>>106538337It was a solid episode in terms of self-parody. "I turned myself into a pickle, what wild adventures will this lead to?" is like a caricature of the show, and in the actual episode this is immediately revealed to be an excuse to get out of family counseling.
But PICKLE RIIIICK was used in marketing like a year ahead of time without the other shoe dropping on the "it was all an excuse to miss counseling". It just seemed like the epitome of cheap flanderization and forced memery.
