Directed by Jennifer Coyle Production code 5ASA04 | Written by Steven DavisKelvin Yu Original air date March 22, 2015 | |
Episode no. Season 5Series 83Episode 16 | ||
"The Runway Club" is the 16th episode of the fifth season of the animated comedy series Bob's Burgers and the overall 83rd episode, and is written by Steven Davis and Kelvin Yu and directed by Jennifer Coyle. It aired on Fox in the United States on March 22, 2015.
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Plot
The kids are sentenced to Saturday detention, and will do anything it takes to leave early so they can attend the Cotton Candy Festival. Meanwhile, Bob and Linda believe they are being scammed by a young girl at the restaurant.
Reception
Alasdair Wilkins of The A.V. Club gave the episode an A, saying, "Despite my—wholly justifiable, dammit!—ignorance of the finer points of what this episode is having fun with, I’m still comfortable saying “The Runaway Club” is a first-rate episode. Part of it is that its use of The Breakfast Club is mostly as a bookend for the episode, mimicking the opening of the film, complete with Zeke almost getting run over by Jimmy Pesto. What’s impressive is how funny that moment is even for someone like me who hasn’t seen the inspiration. Much of this has to do with how well-honed the show’s—and, by extension, the audience’s—understanding of the characters is. This isn’t like some animated shows that will remain nameless (but yeah, I’m totally talking about Family Guy), where the characters are mostly just vehicles for whatever random gag the show wants to do."
The episode received a 1.0 rating and was watched by a total of 2.21 million people. This made it the fifth most watched show on Fox that night, behind The Simpsons, Family Guy, and The Last Man on Earth.