Bob Hoose, writer of last season's funniest episode "Grandma's Visit," returns to bring us more Parker family craziness. But this time the craziness goes overboard, leaving the discerning listener with a disappointing episode. With the Washingtons in "The Mailman Cometh" I could put up with it--that's just the Washingtons for you, after all--, but I expected more from the Parkers.
And, hey, didn't we just have a similar storyline seven episodes ago in "Stage Fright"? I wasn't greatly impressed with the actor (Mr. Storfitz) playing a different role to fool the kids in that episode, and I was even less so with "An Agreeable Nanny." Really, the Parker parents hiring an actress to play a pushover British nanny just so that their kids will learn about responsibility? What were they thinking? I suppose it does excuse some of the oddities in the character of Maria (she really goes too far in trying to make herself out to be English), but it was just a plot twist that I didn't care for.
On the positive side, there weren't any weird bathroom jokes like we had in "Grandma's Visit." And I didn't dislike any of the characters that we heard from in this episode, apart from Olivia of course. However, it was just too much for me to suspend my belief for 25 minutes. There were too many times when I rolled my eyes or wondered if I was too old for all this. And the very obvious and tired lesson about responsibility didn't save the show, either.
Rating: 6/10 (Slightly generous maybe, but if you're in the right mood this can pass as fairly entertaining)
