Disenchantment

20180826:
The first episode was so-so. Perhaps it is a show that gets better throughout the season, like BoJack Horseman.

20181217:
I finished the first part today and overall I enjoyed the series. Occasionally some of the episodes - especially at the start - had portions which weren't funny and seemed to be trying too hard, but the episodes became more consistent and found built off of previous episodes in an enjoyable way.

Princess Bean (Abbi Jacobson)

In particular, the show slowly began to create a bigger, overarching story which culminated in an interesting cliffhanger.

Overall, if you enjoy shows with dirty, unfiltered humor, then I recommend you try watching Disenchantment.

20190926:
Netflix recently released the second part of the series.

On 20190926, Netflix determined the series for me as a 99% match.

20210703:
I finished BoJack Horseman last night, and now I'm in a mood to go through various series with episodes I haven't seen. With Disenchantment, I finished Part 2 in September 2019 and Part 3 didn't release until January 2021.
20210705:
I can't help but feel these episodes get produced at such a slow rate. I suppose there's less fluff. But the lack of time with the characters makes one appreciate the lengthier series. Even with less fluff, it would feel better if the series cranked out 20 episodes per year (as opposed to the current pace of 10 episodes per year). Overall, I have mixed feelings about Part 3. I don't think it had the same appeal as Parts 1 and 2. It did have it's moments.

I skimmed the "Critical reception" section on Wikipedia and several statements mentioned the serialization of the series. Perhaps I dislike the efforts placed on serialization.

Reading my 20180826 entry above, it turns out that I liked how the serialization of the series towards the end of Part 1. In contrast, this is how I feel about the end of Part 3: the current story seems trapped, forced, lacking thought, and resulted in an uninteresting cliffhanger.
20231001:
I didn't know this was the last season until the show was bringing closure to all the various characters (weddings and such). While it's bittersweet for the show to end, I guess I'd rather have the show (and any show for that matter) end with fewer seasons with very few if any loose ends tied up than dragging on with many seasons and end poorly. What a great show.

[20231001][20231003 Edit]
P1E1
Interesting opening ("See you guys tomorrow.")
Voice of Mr. Burns.
Hahahaha. "Oh boy, did I look I her." That was surprisingly funny.
"No tummy touching."
"Elfo has left the building."
Cliff-"faller" makes me want to keep watching.
Okay one more.
20180826 AM

Elfo (Nat Faxon) and Kissy

P1E2
Smile. The walruses.
Decent resolution.
20180826 AM

P1E3
Haha. All that talking about the band. "What the hell?"
Huh, I don't remember if the first two episodes were this way, but this episode seems to lay it on thick.
20181119

P1E4
Ha. Low tide.
20181119

Bean and Luci (Eric Andre)

P1E5
Points out the flaw in what they prayed for
Hahahahaha. "I'm a midwife. Excuse me a moment."
"Just use the force. Centripetal force." (References Star Wars)
20181210 AM

P1E6
"Plus there's laces holding the skin on."
Hahaha. Picks up the keg.
Hahaha. "Is joke. Or is?"
"Of Humid Bondage" references 1915 novel Of Human Bondage
Hahaha. Hahaha. That was good. (bowing during the escape)
20181210 PM

Elfo and Tess

P1E7
Kiss.
20181217 PM

P1E8
"[...] work, starve or eat. Now there's a fourth thing. Entertainment."
"We'll find the one true god next year."
Hahahaha. A single trap with two parts that is bypassed by parties of three or more.
"Unlike other villains, I shant be telling you my plans."
References the James Bond movie Goldfinger. "You expect me to crawl around this overheated hellscape until I hear a beep?" "No, Mr. Elfo, I expect you to fry."
20181217 PM

Queen Oona (Tress MacNeille), King Zog (John DiMaggio), and Queen Dagmar (Sharon Horgan)

P1E9
Ha! I burst out laughing when the sword went back into his chest. The prince from the first episode was alive. But now he's most likely dead.
Hahaha. "I demand a second opinion. Touch me somewhere else." - Elfo to Touchy.
Hahahaha. "But he doesn't mind [something about fooling around]"
Mysterious half!?!
Interesting choice.
How would she have recognized Bean so quickly?
20181217 PM

P1E10
What about his current wife?
"Favorite food on three." "Beer."
Great cliffhanger.
There's a short cliff after the credits of Elfo washing ashore and being pulled up by two hands.
20181217 PM

P2E1
"My 24-hour shift."
Ah. That makes sense. (Jerry's condition explained)
If there's signal loss, one can just be more repetitive.
"Stairway to Hell." (as oppose to "Stairway to Heaven.")
Uh... couldn't she have just flipped the level?
20190926

P2E2
"Jerry, what if I told you all of that was to make you stronger?" "I'd say you're a sick bastard."
"A surprisingly large number of popes."
References Futurama. "Bite my shiny metal axe."
"My soul's gonna die. I'm gonna go to superhell."
"Now that I'm a ghost I'll help you make pottery."
20190926

P2E3
Lol. His little men barely made progress.
Last one was good. "Letting the hanging begin."
20190926

P2E4
"Who's sleeping now, Carl?"
Hahaha. "At least the reptile sex was quiet."
Huh. "I don't turn into a bear when I put it on, I turn into a human when I take it off." [Oh, it means by nature she's more of an animal.]
Kissandra.
Creepy ending.
20190926

P2E5
Wash day
Lol. "Take off your boots."
HAHAHA. I didn't expect that. (elves wash back down)
The king and queen ogre seem to be the same voices as those aliens in Futurama. I don't remember the species at the moment.
Elfo is half ogre?
20190928

P2E6
HAHAHA. "But you didn't do anything! You just watched a circus." "Get a barrel Odval."
20190928

P2E7
20190928

P2E8
20190928

P2E9
1a: Ha. That's what I essentially thought: "Are you from the future?"
1b: "stience"
1b: "human rights"
1b: "fair trial, execution, and appeal"
1b: Haha. "I didn't want to wake you. Or invite you."
1b: "very clever turn of phrase"
1b: "Farnswarth District"
1b: Hmm. Who is most at fault there?
1a=20190928, 1b=20190929 AM

P2E10
Hehe. The logic with the rats.
Ha. Beheaded for wearing the crown.
Oh Elfo.
Something to bite down on.
"But I don't think she'd ever try to kill him." Gasp. "GUILTY!"
Wow. Quite the finale.
1=20190929 AM

Recap: Disnchantment: Part 2
I really like these recaps... I hardly remembered what happened in Part 2.
1=20210703

P3E1
"Like any two numbers, these don't add up."
20210703

P3E2
20210703

P3E3
"He's remarkably speedy for such a beachball of a boy."
"I'm gonna break all your toys."
"Hi Bean, I'm a man now."
"You're attention please, Derek has a mustache now."
20210703

P3E4
Hahahaha. Porn joke (wrong box, Elfo, and discarded)
20210703

P3E5
Ha. One of the words in the deck was "Disenchantment."
Was the deck stacked full of words beginning with "D" to set up for that alone or was there other jokes which I didn't get?
The mermaid was left behind!
20210704

P3E6
Hahaha. I didn't see that coming "All I had to do was put a ring on it."
So we're clued in with the necklace that Bean's experience was probably real, but was the removal of the necklace intentional? Does Bean still believe it's real? It seemed implied through song that was Mora's intention (to send Bean back) but the reason would be unclear.
20210704

P3E7
Interesting plot twist (that Odval and the other guy planned for pushing Zog over the edge of craziness by having him witness the orgy
Oona seems to have known but then why did she show up. Also, why did she not let Bean know
20210704

P3E8
20210704

P3E9
Smile. "Mommy wait, my needs outweight your scorn." (to be fair, she did tell him not to follow her... he likely would not have if she didn't mention it)
Smile. Melted butter.
Ha. 50/50 on regular gumballs and suicide gumballs.
20210704

P3E10
The crown on the statue's head is already drooping before the statue maker would have neceessarily known that to be the case.
Their quotes read "Poisoned by love and arsenic" (Yog), "Actions speak louder than woids" (Zog), "All hail me" (Derek), and "This crown can suck it" (Tiabeanie).
"How did she know?"
That little girl is a wizard.
"Welcome to heaven, Luci." "Hell no!"
20210705 12:00 AM

P4E1
He got his wings!
"Luci in the sky with diamonds."
Ha. Nice one Bean (she manages to stamp her mom's hand... which is funny because Dagmar took the dagger because she suspected Bean would do something like that to begin with)
20220630

P4E2
Was that already mentioned in a previous episode, that Elfo's mom is half ogre? I recall in a very very old episode his dad wanted to tell him a secret and never got around to it
Good joke. "The compensator."
Hansel and Gretel
What a coincidence that Luci's body should hit the window
20220630

P4E3
Ha. The guy jumps out.
Huh. Dr. Fulton. Mulberry. It seems as if this doctor might be crazy?
When does Zog honk?
I don't remember Freckles... [he's the dummy]
Ha! Nice one. "Guy can have two grandmas."
Well at least he can use the skull to dig out.
Hahaha. "Hold still, I don't want to nick your throat."
Masturbation joke.
20220701

P4E4
I thought Bean would accidentally murder someone she cares about
Smile. Is the self-actualization wearing off?
20220701

P4E5
Those bastards they're stealing the escape pod we stole.
Wait... what?
The chair is still sliced up
Freckles
Lol what... he just threw the claws down the chute?
This little bit with Elfo followed by Luci followed by Bean as the extended bit
Wow, that's a serious memory (lost his voice to the cigar)
Why would they reveal that they're alive?
20220701

P4E6
Oh they're like elves that evolved to being underwater (treasure room) [oh, they're not elves, they're Sea Trogs]
Cousin Roger.
hehe. "Oh God! Actually Satan! Please!
She'll probaby get saved by her mermaid love smashing through that pane of a mermaid [Mora]
20220701

P4E7
Hehe, she asks for Elfo's judgement so that she could take the opposite conclusion
Waffles and more waffles
Hehe. The bear is his
Hmm, her vision suggests the elves were winning until something shocked them. But why would these bones have knives in them.
Oh no... (Ursula)
Did they use the same person taht voices Derek? Sounds like a similar voice [yes, Tress MacNeille voices both of them; on IMDb, other common roles she voices on the show are Queen Oona, the Fairy, and Arch Druidess]
The camera pulls back. Did they capture Ursula?
20220701

P4E8
Ha. The king gets in line
Hahahaha. Poor Derek. ("Finally")
A joke that Luci and mop girl were fooling around in the closet, but they weren't.
No you fool it's not what you want it's what you deserve
Elf to Trog [So my thought about the Sea Trogs coming from elves might not be too far off?]
20220701

P4E9
Ah she pulls the hair and its her own. I had this in the back of my mind as in the previous episode the captions didn't say Dagmar laughing but woman laughing... it might not be true but this event in her dream makes it likely
20220701

P4E10
Her dad warns her about the switcheroo
Hmm. Dagmar again...
Mora.
20220701

P5E1
huh I don't remember how Season 4 ended but oh well.
hehe passage in the book
I guess the real Bean will overhear
there's a sound of a knuckle crack in caption, i rewind to see the hand of the body move; this is interesting because it did cross my mind when Elfo was talking to the body that the body might come alive.
20230926

P5E2
Hehe. Zog's explanation is all true but sounds crazy.
hehe. "Faster harder. Right there. Yes. Oh yes."
hmm why have to bring Mora around everywhere?
20230930

P5E3
hehe "it's easier if you think of it as one continuous cliff"
hehe "whole women"
hehe heartless comment + take baby carriage
hehe "and look what's coming soon"
20230930

P5E4
Jerry? did he come back alive in the previous season? I vaguely recall Luci freed him
hehe Jerry died again
20230930

P5E5
hatch
"help I'm too lazy to swim"
I'm curious if he'll be the one to shoot himself (Elfo asks the ball to take him back to before he was shot dead)
hahahaha this yes master bit is good
we're not human
it's revealed that mop girl is an elf ("touch my ear again and I'll kill you")
20230930

P5E6
wait when did they find the head...
20230930

P5E7
that's a great speech/breakthrough - not far from the truth of "loonies" in the real world
they're charging you up
20230930

P5E9
omg I love that he corrected her "anymore"
smile it looked like Elfo was getting the pillow for Mop Girl and then he sat on it
wow, Jerry killed God? is that possible?
hahaha. "boom! love conquers everything. and anger helps"
hmm. I imagine it would be a good twist if Bean pulled off some kind of switcheroo here same as what got Mora killed...
1=20231001

P5E10
hahaha "Get out of here Turbish!"
the camera is zooming in on Elfo but it is more likely to be announced Mop Girl
Queen Mop Girl Miri
hehe Freckles theme song: humming the Disenchantment theme song
Satan crosses out three names from the book of dead: Bean, Mora, and Luci. [apparently names in that book are destined to go to Hell, but by crossing them out they wouldnt; with that being said, Luci went to Heaven despite being in that book... so... not sure this theory makes sense][a different article phrases it as Luci no longer being required to return]

Credits:
After the credits, it is ordered to close the drawbridge which results in the castle disappearing
1=20231001

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