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Empire of The Dale
LanceUppercutt12 April 2022
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Hank loves his lawn, an unusual yet entertaining episode about lawn care. An strange accomplishment thanks to Mike Judge.

Cinco De Mayo approaches as Hank wishes to show off his well maintained lawn at the block party. Dale offers his usual spray for his lawn but when Hank learns his lawn has brown spots, he thinks it might be Dale's chemicals and cuts Dale off from his lawn.

Dale feels vengeful and decides to poison the lawn with fire ants which butchers Hank's lawn. Hilarity ensues in this episode. The sneakiness of Dale, Hank's desperate attempts to save his lawn and Bobby becoming brainwashed by the ant queen takes the cake.

The episode shows one of Hank's obsessions: Lawn Care, the famous Raleigh St. Augustine has been talked about as much as propane on the show, Hank's lawnmower is one of the staples of the show and seeing him is dismay about his lawn is outrageous.

Dale's sabotage is wonderful in the episode as he makes it a large task to get revenge on Hank for firing him as an exterminator and Bobby's subplot is weird but good for a small laugh. Peggy was ok in this episode as her oblivious nature makes her clueless about the things she says, she does help deliver Hank the truth and is supportive to his lawn care lifestyle.

Despite Dale's anger against Hank, this does show he really cares for Hank and his family as much as he cares for his family, Dale's sacrifice of being stung by the entire fire ant army proves he's a good friend and that Hank's judgement did hurt their friendship.

The Lesson is...friendship always wins?.....remember to check for fire ants?.....Cinco De Mayo is a product of cultural appropriation?

The Lesson is slightly unclear but it's an enjoyable episode with amazing scenes and non-stop comedy from Dale himself.

Yup.
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Okay
VenVes9 January 2022
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They made Dale pretty unlikable in this one (although he's shown signs of incompetence before). Bobby continues to be depicted as more stupid with each episode.

Overall, just okay, with some nice background on something Hank (and the neighborhood) considers important to them.
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