Season Eight Episode Two: The Leech Woman
Network: Sci-Fi Channel
Riffers: Tom Servo, Mike Nelson, and Crow T. Robot
Mads: Pearl Forrester, Professor Bobo, and Dr. Peanut
Plot Synopsis: Dr. Paul Talbot and his aged wife June go to Africa to find an eternal youth potion that Paul was told about by an 140 year old African woman. After finding the tribe, June is able to have Paul killed, uses his pineal hormones to become young again. She travels back to the US where she uses her new charms to keep killing men (due to the potion only being temporary) and uses her charm on Pauls former nurse Sally's boyfriend Neil.
Host Segments:
Prologue: The Bots discover an infestation of prairie dogs and use a special vaccum to catch them. Mike is disbelieving until Servo rounds up a herd.
Segment One: Crow still can't remember Mike, much less the prairie dogs he sucked up. Bobo asks Mike some questions, until Dr. Peanut wears a diaper and roller skates around Deep Ape. After MatBs egg him on, Professor Bobo and the other apes eventually succumb to diapers and tutus, much to the disgust of The Lawgiver.
Segment Two: The Satellite is still broken, so the gang appeals to the Nanites. They're on strike, at least until the strike is broken by a Nanite tank that squishes their union leader.
Segment Three: Pearl is enjoying some leisure time until Bobo interrupts to point out she hasn't made any laws. Pearl decrees there is no parking on Sundays and soup with buffet. Pearl asks for suggestions, from the SOL crew. Tom's laws reveal he was up to some interesting things during his universal travels...
Segment Four: The Bots want Mike to, um, check out their pillory; his contacts save him from the Bots stealing his pineal juices. Mike is strangely unbothered by this. Luckily, Gypsy has that Richard Basehart weakness..
Ending Segment: Servo really, really wants to do his impression of Granny from The Beverly Hillbillies. Mike and Crow suspect Servo just wants to run around yelling "JEEEEEEDDDD!" Tom takes it too far, as always. In Deep Ape, the apes are returning to civilized ways. It works until Peanut finds the diapers again.
Stinger: Detective defeats lawyer with LOGIC!
Review:
Bad film with almost no likable characters. Dr. Paul Talbot's first scene involves him berating his alcoholic wife. His wife goes on to be less likable by repeatedly killing people. Neil cheats on his current girlfriend with June. Sally is the only character you actually feel somewhat bad for, but even then, she gets killed off, so why even bother to feel sorry for her?
The riffing is enjoyable, though the host segments are a bit weak. The whole running gag with Tom Servo wanting to be like the grandmother from Beverly Hillbillies is pretty funny. This isn't the first time Tom Servo has made reference to the show (as he sung a parody of the opening theme during Mad Monster WAY back in Season One) so I guess he just wanted to do more references to the series then? Anyways, this is another decent showing for the Sci-Fi's first season. 8/10
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