Taking a cue from “Love Actually,” the Season 7 episode “Bob Actually” presents several stories of love centered on the Belcher family. Everyone gets a chance to shine in this one, with a few different fun storylines. Tina has a chance to kiss Jimmy Jr. on a trampoline so that they can have a “sky kiss,” which is a problem because Tina had chili the night before if you catch our drift. Gene develops an infatuation with a cafeteria worker, while Bob takes hip-hop dance classes to impress Linda.
However, the standout storyline in this episode belongs to Louise, who’s never one to really be into the whole Valentine’s thing. She soon suspects Regular-Sized Rudy (Brian Huskey) has a crush on her only to learn he actually wants to give a Valentine’s gift to Chloe Barbash (Stephanie Beatriz), a more popular girl who wants nothing to do with him. Louise wants to spare Rudy’s feelings, but he winds up getting hurt by Chloe, leading to Louise sharing a kiss with him by the episode’s end.
Louise tends to put on a tough exterior, but this episode (along with plenty of other more recent ones) shows how, deep down, she truly does care about her friends and family. Overall, “Bob Actually” gets points for how ambitious the story is with each member of the Belchers getting time to shine. It comes to a head with a sequence of kisses, with everyone getting some kind of joyous conclusion. It’s just the thing to fill your stomach with butterflies on Valentine’s Day.
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