Blog:Turn the Other Cheek (Morel Orel)

Turn the Other Cheek was the 13th episode of Season 2 of Moral Orel. It was directed by Chris McKay, and written by Scott Adsit.

Plot: After taking the advice he heard from his favorite song too literally, Orel lets himself be bullied by Walt Gluegun in order to teach him a lesson about turning the other cheek. After Bloberta and Clay realize this went too far, Orel is taught to fight back against anyone who makes a fist (praying with one hand as Clay puts it). After defending his best friend: Doughy by beating up Walt, he takes too far by beating up whoever makes a fist near him. Which includes Doughy and his parents. Clay sends Orel to his study, but doesn't punish him because he technically did follow his advice.

Why I Can't Turn the Other Cheek to This Episode:

1. Seeing Orel get frequently beat up and bloodied by Walt is just uncomfortable to watch, especially since Orel really did nothing wrong.
 * Orel even takes this further by putting on a machine that would repeatedly punch him in the face.

2. After beating Walt, Orel becomes out of character by beating anyone up who made a fist even if they didn't mean any harm.

3. Clay giving Orel the advice to stop fights before they start, was a bad lesson since that would imply bullying others (which did happen).

4. The song "Turn the Other Cheek" though catchy, is repeated ad nauseam throughout the beginning and twice more later in the episode.
 * Even Orel starts singing it, in which he does not have a good singing voice.

5. Gender abuse is portrayed when Presbo the Clown (who sang the song) was beating up the female acrobat while singing it.

6. Clay and Bloberta aren't all that concerned about Orel being beat up by Walt.
 * Bloberta was only concerned about having to clean all of the blood off of Orel's clothes
 * Clay only gave Orel advice so he didn't have to raise his wife's detergent budget.

7. Walt is just a generic bully with little to no personality.

8. Certain scenes last way too long to where they are considered padding.
 * Orel listening to "Turn the Other Cheek" over and over again while Bloberta is getting ready in the morning.
 * Clay and Orel doing absolutely nothing during the last two minutes of the episode.

Redeeming Factors:

1. Orel beating Clay is perhaps the funniest part of the episode.

2. At least Orel means well and is only beating others due to his naivety, and him following his dad's advice.

3. Clay does teach a good lesson about standing up for yourself (even if he wants Orel to stop problems before they start).

4. The song "Turn the Other Cheek" as at least catchy.

5. Orel does end up getting a nice duet with Blobberta.

6. It was nice to hear the actual meaning of turning the other cheek from Clay.

7. "THIS IS A PRESENT FROM JESUS!"