Ex Mach Tina

Tina wears the new high-heeled shoes to school she bought for the 8th grade bonfire on the beach but she falls and hurts her ankle.

Guidance counselor Mr. Frond tells her that a company is looking to test a remote-presence robot, so she can use it to attend classes while recovering at home.

At night, while Tina sleeps, her siblings Gene and Louise borrow the laptop that controls the robot and have some fun by wreaking havoc at their school.

Bob realizes his banjo moment has arrived and plays along while Jimmy Jr. reads the rest of his poems.

Club gave the episode a "B" and wrote that Jimmy Jr.'s "interest may not necessarily be in Tina herself, but rather a more selfish—albeit understandable—impulse to have someone listen to all the confused thoughts and feelings that all the musoems in the world can’t fully process.

He also noted that the "Jimmy Jr. of this episode doesn’t just act differently because the story needs him to in order to be maximally funny.

Robert Smigel (2008)