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Episode #12: Stalkers

Joey and Lina go on their date. That should tell you everything about this episode.

It's the sort of scenario that has been in American media since like, forever. The friends stalking the two love birds, "Mr. Blue Sky" playing, the works.

And yes, that means that you can probably guess exactly how about 90% of this episode goes. And as far as cliche date episodes go, this one isn't bad. There's some fun character humor to be had, and nothing about it really annoyed me.

It just leaves me with not too much to talk about. Even the fight at the end is moreso to move the plot with Hughes along a bit more, as Joey being connected the Heroman is discovered due to Joey's' own heroic nature. Props for the irony of Hughes being the one to help Joey with the date though.

But on that note, there was one very nice highlight for me in all of this, and that's the showing of how Joey isn't dumb. Not only does he catch on to his friends getting in on his business, but he also realizes pretty quick that the fight with Minami's' robot is a setup. Even so, he doesn't let anything stop him from doing what he feels is right, and is even able to make the day a memorable one with Lina regardless.

Is the episode anything super special? No, but for what it is, it's done well.