where they really would be smushed.)

3 hours ago, Annber03 said:

I liked how they played on the rom com "overhearing/misunderstanding" trope

3 hours ago, shura said:

Not crazy about a Three’s Company-style misunderstanding, but okay.  I like Joan and she gets to stay, it seems.  I hope she would write it better than that though.

I despise the "misunderstood overheard conversation" trope, and actually cringed when Pete suggested Joan practice her conversation with him.  Thank goodness it was resolved in the same episode.

Why was Sam inconveniently absent at the same time that Jay went for the dry cleaner's ticket, so that the true situation couldn't be explained to her?

I hope Shiki isn't in the room when Jay enters with the ghost trap and announces that he is releasing Sas, who desperately wants to be with her.

2 hours ago, phalange said:

Flower beating Hetty and Trevor at their own game was hilarious. She isn’t dumb, just stoned most of the time.

She did attend law school!

 

Edited 2 hours ago by ItCouldBeWorse

[ams1001]

22 minutes ago, ItCouldBeWorse said:

I hope Shiki isn't in the room when jay enters with the ghost trap and announces that he is releasing Sas, because he desperately wants to be with her.

Kinda dumb for him to go alone. How would he even know if she's in the room?

[Bastet]

4 hours ago, ams1001 said:

Did we think Sass and Joan were meant to be?

No, as they've managed to find a couple with even less romantic/sexual chemistry than Thor and Flower, a feat I did not find achievable.

I found this episode rather resoundingly blah.  There were a few funny lines, and I did like Flower being one of the few people who wasn't stupid and/or awful and thus turning the tables on Trevor and Hetty, but this was not their best effort.

[Harvey]

I don't have it in me to care about Sass's dating life or this Joan woman, but the Flower storyline was really good. 👾

[kathyk2]

I liked the Sass and Joan subplot Sass has been waiting for Shiki for so long that he's missed out on love with someone else. I didn't like the Trevor plot. He should have been giving money to Sam and Jay. There also is a middle ground between capitalism and charity. I can't wait for next week.