God, the Devil, and Bob 1.10 - There's Too Much Sex on Television

Plot: Bob just wants to enjoy the scantily-clad ladies trying to sell beer on his new 60-inch TV, but God's got an assignment: Do something about all this sex on TV. God's not against sex, but he wants it to be a healthy expression of positive emotions or some crap. I was writing something down during that part. Bob, lacking any better ideas, decides to write a letter to the networks. The Devil magically adds some aphrodisiac to Donna's coffee, but once she and Bob are upstairs, the Devil whispers things to her about how Bob doesn't really care about her, and no sexy time tonight. Bob returns to the letter, and what was previously a relatively calm request, turns into a rant about the myth of "easily available sex" TV peddles, accompanied with threats of violence against the readers.

As you might expect, this fails to produce results, nor does it satisfy God. So Bob flies to Hollywood to try and meet with the execs. Where the Devil has Sarah Michelle Gellar (the actress isn't named directly, but she's voicing the character) waiting to try and seduce Bob in exchange for career help and eesh, that's not great. Fortunately for everyone Killjoy God shows up in Bob's motel room and Bob shoves her out the door. Then he tells God he should have done a better job creating Bob if he expected better results. Fair point.

Back in Detroit, Bob notices there's going to be a news report about gratuitous sex on a 6 p.m., and wonders if perhaps the omniscient being wasn't on to something. Bob tries to sub in a copy of Heidi from his home video collection, but it turns out he taped over it when Donna temporarily lost her mind and let him videotape them having sex on his birthday. Which successfully gets much of the city to turn off their TVs, so they can engage in wholesome activities like listening to one of them play the piano.

Quote of the Episode: Devil - 'If you take sex off TV, it will just go on the Internet. Then only wealthy people will get it. Porno only for the rich? Is that what you want Bob?'

Smeck Smacks: 2 (22 overall).

Other: The perhaps one saving grace with the whole thing with That Actress trying to seduce Bob is that the Devil seems terrified of her when she gets furious. Which makes it seem somewhat less like him preying on her desire for a big career, and more like she's trying to use his desperation to her advantage. That's the best I got.

This show gives the impression it is incredibly easy to break into studio lots and TV stations. Bob gets into the studio by just climbing over a fence and then simply outruns the security guard to reach the network execs. Who are sacrificing a goat to some idol for their fall lineup. He seemingly just walks into the TV broadcast booth and subs out their expose tape for the Heidi one. No questions asked.

The reactions of Mike, Barry, and Barry's date Louise in the bar as they see the tape broadcast are pretty good. 

There was a subplot about Megan wanting to go to a Hole concert, and Donna making a list of requirements she had to meet. By the time Megan met them, Donna was near death, and was seemingly not going to uphold her end of the bargain. She did though, but after she drops them off at the concert in a near-daze, it kind of peters out. Mostly there to fill space, I guess, rather than connect thematically.