'Kidding' Season 2 Episode 5: Puppet Time brings closure to all the residents of Pickle Barrel falls
This article contains spoilers for Season 2 'Kidding'
In the previous episode of 'Kidding', we saw Jeff Piccirillo (Jim Carrey) and his sister Deirdre (Catherine Keener) try to deal with the drastic changes coming their way.
While Jeff struggles to finalize his divorce from his estranged wife Jill (Judy Greer), Deirdre had to face the fact that her divorce mediation resulted in her husband Scott Perera (Bernard White) taking ownership of the puppets on her brothers to show, 'Mr Pickles' Puppet Time.'
In 'EPISODE #3101', the puppets have to say goodbye to Pickle Barrel Falls, the only home they've known and moved on into the "I don't know" part of their life.
The entire episode was the first episode of the 31st season of Mr. Pickles’ Puppet Time, and not only did it teach children about change and dealing with it, but Jeff gets closure with Jill and signs the divorce papers.
While trying to keep his multimillion-dollar branding empire alive as children's television presenter Mr. Pickles, Jeff has to also sort out his personal life.
Using puppets and music, this episode brought into light the importance of hope and why moving on may not be as scary as staying back in the place that was tearing you down.
The episode starts off with Mr Pickles on his show, talking about change when he hears a huge disaster down at the Pickle Barrel Falls. When he gets there he realizes that all the houses of the puppets have fallen, and while DIY Deirdre tried to help build them back with superglue, they fell apart again.
Jeff then soothes the scared puppets who realize that they have to leave their home by bringing in Piccola Grande (Ariana Grande) to sing about how hope can help one move forward.
Since Jeff and Deirdre lost the ownership of the puppets to Scott, they had to move the puppets of the show in a manner that wouldn't scare the children watching.
While doing so, Jeff, Deirdre, and Jill go through their emotions of guilt, regret, hope, and acceptance. Jeff goes on to explain to one puppet, Ennui La Triste (Dan Garza), who's especially scared of the unknown, about how he himself is going through a divorce with Jill and why it's important that they let go.
Jill who does end up showing up, says that it's important that the children know that Mr. Pickles struggles too, and it's okay for change to happen, and for us to accept it.
An entertaining puppet show with incredible singing by Grande might we add, brings the themes of love, loss and hope to deliver one heck of an episode. 'Kidding' Season 2 airs on Sundays at 10 pm EST on Showtime.
