U.S. Acres Episode Review: Chicken vs Worm [SPOILERS]

Welcome back to my weekly U.S. Acres episode review! Last week, I reviewed the first aired episode of U.S. Acres. But there's something to tell you about that: That wasn't the REAL first episode in production order. The first episode produced was "Wade, You're Afraid", which was the fifth episode aired. But for reasons that will become apparent soon enough, the episode the writers wanted to be first episode was the seventh one aired. That episode involves the worm and Booker, off-key singing that makes "What Harm Can It Do?" look like a musical number from "The Magical Adventures of Mumfie: Mumfie's Quest" (which I will review once Lionsgate releases it, which will probably be after The Legend of the Snowbird), and Wade Duck without his innertube. What is this episode? It's "The Worm Turns".

A book made real scary, as requested by Booker!

 The supposed first quickie was this quickie that shows us Orson's vivid imagination. Orson is asked to read a story about a jungle, and is told to make it scary. After it creeps them out, Orson says "And they lived happily ever after!" Wade then thanks Orson.

Thank you, Junior TV, for the original title cards for U.S. Acres! (I had to edit this because it was originally in German)

Wade's not the only character who likes innertubes.

  

The episode begins as we see Orson reading by the waller. He tells the viewer he wasn't expecting them. Then he assumes the viewer wants to take off his innertube for him, but says he can do it himself, and as he does so, he flies to the middle of the barnyard. He then wants to inflate it back up, but he can't find it. He then tells the viewer he wants them to meet Wade, and then this happens...

 

Video of the week: The first Roy prank. This is in English, don't worry.

Wait until you see what's about to come...

Booker got worm germs! Get the hot water! Get the iodine! (Yes, a Charlie Brown reference, as Film Romain made both...)

After that, Orson tells the viewers that this is just a sample of life on the farm, when he supposes the viewer is thinking that Booker is hunting for worms, which Orson proves is false. We are then shown a flashback explaining why he isn't doing so.We cut to Booker fishing for worms, and getting a fish instead. Then, we see Booker asking Sheldon to watch him hunt worms. Sheldon says no, because he is hanging pictures, and then Booker tells him he'll miss a worm feast, but Sheldon tells him he's making quiche in the microwave. Sheldon then breaks part of his shell as he hangs up pictures. Maybe he needs shorter nails. Cut to Booker building a grade A first class worm trap. He says that when the worm falls for the trap, he'll beg for mercy, but the last word is cut off by the worm's laugh. After Booker asks the worm if he thought he could fool him, the worm kisses him.

Then Booker begins to chase the worm, and it runs into a flower bed. Roy finds it, and does the "She loves me, she loves me not" thing to the poor critter. After that comes a song about Booker's hate for the worm, which has singing that's even worse than the song I posted last week-which is why I didn't post a clip of the song, and I instead posted that Wade Duck clip. But there's one interesting part in the song:

This looks funny, for some reason.

I was originally going to name this post "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" for this very scene.

 After that, Booker chases the worm again, and ends up tripping on the rope on his worm trap, causing himself to get stuck in the trap. After many hours of pleading for help, he finally gets resuced by a worm who had feelings for him. Once the worm rescued him, Booker kissed him, and they became friends.

I love the looks on Wade, Orson and Roy's faces in the third picture!

After the story finishes, Orson assures the viewers that Booker will never chase another worm again. But then, Booker sings a reprise of the episode's song to fool the characters into thinking that he likes the worm, but then kicks and chases him, confusing Wade, Roy and Orson.

That is the story of The Worm Turns. Next week, we'll learn about the story of Wade's hypnosis.
(If anyone is able to guess what Garfield episode I'm referencing, you're awesome!)