Last Last One Forever and Ever (Aqua Teen Hunger Force)

Last Last One Forever and Ever is the tenth episode of the 6th season of mh:besttvshows:Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Plot
At odds with Frylock, "Don" Shake tries to write a script for an ATHF episode, while receiving feedback from Meatwad.

Why We're Glad it's Not the Last Last One Forever and Ever

 * 1) Wasted potential: While the premise of a live action ATHF episode could have lead to a hilarious and unique episode, it instead falls flat and barely leaves an impression.
 * 2) The live action segment is boring and confusing, suffering from sluggish pacing and a lack of jokes. Despite taking up the bulk of the episode, the sequence is rather uneventful.
 * 3) *The beginning animated scene seemed promising of a potentially funny, interesting, and strange episode, only to be interrupted by live action Shake and Frylock's unfunny banter.
 * 4) *The live action portion has a dumb conclusion: a bait and switch moment with Shake sneaking to kill a sleeping Frylock with a sword, only for him to offer it to Frylock, then immediately inspiring Shake for the idea of the ending of his script: then abruptly cutting to the animated Aqua Teens moving out of their house and bidding farewell to Carl. While the last animated scene is good, the resolution of the overall episode is anticlimactic and basically renders the live action scenes pointless.
 * 5) The Aqua Teens are poorly represented by their live action counterparts.
 * 6) *Though they don't necessarily do a bad job acting, H. Jon Benjamin and T-Pain fail to accurately portray the characters they're representing. They're both very much out of character for Master Shake and Frylock, and it feels like they're just playing themselves instead. T-Pain's use of autotune is even referenced multiple times.
 * 7) **H. Jon Benjamin has much more successful appearances in past episodes, "Bus of the Undead", "Broodwich", and "Bible Fruit".
 * 8) **A better example of a T-Pain guest appearance in an Adult Swim show is in Squidbillies, also co-created by Dave Willis.
 * 9) *Meatwad is instead portrayed by a maroon colored fitness ball, with Dave Willis reprising the role. The fitness ball is generally static and uninteresting, not to mention the inconsistency that Meatwad is the only character to not be portrayed by a live action actor. If they were able to bring in guests to portray the rest of the cast, why leave Meatwad out?
 * 10) The episode was made as a potential series finale for the show (hence the name), which would have ended the series on a sour note.
 * 11) Adult Swim apparently didn't even have faith in the episode, and was close to dumping it on either YouTube or as a DVD extra, before airing it on television as the season 6 finale.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The animated scenes at the beginning and end are funny and entertaining. Had they continued the plot shown at the beginning, it's likely would have made for a great episode.
 * 2) Unlike the rest of the cast, David Long, Jr. does a great job playing the live action Carl.
 * 3) *Even more awesome is that he won the role as the result of a contest run on Adult Swim's website, where fans submitted video auditions to play Carl. According to Dave Willis, he even beat out Kyle Gass and Samuel L. Jackson for the role.
 * 4) While the portrayal of the Aqua Teens in live action flopped, their house was faithfully recreated for the set.
 * 5) Also features a nice live action callout to Dr. Weird's laboratory (though the lack of live action Dr. Weird is a missed opportunity).
 * 6) Once the show was renewed for another season, the events of this episode are hilariously subverted in season 7, episode 2's "Rabbot Redux" (a much better episode). The episode begins with the same exact ending scene from this one, only for the the Aqua Teens to move into the next house down the street, much to Carl's frustration.
 * 7) About six years later, the show would receive not just one, but two proper series finales, which were generally well received by fans.

Reception
Amongst fans of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, this episode is largely considered boring and disappointing. Upon its release IGN gave it a mixed review, calling it "overhyped" and criticizing it for its lack of jokes. This episode is also the lowest rated episode in the series on IMDb, having a 6.5/10