Rate and Review The Cleveland Show: "The Hurricane!" (2APS20)

[Zombies Rise from the Sea]

October 2nd, 2001: "The Hurricane!" (2APS20)
The first part of an animated triple-crossover with Family Guy, The Cleveland Show and American Dad. A storm hits Stoolbend, Langley Falls and Quahog; Cleveland Jr. makes a shocking proclamation.

[Handsome B. Wonderful]

The worst of the Animation Domination's this week. (Of course, I don't watch this show, I only watched it because of the 3-part "crossover")
Only really caught act 1, some of act 2, and act 3. Pieced it together, and it's just terrible. The usual Cleveland Show fare.

[Friz]

As much as I hate to say it, this was actually the best show of Animation Domination last night.

Feel free to ban me.

[Redem]

I kinda think the episode was kinda bizzare in its message (but at least it make it somewhat more memorable than your average TCS)

Junior come out as an Atheist (kinda bizzare considering he took a virginity pledge at church) and there's that whole thing were he say he's not an Atheist cause Brian Griffin made them sound like douche and they are just another, which is just terrible writting.

Also while I know I come out as really geeky, taking star wars as an exemple for people of various confession tolerating each other doesn't really work, considering the force do exist in the star wars univers and give actual ability to people

[Snaked]

As much as I hate to say it, this was actually the best show of Animation Domination last night.

Feel free to ban me.

I feel the same way man.

Not that FG & AD weren't good, but this time Cleveland Show truly outdid them all including OFF as best show of the night.

Ah well, at least we'll be banned together .

[NoOneFamous]

Not bad. I liked that they didn't convert Cleveland Jr. or anything at the end of the episode. Otherwise, standard fare for this show, pretty forgettable.

[Mr. Krikt]

I really didn't care for this episode. I didn't care about the conflict.
Two things did bug me about it, though. As mentioned earlier, Jr.'s claim that he wasn't an atheist because Brian Griffin is a bit of an ass was a bit nonsensical while claiming atheism is a religion. No, the term means you have no religion.
Secondly, the resolution was ridiculous. Blowing Cleveland Jr.'s mind by saying that religion is like the Force from Star Wars just went on further to mock Christianity; how does fictional mysticism makes yours seem more reasonable? The second problem with that it doesn't event suit that purpose; it was explained that it was midichlorians thus making it "scientific". I know that and I don't even like Star Wars.

[Homer Defined]

Meh, nothing special. I did like it a little better than Family Guy's hurricane episode though. 3/5

[Food Blog]

Forgettable, yes. I've watched one episode between this and now, and needed the thread for a recap - normal for TCS episodes in general. I do think that the whole point was to satirise religion and atheism together in a friendly manner. I don't recall anything more offensive than The Simpsons would offer, and TCS usually doesn't handle things as sensitively, intelligently or humorously as The Simpsons but it always seems to put out harmless benign messages like these. Weren't the creators trying to imply that all the characters are dumb southerners who would obviously justify their religion with a badly thought out pop culture reference, and would obviously have their "mind blown" by such a reference. I see 'em on the internet all the time.

Sidenote, I always watch The Cleveland Show even though I never really remember it afterwards - the same relationship that I have with the worse periods of The Simpsons. (Not a comparison though as the shows are at least mostly nothing alike.)

ETA: Oh wait, this episode at least included irony (chucking the food out, thinking that they would not be at home).

[Bleedin' Gums Murphy]

Awful, the episode was bad too. 1/5