Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
All the strangers came today / And it looks as though theyre here to stay.
Created by Chris McCulloch (a.k.a.
Its not highbrowVenture Bros., but its funny as hell.
But even as a monster-of-the-week episode, Ghosts of the Sargasso punches above its weight.
There arent just norms to costumed villainy, theres a capital-GGuild.
Mixed in with the Monarchs yard-sale-spoiling maneuvers, the episode also serves up excellent side stories.
Turns out there are two pairs of Venture Bros.!
The Family That Slays Together Pts.
Its not the assembled forces of the O.S.I.
or Monarch henchmen who suffer the greatest losses.
In a face-turn, Docs ineffectual new nemesis Sgt.
Hatred leads all the unused clones of Hank and Dean into battle to aid Brock.
Meanwhile, though, Orpheuss daughter Triana learns of her own mystical potential.
in the eighties, the Monarch and Sheila (now Dr. Mrs.
The Monarch) infiltrate the Venture Compound to do some classic arching.
(Season 5, Episode 4)
Out of all the episodes on this list, Spanakopita!
has the least bearing on the overarchingVenturestory.
also features Augustus St.
Cloud, the rich and repugnantly geeky collector assigned to Billy Quizboy and Pete White as their archenemy.
Its a perfect fit for their low-level arching relationship.
All three episodes are great, but the payoffs delivered in Arrears in Science put it above the others.
The episode all but confirms that the Monarch and Doc are related, implied here to be half brothers.
Dean, it turns out, has been sleeping with Sirena.
