He talks to Al about the latter's insecurities, and finds out that what turns him on is a woman popping a balloon, which presents a problem since Gloria gets startled by sudden, loud noises.
Bob makes Gloria wear ear plugs and sends them to the pot luck to participate and not get kicked out of the community.
It builds the main characters a bit while widening its base to include Linda's parents as more than simple antagonists.
"[2] Dyanamaria Leifsson of TV Equals said "Although there were plenty of lines in tonight’s Bob’s Burgers that made me chuckle, “It Snakes a Village” was one of the weaker episodes of this season.
"[5] However, this episode shows the family leaving New Jersey, giving a concrete location for the first time in the series' history[6] and keeping with Bouchard's vision of the setting as "firmly in the Northeast.