Blog:Restraining Henry (Henry’s Wonderful Life)

Why It Sucks

 * 1) For starters, this episode showed Harold at his absolute worst (alongside “Christmas Disaster”) as he constantly torments Henry all because of a simple and harmless prank.
 * 2) *While it's true that Henry has become complete jerk to Harold in Seasons 5-7, instead of being the better person, he just became an outright bully and his actions are just as bad if not even worse than Henry's actions.
 * 3) This is basically a extremely cruel and extremely negative Henry torture episode.
 * 4) It tries way too hard to make Henry’s torment justified, but due to how Henry is essentially tortured physically and mentally throughout the episode, it makes the viewers symphatize with Henry.
 * 5) With the expectation of Henry and Mary, the other characters are just as unlikable as Harold.
 * 6) * Sue and Blattinly both join in on Henry’s torment and do not care about Henry’s well-being.
 * 7) * Liva is also unlikable as she would create a long electric stick for Harold so he can keep Henry away from him.
 * 8) * Ben & Taraina constantly punch Henry multiple times for absolutely no reason.
 * 9) Just like almost every episode in Seasons 6-7, the animation is very bland, washed out, and mediocre.
 * 10) The scene where Henry goes completely insane and covers himself in garbage is extremely gross, creepy, sad, and out of place.
 * 11) Despite apologizing to Henry, Harold didn’t get any form of punishment for his terrible actions.
 * 12) Overall, this episode feels more like a fictional lost episode than a “Henry’s Wonderful Life” episode.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) It is one of the fewer episodes in Seasons 5-7 where Henry is likable and has his original personality.
 * 2) * Mary is also likable as well as she is ths only character that truly cares about Henry.
 * 3) Despite still being a Karma Houdini, at least Harold learns his mistakes and apologized to Henry in the end.