User blog comment:Mattalamode/A Second Opinion: The Refund/@comment-30307603-20170601202541/@comment-31194372-20170602045549

"The Refund" isn't the best Season 1 episode at all. It's just the best one to exploit all of their Season 1 characteristics while somehow managing to avoid some complete disaster. I'm honestly at such a loss for words: no component of this episode should've worked, but it just does.

I suppose "The Words" kind of fits with the whole "mind of his own" theme, too, but that episode's been talked about enough - "The Sidekick" especially is one of those episodes that I think finds perfect use of Darwin (with "The Banana" as a precedent to that), and the fact that it's probably one of the least discussed episodes in the entire series, whether for good or bad, means it's practically beckoning to be written about.

And good luck taking anything away from this. Just... pretty sure that the whole argument of "'The Refund' should've been bad, but isn't, and I can't explain why" won't help you that much. Either way, good luck. Seriously. You're not winning this by default.