Apart from the loss of 10cc’s Rubber Bullets as its theme song, the first episode of Superjail proper lived up to the promise of 2007’s pilot episode. In fact, it may have exceeded it. I don’t know if it was the anticipation, and I’ve been anticipating this just as much as I did Kaiba, but I enjoyed this first episode more than the pilot.
This is for two reasons – the flights of fancy far exceeded anything in the pilot and the Willy Wonka-esque Warden had more to do. Of course this would be all for naught if both those elements didn’t involve the best fucking animation Adult Swim has ever seen. One thing I love about the animation is how the Warden moves differently to the other characters – he seems more like a Sally Cruikshank character than the gritty awfulness of the inmates. (The creators mention Cruikshank, amongst others, as an influence in this interview).
So yes. Superjail is super. Yay!