‘Monsters at Work’ Ep. 9 – “Bad Hair Day” Review

Kenneth Colon Posted On August 24, 2021

Monsters at Work is back with a brand new episode this week after a spectacularly cute episode last week. The show is heading full steam towards its season finale and I for one am very sad about it. I’ve been enjoying this series and was very excited to watch this brand new episode. Tylor and the MIFTers arc is becoming clearer than ever and I’m excited to see how it culminates. With that said, does this episode continue the show’s great streak or does the show enter its finale in a disappointing manner? Let’s find out…

In this episode – titled “Bad Hair Day” – Tylor (Ben Feldman) sets his sights on becoming the perfect MIFTer after abandoning his dream of becoming a Jokester. But when he loses the sacred hair of David, a former employee, Tylor must get it back before the MIFT team finds out. Last week’s episode left a lasting impact on the story’s direction, which is the first time it’s happened so far within Monsters at Work. However, this episode follows up poorly on last week’s story.

This episode of Monsters at Work just wasn’t necessary. Yes, a television show like this features many episodes like that but that isn’t the point. You pushed the story finally and acknowledged it, why not follow that path? I get the aspect that the season is ending next week and you can’t push it that much more, but it is still a weak episode compared to last week’s. There have been worse episodes, but none more disappointing than this one.

I felt like the prompt was just silly and didn’t work. Typically something like this has the Monsters at Work team firing with every creative juice they have, but this was just bland. Nothing truly special came from it except for a Dunkin Donuts joke that did make me chuckle. With a show like this, filler is fine but it has to be enjoyable filler.

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Monsters at Work faces a heavy challenge in sticking the landing for next week’s finale. It has succeeded mostly throughout the season with its delivery, but when it falls short is does so in grand fashion. It has the potential to be special, emotional, and compelling, but it all comes down to how it’s executed. Only time will tell, but thankfully that’s only one week away we’re talking about.

Overall, Monsters at Work‘s ninth episode is a pretty standard episode. It was disappointing for sure given how last week’s episode developed the story. It wasn’t horrible by any means, just not significant enough to be heading into a season finale. That said, my excitement for the season finale still remains and I can’t wait to see what they do. – Kenneth Colon

Rating: 6/10

New episodes of Monsters at Work premiere Wednesdays on Disney+.

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