Greetings, fellow Eddheads! I hope you're having a nice summer even though it's not really summer anymore. 

We got a new episode which was supposed to be released in late August 2022 till it got delayed to September due to the episode taking a very longtime to complete. 

Despite all of this, we finally got the episode and it's beach themed. Surf & Turf Wars is the name and it will be a two parter. The last time we had an episode that was spilt into two parts was The End and that was all the way back in 2016. 

Grab your beach gear and get your cold drinks ready because we're about to surf into this brand new episode.

I'm Lbat1901 and I'll be your host on this tropical island night. Let's-a go! 

The Plot

We start off the episode with a very keyboard sounding opening logo. How classy. 

After that we get a opening shot of an apartment complex which Edd, Tom, and Matt live in. Remember, the house got blown up by Tord and his giant robot. Anyway, we then get a shot of of the boys before they melt. 

Oh? What's this? It was a picture? 

We see Ringo chilling by a fan. A cat gotta stay cool during a hot summer day.

We then see the boys sitting on the couch, sweating like crazy. Tom and Edd talk for a bit about Tom being, well, hot.

Matt gets up and opens a window only for the heatwaves to set his hair on fire. 

We get a weather forecast on tv showing that the UK including Ireland have been in temperatures so hot that there are literally fireballs on the map. Quick fact: In the real world, the UK and pretty much all of Europe have suffering through records of high temperatures going over 90 degrees. Some reaching over 100 degrees. 

Going back to the episode, we get a commercial advertising cola. Cold Cola I should say. This was the same commercial that we've seen in the update video regarding what's been going on behind the scenes with Surf & Turf Wars. 

Edd gets an idea. Tom on the other hand was thinking about other things. But, he was actually thinking about the same thing as Edd. The boys are going on a beach trip.... right after Matt stops playing with his tits. Yeah, but whatever. It's beach time! 

Oh, before we head to the beach with boys. Did anyone notice the picture above the couch that had Edd, Matt, and Tom as teens? I did. I also see Tord although his face has been ripped off. Hmm... interesting. 

Moving on, we get the opening credits which I have to admit, looks amazing and it was a nice transition to the beach scene by having Edd slam on the breaks causing everything to go flying including Edd and Tom and landing safely. 

Wow, didn't know that Edd was so talented at the setting things up. He gets a perfect 10. Yaaaayy. 

Anyway, Edd and Tom start relaxing as Edd asks Matt on how he's holding up. Matt says that the sun and him have been old enemies. Cue a shot where the sun flips off Matt along with burning off his protection against the sun causing him to hiss. 

Ah yes, a Matt Sucks reference and that Matt is still a vampire. Neat. 

Matt grabs a large jar of sunscreen and proceeds to drip a lot of it on him which weirds out both Edd and Tom. But hey, at least Matt is protected by the sun for real this time and proceeds to knock over several people with his umbrella hat. 

We then cut to a cargo ship containing barrels. A crew member asks the captain of the ship what the barrels contain. The captain replies by saying that he doesn't ask questions. Two more members ask more questions until a third member asks where are they taking the barrels. The captain says that he doesn't know. 

Huh, well that doesn't sound cryptic at all. 

Anyway, the captain picks up a phone and talk to whoever he's calling about the ship's cargo as his crew pretty much scolds at him. Suddenly the ship hits something and the captain questions it which makes one of the crew members send the captain to the brig for asking a question. 

As the captain gets taken, we see a barrel fall overboard and lands into the ocean as it slowly makes it way to the beach where Edd, Tom, and Matt are it. What's going to happen when the barrel washes up shore? My curiosity levels are very high. 

Back on dry land, Matt enjoys his time at the beach even to go as far to use a flamethrower to burn people to a crisp. Oh, wait. He was playing a video game. I actually want to play that video game. 

Matt puts a banana into a blender before throwing a banana peel behind which causes a person to slip and fall head first into the sand. 

Comedy gold. 

Edd scolds Matt for littering and Matt simply states "not a care for in the world" as he holds a cup of banana smoothie. A straw drops down into Matt's smoothie and turns out to be Tom who just wanted a taste of that smoothie. Matt doesn't mind it. Sharing is caring. 

Matt gets roasted by Edd when he tells that he's simple thing after Matt was enjoying himself. Edd and Tom both agreed that was a great roast as Matt looks at them clearly unamused. 

The three boys then watch a movie of a guy punching a shark and we get a scene of a very long power strip that goes a long way back to the apartment and there's a lot going on for one single outlet. I can see an electric fire happening. 

Don't plug a lot of things into one outlet guys. 

Moving on we see a scientist who has made the cure for all diseases running to tell the world about it. Along the way, he stops himself from dropping it while avoiding a hole, the cord to the power strip from earlier, and a running wood chipper that gets crushed by a piano. Unfortunately, he couldn't avoid a tiger that came out of nowhere and ends up eating him alive. 

Okay, I was planning on saving this for the closing part of my review, but I don't think I could. So, I'll say this now. I didn't like this part especially during my first viewing of the episode. It felt like dragged on way too long. If I were apart of the production crew, I would've cut down this part. I would have the scientist avoid the cord to the power strip and stopping himself from getting close the wood chipper and the fallen piano. I would definitely cut the down the part where the scientist gets attacked by the tiger. I would also keep the parts where the scientist is surprised by the tiger and is surprised that the tiger is eating his lower part. I would end it with the scientist stating that being eaten alive is the most painful thing that he has ever experienced in his whole life shortly before the tiger finishes eating him. 

I'm not saying that this scene in particular is bad. It could've been shorter. Just a small nitpick that I have. Nothing too major.

Anyway, as the scientist gets eaten by the tiger, two men watch the whole scene. As soon as the scientist is dead, one of the men spot the cure that the scientist dropped and tries to make a run for it, but he accidentally trips over the cord to the power strip causing it unplug. 

Back at the beach, the movie with the guy punching sharks looks like its picking up as a mutant shark appears... only for the tv to shut off which disappoints Matt. Edd tells him that there are other things to do the beach and Tom agrees and mentions the sea breeze shortly before butler (who I am going to call Sebastian) hands Tom a large drink known as "the Sea Breeze". 

As Tom enjoys his drink, Edd takes out a can of cola and begins pouring all of it into his mouth that has opened wide before shallowing it and letting out loud burp. Matt who is still mad, gets up and walks away barefoot only to be greeted by hot sand each time he takes a single step. 

As soon as Matt leaves Edd and Tom are approached by a man with glasses who turns out to be apart of the fun-petition that's happening at the beach. I like this guy, I'm calling him Mason. He looks like a Mason to me. 

Tom stated that fun-petition isn't a word and says that Mason sucks and Edd pulls up a dictionary and agrees with Tom. 

Mason who was sad didn't get a chance to correct Tom only to get knocked to the ground by some jock looking fellow. Edd who saw this decides to stand up for Mason and tells the jock off. The jock (who I'm going to call Josh) scoffs at Edd as his buddies come along. Josh asks a Edd what's he going to do and Edd challenges Josh and his lackeys in the fun-petition which Josh accepts. 

Josh states that the loser leaves the beach forever which Edd says that he knows and that sign says. Josh then says that he and his lackeys get Edd's girl which turns out to be Tom. 

Meanwhile with Matt, he was seen still walking through the hot sand till he spot a water hole before immediately going over to it just to put his feet in. As Matt's feet cool off, he hears something that's inside a bucket. Out of curiosity, he goes over the bucket and picks it up only to find a small fish swimming inside. 

Matt then looks around the area and states that it's nice. He then says that he should it inside his head only to realize that being inside his head wasn't the best idea due to people hearing him. 

Back with Edd and Tom, the fun-petition starts as a guy wearing sunglasses announcing all the contests. He looks like a Roman. I'm calling him Roman until I get corrected by the members of the production crew. 

Anyway, the first contest is the sand eating contest and Tom sprints into action and begins eating the sand. Unfortunately, it wasn't called the sand eating contest. Roman claims that paper was stuck together and that the actual contest was the watermelon eating contest which leaves Tom in utter shock and confusion. 

Edd decides to participate in the watermelon eating contest and bites down on a watermelon only for it to pop. It turns out that the watermelon was a ballon that had air pumped into by Josh and his lackeys which Edd knew and states angrily that there's going to be war.

Meanwhile, Matt is seen picking up a star fish and other aquatic life. What he doesn't know is that barrel that was on the cargo ship has made it to dry land. Unfortunately, it doesn't land on a sharp pointed rock formation. Instead, it lands between two sharp rock formations. 

Matt who was unaware of the barrel, continues to collect more aquatic life before stumbling upon a lobster. He picks up the lobster and falls in love with it as the two stare at each other. However, this doesn't last long as the lobster uses to claw to snap Matt's nose only to realize that he doesn't have a nose. So the lobster goes his eye causing Matt to freak out in pain. He ends up tripping over his bucket and ends up slamming against the barrel. 

Matt manages to free himself and states that he's okay only to go through a slow and yet painful transformation into....

.... The Incredible MattLobster!!! 

Duh duh duhhhhh 

The Verdict

Sooooo, what did I think about the episode? Is it better than the previous full length episode, Beaster Bunny? Does it make for a family fun summer get together? 

Well, the answer would be yes. Surf & Turf Wars Pt. 1 was a massive improvement in terms of quality compared to Beaster Bunny and it looked visually impressive. The voice acting has also improved. 

I really liked that abstract background where Matt was holding the lobster. It looked stunningly beautiful. 

The humor was more of a coin toss. It was either a hit or a miss. Some scenes dragged on for way too long such as the scene of the scientist. Overall, those small issues didn't flat out ruin my experience with the episode.

Plus, there were a lot of background characters and I already gave them names. 

My biggest gripes had the burping jokes. I wasn't much a fan of them. It also didn't help that they were loud in my headphones. Also, the scene with Tom eating sand felt kinda underwhelming but I thought the correction on what the first contest is was amusing at best. 

My other gripe had to be the whole Josh and lackeys being the Eduardo and the neighbors replacement. I don't hate Josh nor his lackeys. I thought that Surf & Turf Wars was going to have Edd, Tom, and Matt go up against Eduardo and Mark in a surfing competition. 

Speaking of Matt, he didn't get to join Edd and Tom for the fun-petition. Eh... I wouldn't call it an issue really. At least, he had time for himself and some screen time alone. 

Also, my other problem was the pacing. My problem for Beaster Bunny was that pacing felt slow. Surf & Turf Wars fixes this problem by being fast. A little too fast especially on the first viewing. Some people said that the pacing was fine and some people said that pacing was too fast. I would admit that the pacing was a bit fast during the first viewing but how I do these reviews, I tend to watch the episode about four times just I won't miss anything. On the second viewing, the pacing wasn't too bad. It was still a bit fast but nothing too terrible that would ruin the quality. 

So, what is my final rating? For episodes that are spilt in either two parts of three parts, I would score it in under one single grade. But I'm willing to give you a score. 

My final score for Surf & Turf Wars Pt. 1 is a lobster out of 10. 

To be a bit more specific, I'm giving this episode a 7/10 giving it a B- grade. 

So, those are pretty much my thoughts on the episode? What did you think of Surf & Turf War Pt. 1? Did you love it or did you hate it? I'm curious to hear what you think. Remember to be nice to each other in the comments and keep conversations civil. 

This has been Lbat1901 and I'll catch you in the next episode. Bye.