I'd Love to Take Orders From You

"I'd Love to Take Orders From You" is the second episode of the first season of SpongeBob Goes Mad!. It originally aired on 10 July 2020. It was nominated for an Emmy in 2021, but lost to the Family Guy episode "Peter the Woman".
== Plot ==
Narrating the episode, Squidward Q. Tentacles looks back upon his failures with girls, particularly Squilvia. At the Krusty Krab, Squidward realizes that Squilvia has returned to Bikini Bottom and has been welcomed back to her family after the events of "Love That Squid". Though they pursue a relationship, Squidward fails to pay enough attention to Squilvia and is instead focused on video games. Despite Pearl Krabs's warnings, Squidward continues to take Squilvia for granted until she tells him that they should take a break. Squidward recognizes the expression as a warning sign for a potential breakup. Additionally, she starts showing interest in a prosperous boy from Brazil. Eventually, it becomes clear to Squidward that Squilvia has broken up with him, after she sings a breakup song to him over the phone.
Meanwhile, upset that Eugene H. Krabs left the quartet to move to Ukulele Bottom, SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star and Squidward decide to interview potential friends to fill the vacancy, and are approached by a fellow bar patron named Nat Peterson. After impressing the group with his dart skills, they decide to let Nat join as their new fourth member. Later, when SpongeBob introduces Nat to Sandy, she reveals that the two used to date. SpongeBob grows jealous and, in a fit of drunken rage, throws a bottle through the window of Nat's home, inadvertently causing a fire and burning down his house. Nat, unaware of the fact that SpongeBob was the vandal who burned down his house, later told Sandy "When I find the guy who did it, I'm gonna rip his arms off and do his wife in front of him!" The next morning, SpongeBob discovers that Sandy has invited Nat to live with them. As time goes on, SpongeBob cannot contain his jealousy and eventually appears to dress as a member of the Ku Klux Klan, though it is immediately revealed that SpongeBob's intention is to dress as a ghost carrying a torch, kicking Nat out. During an argument, Sandy reveals that Nat had bought SpongeBob a gift, and he goes on to apologize to Nat for being so insensitive. Nat forgives him and he remains friends with SpongeBob, but admits to having had sex with Pearl Krabs, to which SpongeBob indifferently responds.
During an argument between SpongeBob and Sandy, Squidward takes SpongeBob's side, arguing that men cannot be expected to understand women when women never come out and say what they are thinking. In response, Sandy tells SpongeBob exactly what she thinks of him, leading to both Squidward and SpongeBob being kicked out of the house. The two promptly settle into Brokewood Apartments, an apartment for failed husbands who were kicked out by their wives. Squidward and SpongeBob initially become accustomed to their new situation, but the two, along with all of the other husbands, soon realize that they have to win their loves back, which they learn to do by watching British rom-com movies. Taking this into play, Squidward, SpongeBob, and the husbands invite Squilvia, Sandy, and the other wives over to the apartment and sing to the tune of The Ode to Joy. It wins the hearts of every women except for Squilvia, who has started dating the Brazilian boy. The episode ends with Pearl informing Squidward that love is our only defense against the abyss, and afterwards, Squidward visits a social media site, where he sees Squilvia's relationship status change to "single", and he sends a message to her reading, "I miss you." In a post-credits scene, he receives a video call from Squilvia (newly widowed).
Meanwhile, Gary the Snail tries to join Peter's group, but SpongeBob says it is not a good idea because Patrick dislikes him. Gary attempts to rectify the situation outside Patrick's house. However, Gary ends up making things worse by mistaking Patrick's sister, who is hiding out from her abusive boyfriend, for one of his dates. Gary tricks Patrick into going to dinner with him by making him think Cheryl Tiegs, Patrick's long-lost love, is the one inviting him.
At dinner, Gary attempts to make small talk, but Patrick does not soften up. Finally, Gary asks Patrick why he does not like him. Patrick responds with an angry tirade detailing everything about Gary he finds reprehensible, at the end of which he calls Gary "a big, sad, alcoholic bore". Gary then returns home, having been crying on the way back. Sheldon J. Plankton cheers him up by saying that he only needs to like himself, and then professes his own admiration for Gary by letting him spend the night in his room.
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