This Friday on “God, the Devil and Bob” ep. 05: “Neighbor's Keeper”

This episode, at least the copy I watched, didn't have that intro about the silly bet (well, which I now consider silly). Does it mean we can officially consider it off the table?

However, the episode begins with the Devil and God saying,
Devil - “So, this Bob. Why don't you just give up on him? I don't see this guy proving the world's worth saving. Why don't you just torch it and collect the insurance?”
God - “Anyway, this is too early to tell yet for Bob.”

Does it mean the bet is still on? Gosh, the should make clearer something as elementary to the plot as this.

Yeah, yeah, Microsoft logo on the Devil's shirt. Ha, ha. Very clever... Never heard that before. Board meeting at Exxon... Corporations are evil, we all know that, but they are such easy targets. The writers could've imagined something a little less obvious, some institution we don't primarily see as evil. What could it be? Mother Theresa?

OK, I'm typing as I watch. The Boy Scouts was just what I was talking about.

Bob - “I don't think I'll ever be able to... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz” Loved that one, so unexpected.

This time Mike did sound like Chi McBride, even though his voice sounded somewhat at a higher pitch. Also the way Mike asked Bob if he did feel more comfortable with God being white was a nice jab at him.

GOD = DOG!

So, I was surprised it was the wife to be cheating, not the husband. I just assumed it would be the husband. I guess men always get the short end of the stick as far as trust concerning cheating issues go.

Donna (to Megan) - “No, you can't wear make-up.” But isn't she wearing already? Bad drawing!

A visit to the Neon Museum! That was funny! (And a little disappointing for Bob...) I loved the Devil's musical piece as well.

The main story of the episode was OK this time, and kept me interested, though I find it that I have more to say about isolated gags than the main plot itself. The conclusion Bob came to, that he shold listen to his wife, was, again, very family friendly, like those old 1980s sitcoms. But I don't miss that era.

I think the greatest thing about the episode was that it didn't try to do too much with several parallel stories, unlike other times. So, the story could be explored better and more deeply. And I know our bob is going to complain there weas no Smeck this time, but only now as I write this I remembered that detail.

I give this episode 7 musical numbers starring the Devil.

madp convinced me the bet was still on pointing out the conversation between God and The Devil at the start of this ep. Seen it a bunch of times and only took away the Bowling Alley Bedlam joke.
"Feel better now?"
"A little."

This is one of my favorite eps.

"How can you drive in this filth?"
"You're talking? You live in Hell."

Best comeback ever.

Maybe I'm being a bit cynical here, but perhaps part of the reason they didn't even finish the season in broadcast had to do with the anti-corporatist digs. God's bowling shirt had houses of worship from multiple religions while The Devil's had Microsoft. The Devil having an Exxon board meeting to go to. In Date From Hell The Devil thought "those damn mega-stores" were great while God was considerably less enthusiastic towards them. Common theme: evil corporations.

Here we have The Devil going to work in that friendly sort of leading astray manner. God wants Bob to fix Stacey's marriage and get her to stop cheating on Randy while The Devil wanted him to get some of that for himself. Here The Devil pulled out all the stops for an elaborate temptation session drawing him in with a hot muscle car, and with a little help from God, Bob was just able to resist. Not so sure I would have.

Bob's phone conversation with Stacey in front of Donna was actually painful to watch. How could he possibly be that dense?

My favorite character-defining subtlety: When Stacey appeared as the Statue of Liberty in The Devil's musical number, she lit a cigarette on her torch. Classic trashy-sexy babe move.

I never would have figured Bob to be able to physically handle a guy like Randy that way. Good god, he named his fists. I'm no expert on Spanish proper names, but isn't Lupe a girl's name?

Interesting parallel between the tasks God gives Bob and his own family life. Would he have known to listen to Donna and give her his surprisingly astute feedback had he not heard Randy's words to Stacey come out of his own mouth to Donna? I'm guessing maybe not.

Bob should get into family counseling as a vocation. He seems to have a natural aptitude for it.

Loved the sibling togetherness moment at the beginning: "Do-nut! Do-nut! Do-nut!" And what did we learn from it? "Steve Settlemier was gay."

Mike shouldn't pick on Bob like that at the Classy Chassis. But it was funny.

I give this one 10 hot neighbors in tube tops.

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I'd've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids.

Alright, I found this episode much more entertaining. We lost the narration at the beginning or at least I didn't have it on the episode I watched.
So it looks like the bet is still going and finally we have temptations and the devil being the devil. The bowling alley bit I found to be funny and reminded me of when my oldest son gets mad while bowling.
I really got a good laugh out of the museum of neon signs that was priceless. No smec this week and I thought that was awesome, the kids critiquing the couples fighting next door....also awesome. The episode centered mostly on Bob being tempted by the devil while trying to perform a task for God. I enjoyed all the stuff falling off the shelf on Bob's head all in all this episode is way more what I expected the show to be about.
I give this one 8 flaming bowling balls on the GDB scale..nice job.......This rating could go to 10 flaming bowling balls as this could be the best episode of the season at least for me.

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Re: This Friday on “God, the Devil and Bob” ep. 05: “Neighbor's Keeper”

Holiday weekend no time to watch until this evening. This one was much better then previous ones. Liked some of the bowling alley T-Shirt like the dig into Microsoft. I sometimes wonder about these large corporation being linked well to the ____. The story was good it kept me interested but I had figured out pretty quick by Bob helping his neighbor across the street he was really helping out him and his wife. Sometime we can’t see the forest for the trees. It’s hard to listen sometimes…..

I read your comment DT about being Bob’s neighbor kind of neat you recognize some of the T-Shirts as being close to where your live. Did by chance you know the person who won the 200 million in the lottery? Remember the six degrees of separation someone you know will know him.