Warning: Full episode spoilers follow.
Venture Bros. isn’t really what most would label a plot-driven series. There’s certainly a great deal of mythology and complex character relationships that have built up over time, but individually each episode is more focused on delivering absurd scenarios and character conflicts. “O.S.I. Love You” was a departure in that regard. As far as this series goes, it was unusually plot-driven as it explored the ongoing fate of Monstroso and Molotov (Molostro? Monstrotov?) and built up the threat of the mysterious, vampiric Investors. Fortunately, “O.S.I. Love You” didn’t forget to be entertaining along the way.
This turned out to be one of those episodes where Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick toyed around with the chronology of their story. That approach can be a little overdone, as we saw with the Memento-style Season 4 premiere, but here the nonlinear format worked well. It morphed what would have been a fairly straightforward battle between O.S.I. and Molotov into a conflict riddled with mysteries until the very end. And even when it seemed like a plot twist was painfully obvious (i.e. – Brock not actually killing Molotov), the truth turned out to be much stranger than it seemed. It was a clever approach, without being too clever.
The Venture Bros: "O.S.I. Love You" Review
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