This is
Andrew Rannells’s last initial-run episode of Welcome to the Wayne (more on that later,) and it’s a pretty good
one. While I think I prefer “Some Kind of Tap-Dancing, Bee-Keeping Whaler,” this episode is funny, has some good
action, and adds another dimension to the show’s mysteries.
Olly and
Ansi have made plans to go “roof camping,” with Olly having the additional aim
of making the most of that night’s “blood moon” to summon a ghost (much to
Ansi’s dismay.) While on the roof, they
run into Andrei, and the three of them are soon forced to deal with a threat
orchestrated by a spy who lives in the building. Saraline would help, but she’s dealing with a
threat of her own – a babysitter who insists that she put away the investigate
equipment and spent the night just being a kid.
Once
again, there’s some fun humor here. I
love Saraline’s disdain for everyone talking about roof camping “like it’s a
real thing,” and I get a kick out of the incredibly-mundane ghost Olly wants to
summon, an old man too cheap to pay for parking who’s now doomed to circle the
block for all eternity. The WP plot
(which is definitely progressing – there are references to the kids’ ongoing
investigation that I haven’t seen) offers some good laughs too. I especially like a moment when, in the midst
of Andrei fighting the week’s monster, there’s a shot of Olly and Ansi going on
about how amazing/indescribable the (offscreen) fight is, and how anyone who
isn’t seeing it is missing out.
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