Episode picks
Bluey at bedtime, without the second wind
Put Bluey on to bring the room down a notch, and found yourself twenty minutes later with a child galloping up the hallway?
Rain, the closest thing the show has to a wind-down.
You are not misreading the show. What makes Bluey good is not what you need at seven o’clock, and the title will not tell you which episodes are the exception.
Two are below.
Rain
Barely anyone speaks. The music carries it, the pictures do the rest, and it never winds itself up. A game gets invented in a rained-out driveway, and a mum who starts out trying to keep her daughter clean gives up and joins in. Of the two, this is the one that ends the day rather than restarting it. About seven minutes.
It’s a Baby Race
Gentle from start to finish, carried by a soft acoustic score, and the one more clearly built to be watched next to someone. It is about a mother being told she is doing fine, and about everyone getting there in their own time. There is far more talking in this one than in Rain, so it suits a child who is still listening at that hour. About seven minutes.
Both land best at age three to five, and they hold at two
Under three they still carry something rather than just passing the time. Above six they keep working. By nine or ten Bluey is no longer aimed at them.
Neither one carries ads, product pushing, scary moments, or rough behavior between characters.
You cannot pick a quiet one by the title
The title will not tell you how an episode plays. If the end of the day is what you want Bluey for, it is worth knowing which ones to reach for rather than hoping. The rest of the show is doing something else, and doing it well.
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