User Reviews

I don't really care about the "Skill Crane" episode, it's mediocre as hell and doesn't really bother me that much. It's the sister episode "Good Neighbors" that grinds my gears. First of all, the plot is just simply terrible. It's also confusing considering Squidward had an episode once where he NEVER gets Sundays off. Apparently, the writers wanted us to forget about that episode and made what ever the hell this abomination is. Second of all, Squidward is tortured for no reason. Back then, there was nothing wrong with this considering he kind of deserved his punishment for being a bit of a dick. Nowadays, he's simply tortured for the writer's enjoyment. I just want to make it clear that making Squidward the ass of your jokes, does not automatically make them funny. Especially in dumb situations like this, Squidward was simply trying to enjoy the only day he gets off from work. Yet apparently, it's treating like a crime as Squidward is tortured throughout the whole episode. There are also a few attempts at jokes but they never seem to hit the mark. This makes this episode the first SpongeBob episode that didn't make me laugh. The thing that makes me cringe throughout the whole episode is just how oblivious SpongeBob and Patrick are. They only seem to realize they did something wrong when Squidward smashes his head through his door and yells at them. I never recalled SpongeBob or Patrick being this dumb either. Half of the scenes before the "Squidward-smashes-his-head-through-the-door-scene" are just failed gags where Squidward is basically the punching bag. First, Squidward gets blindsided by some paint that SpongeBob shot at a fence, which leads to a couple driving him to the hospital. Once again, SpongeBob and Patrick are completely oblivious to what is happening. This follows with a meeting which just turns out to be another failed joke. When Squidward comes back to his house, he finds that his foot massage was ruined once again thanks to SpongeBob and Patrick. The writers continue to try and tell jokes but they all end up failing and I can't help but feel bad for Squidward. After SpongeBob and Patrick are kicked out of Squidward's house, he kicks over the Sunday Paper that SpongeBob brought to him. In that stack, he finds a security system, so he decides to set it up. However, it does not detect SpongeBob or Patrick as an intruder because they came in to say sorry. In the end, the episode just loses all logic and Squidward's house kicks him out of his own home. What follows this is just a desperate attempt to be funny, the house then goes off to go on a rampage and destroy Bikini Bottom. I have no idea why it tries to destroy Bikini Bottom. It's not necessary to the plot and makes no logical sense. Then the episode ends with the house sitting on Squidward and Squidward getting forced to clean up Bikini Bottom every Sunday for the rest of his life. So basically, this was an episode where Squidward does nothing wrong but still gets all the torment. After this, the writers went on to make 18 other episodes with a similar plot. I call these type of episodes "Squidward Torture Porn". The name sounds pretty fitting if you ask me.