I notice people keep giving recent episodes 1 stars for no reason probably without even watching them. Im not saying you're not allowed to have an opinion but you should really stop being so biased towards everything that's not pre movie. Especially the post sequel era. You may not like them as much as the old episodes but spongebob has always been spongebob. I just don't get the hate besides nostalgia blindness and years of internet dwellers bad opinions. As writing this, karen for spot hasn't released yet but the salty sponge is a very fun episode! The krusty krab closes due to urchins so spongebob gets a temporary job at the salty spitoon. Which i believe is the first time we actually get to see the inside of! It's a classic scenario of spongebob being inside a tough scary place with alot of creature visuals and the coloring and atmosphere is really nice and sets the mood very well, especially the kitchin having a red hue. After seeing that Mrs Puff who is a regular in the joint. Runs out in fear in seeing spongebob, they have a competition to see how tough spongebob is. Of course spongebob wins because of his spongeyness in some fun gags. He becomes the new boss of the salty spitoon and turns it into the softy spitoon and makes it all cutesy and stuff. Its a really fun episode i recommend actually giving these a chance instead of mindlessly hating on them for no reason. Spongebob is one if the few true cartoonists driven shows so it's always fun to see what they do next! Ian V also directs here and its amazing as always!