Dr. Venture has certainly shown some moments of sheer stupidity in the past (after all, he wouldn’t have grown up to be the failed super scientist he is now if he was just all common sense all the time), but “Momma’s Boys” takes things to an even more extreme level of idiocy. But you know what the funny thing is? I’m completely okay with that. The inherent ridiculous nature of the story that drives along the plot of “Momma’s Boys” is prime feeding ground for all sorts of offbeat humor, which this episode has in spades. One of the funniest moments was Hank’s new alter-ego, Enrico Motassa, the leader of a ragtag band of “insane criminals” including Dermott, H.E.L.P.E.R., and Gary. Yes, Gary (A.K.A. Henchman 21) makes another supporting appearance in this week’s episode, whose purpose in life has resorted to living in the Ventures’ backyard and just sort of, I don’t know, doing stuff whenever it comes up. Hank isn’t really sure either, but it’s still great to see Gary be involved as Hank continues to grow as a character and try to discover himself anew (even if doing so means adopting completely made-up identities). Unfortunately, the same cannot quite be said for Dean, whose new moody persona is pretty much unchanging to how it was in the last several episodes, and shows no real signs of progressing much either by the end of this week’s storyline. Once Dean’s secret late-night phone calls are revealed to be shared with Myra Brandish, the woman the Venture brothers once believed to be their mother, he schedules a meet-up with her, only to find himself a cog in the middle of an orchestrated prison break. However, Myra’s reveal seemed to happen too late into the episode, and her conflict gets resolved almost as quickly as it comes, leaving the remainder of the 22 minutes to revert back to Rusty and his search for Teddy, and Dean not all that visibly affected by everything that happened at the loony bin. In the end, “Momma’s Boys” is a solid, if not completely insane episode of The Venture Bros. that packs in the laughs and the absurdity faster than you can set your GPS to By Golly Gulch! Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing
