The dysfunctional Venture family and their motley collection of friends and colleagues - and even more motley collection of enemies - are back for another thirteen episodes of anarchic adventure, ranging from dealing with lycanthropic, hairy crocodile creatures to the horrors (expected and otherwise) of running a summer camp for boys.
One of the interesting things about The Venture Bros. is that despite the surrealist nature of its setting, the frequently bizarre dysfunctions of its characters, and the many times an episode relies on "here's something that happened thirty years ago in that we never mentioned before", it maintains a solid continuity and sense of cause and effect as you watch it. Things that have happened in prior episodes stay happened and have repercussions down the track. Often wild and silly repercussions, because this a wild and silly show, but repercussions that nonetheless conform to the admittedly oddball parameters of the setting.
Will you like season 3 of The Venture Bros.? Well, if you liked seasons 1 and 2, then almost certainly. It's very much more in the same mould, though the (slowly) changing status quo that comes from retaining and building on prior events helps keep it from feeling like it is nothing more than a retread of the earlier stuff. If you aren't a fan, though, it's not going to change your mind.
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