Review: Bordertown “The Engagement”

Spoilers Below

In the series premiere of “Bordertown”, we are introduced to the politically laden land of Mexifornia. Bud, a border patrol officer and extreme conservative, is pushing for a new immigration law to pass called Prop 7010. While this may seem like something good to him, it’s not good news for his neighbors; of whom are Mexican.
He walks over to their house to see that their nephew, JC, is coming home from school. As JC pulls up in a cab, you can sense the extreme liberalness through the tip he offers his driver. He wastes no time in spotting Becky, Bud’s oldest daughter. They have been seeing each other since JC had left for school four years ago. After a funny interaction with her retainer, he proposes to her. As you can imagine, Bud’s head literally explodes and the pet pig starts eating the brains.
There is a “gentleman” who lives across the street named Darryl. He has a foot on his head, a face on his stomach, and he wants to be with Becky. However, she only wants to be with JC. She wants it so much that she drives off to the courthouse to elope. On the way there, they are pulled over by the police and asked a question that no American would know – “Who won the WNBA Championship last year?” JC answered it correctly and was swiftly deported through an American flag style canon back to Mexico in accordance with Prop 7010.
Seeing Becky in such a depressing state, Bud had no alternative but to retrieve JC from Mexico. He enlists the help of JC’s uncle, Ernesto, and heads down there at 200mph. Ernesto is shown to be a guy who will give anyone the shirt off his back, but will still be ready to rumble, if needed. As JC scours the streets of Mexico afraid and lonely, Ernesto and Bud come to his rescue. They put him in the trunk and try to get through a Border Patrol checkpoint. The officer doesn’t fall for it. However, a running theme of quick alien abductions throughout the episode make for an interesting ending.

If I were to be shown this episode without any credits, I would be able to instantly pinpoint that Seth MacFarlane had something major to do with it. The humor and animation style are very similar to his other animated works and characters. I enjoyed the episode and look forward to watching where the happy medium is that characters are going to have to meet at in order to make their relationships work.