Review: Alpha Betas “Alpha Team’s Gift Exchange”

Here I am thinking the idiots from Alpha Team were done until next season. Yet, here we are, with the required holiday special. I wasn’t expecting much from Alpha Betas, because the first season just concluded. This was not much more than a quick check in with the team to bridge a hopeful season two.

This is a short special, but “Alpha Team’s Gift Exchange” is fucking wild. in a four and a half minute video, you get to see how fast Alpha Team goes from being all around douches to one another (even to Spunc), to figuring out that Christmas isn’t all about the gifts, but making someone’s Christmas special. And that’s what the squad did for Steven.

Unfortunately, a little bit of reading and realizing the spot where Eddie Cashapped money to Tommy for a meal for Christmas, that this was nothing more than an ad for Cashapp. To be fair, I should have figured that out when the description gave us the dreaded “#ad.” I think the episode was enough to stand on its own, and didn’t need a Cashapp tie-in, but it’s there.

Ultimately, the episode was 4:54 of great animation about not a lot. It was status quo. However, this is ultimately a bridge to season two, and a glorified ad for Cashapp. It adds nothing to the mythos surrounding Alpha Betas, and just leaves us wanting more of the proper series.