The Venture Bros. Season 3 Finale

I got around to watching the season finale of Venture Bros. last night, and there were loads of surprises. Another season ending cliff-hanger and a two part episode capped of the third season of Cartoon Network's flagship Adult Swim program. It featured all the usual players (as opposed to some of the episodes from this season which left some of my favorite characters), including the Moppets, 21 & 24, and the OSI Guys.



I was really looking forward to season 3 earlier this year, and now that its over I'm excited for season 4! Its nice to see a good show actually stay on the air long enough for things to get interesting, especially on Adult Swim, who's known for unexpectedly short runs of good shows and frequent programming changes.

That said, most shows on Adult Swim don't usually make it past a fourth season, but hopefully Venture Bros. will buck this trend, or at least have a badass final season.

This week's episode introduced a few new elements that I really enjoyed. First, "The Cleaner" comes to rescue Brock, Rusty and the boys is like a murderous Mr. Clean, and supposedly leaves "a lemon-y fresh scent."

Oh, and he melts peoples faces off with acid-based cleaning supplies.

Also making its debut in the season finale was the Monarch's new super weapon, the "Death's Head Panoply," which is essentially golden armor the monarch wears (which he can't really move in) that releases a deadly shower of clone-killing lasers. Unfortunately, the Monarch hasn't successfully tested it yet.



I was pretty impressed with this season on the whole, and will definitely purchase the DVD (or BluRay?) when it's released later this year.