I was expecting nothing but came out in love with this show. The characters are so sweet and oddly fleshed out and the interactions between them makes for fantasic comedy. Parker's optimism makes the show so light and lovely and the comedy of him taking situations to comedic heights due to his naivety is high. Angus and Lily are hilarious characters as well who are surprisingly layered and unlike most Nickelodeon cartoons feel like actual people rather than cardboard cutout sidekicks like every Nick show produced in the last 15 years. Angus is very unique as a mentor character to Parker and their bond is one I've never seen before in animation at all. Lily is sarcastic but never feels disgenuine, and her interests span more than just being the smart one. Russell is also not only a great plot device but probably one of the better non speaking animal buddies I've seen in a cartoon. The town too is full of funny extras, and everyone is complimented by some funny voice acting and animation which elevates the timing and pacing of the humor and the entire show in general.
Generally what I'm saying is this is a show that has great characters, which allows for everything else to be pretty stellar. The greatest thing is this show's restraint and pacing, making it genuinely surprising in how stories turn out and how jokes land, which in turn helps flesh out it's characters. Most Nick shows just throw everything at the wall with no regard to pacing or characterization, this one actually tries. It's a shockingly great show, one that is being heavily overlooked at the moment, probably due to being aired next to a mediocre Spongebob spin-off. If Nick was smart, this is what they should renew because it has only started and it's potential just keeps going up with each episode. Episode 6 in particular had me rolling laughing in both segments, and genuinely caring for the day to day antics of the characters. I'm sure the next episodes will be just as or more entertaining and I'm waiting to see them.
Then I learned the show is now on hiatus for no reason and it makes me wonder whether Nickelodeon will do what it usually does and kill it after 20-30 half hours and burn it off stupidly on Nicktoons. The fact I said this cartoon was good and it was on Nick in the year 2021 is some kind of miracle within of itself. It's the first cartoon on Nick since God knows how long to actually be a real, entertaining show. Please watch it and keep it on air. It's a funny show getting better with each ep that deserves more.
