User blog comment:Mattalamode/A Second Opinion: The Slap/@comment-5961377-20171228080947/@comment-31194372-20171228091109

I mean, you say "absolutely stupid and juvenile" like that's a bad thing. "The Slap," as I've said thousands of time (but it bears repeating), isn't art. TAWOG can go as insane as it wants, and I love that the show does that, but there's nothing like a good butt joke to make you laugh like an idiot.

Also awkwardly enough, I seem to have neglected mentioning the roof situation much, nor Tobias in spite of what you tend to perceive as a severe infatuation with the character, but regarding the former, it was a smart way of escalating the conflict while drawing Tobias into it more directly; he goes from the unsuspecting victim to fully aware he's being singled out, and this helps bring the episode to a close far better.