Are You a Cop, Sheriff?

Episode Commentary: Need for Weed

“Squidbillies,” much like “Aqua Teen Hunger Force,” is an Adult Swim comedy that allows you to simply shut your brain off and enjoy the ample amounts of bipolarity and hilarity encompassed within each episode. It doesn’t have to make sense to be funny and fueled by characters that lack logic completely, the show never ceases to amaze in its effort to make you laugh out loud, all the while scratching your head.

As far as its season premiere is concerned, your brain will have no choice but to take a nap as the animated sitcom is completely off the wall and gets the new season off on the right foot, well… tentacle.

Running her own marijuana business out of the basement of the Cuyler home, Aunt Lil, with the aid of presumably dozens of naked Mexican men, has Dougal County in the palms of her tentacles, as everyone seems to be getting high.

Seeing the sheriff with his “drug” possum, early on, trying to get to the bottom of this caper, proves that not only is the show’s comedic formula is as potent as ever, it’s possibly at its strongest yet.

Eager to get in on the action, Early tries to score some of his own weed, but is forced, for some crazy reason, to get a prescription from a doctor. With Grandma in tow, Early gets his prescription.

Insert total chaos here.

If the show wasn’t crazy as it is, imagine Early with a bag over his head while holding his shotgun backwards in a pot-head move to get munchies that you’ll never forget.

But who cares. In his own words, “Finally, I can feel comfortable in social situations.”

In spite of all of this, you, too, will feel right at home.

When the sheriff finally gives in and joins the fun, you’ll realize that like most episodes of this show, there’s no real point to any of the nonsense. However, that doesn’t mean you won’t be smiling and laughing throughout.

Add in some killer tunes from rock-jam powerhouse Widespread Panic, who end up playing a bigger part in the episode than you would have originally thought, and you both have a stoner’s dream come true and great first episode of the new season.

Damn, it feels good to be back in Dougal County.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13821 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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