AVClub: Looking back, most episodes of Idiotsitter have struggled with pacing. The show often spends a lot of timing setting up an event or scenario and then not having enough time to spend in that event or scenario. The best parts of “GED Prom” were the scenes that actually took place at GED prom. “Viva La Joy” starts out fine enough but doesn’t hit its groove until it gets truly weird in the final act. “Fumigation” ends up all over the place pacing-wise, cramming two great premises into one. Idiotsitter shouldn’t start at 100 miles-per-hour; building up to the good stuff is important. But sometimes it just needs to get to that good stuff faster. In a way, the show could stand to be a little less linear. Drop Billie and Gene into just about any scenario, and sparks will fly. Sometimes all the setup makes the show feel too mechanical. “Ex-boyfriend,” however, is the most rhythmically sound episode yet—one that manages to put emotion and stakes behind Gene’s over-the-top scheming.
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