The Great The Newest Season of The Simpsons Opinion Poll Quest for Interviews
Contents
- 1 Ryu from Streets' Response
- 2 Padlock's Response
- 3 Lucasdarlington4030's Response
- 4 Damn seal's Response
- 5 History of The Simpsons
- 6 Season 34
- 7 Episode Reviews
- 7.1 "Habeas Tortoise"
- 7.2 "One Angry Lisa"
- 7.3 "Lisa the Boy Scout"
- 7.4 "The King of Nice"
- 7.5 "Not It"
- 7.6 "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII"
- 7.7 "From Beer to Paternity"
- 7.8 "Step Brother from the Same Planet"
- 7.9 "When Nelson Met Lisa"
- 7.10 "Game Done Changed"
- 7.11 "Top Goon"
- 7.12 "My Life as a Vlog"
- 7.13 "The Many Saints of Springfield"
- 7.14 "Carl Carlson Rides Again"
- 7.15 "Bartless"
- 7.16 "Hostile Kirk Place"
- 7.17 "Pin Gal"
- 7.18 "Fan-ily Feud"
- 7.19 "Write Off This Episode"
- 7.20 "The Very Hungry Caterpillars"
- 7.21 "Clown V. Board of Education"
- 7.22 "Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass"
- 7.23 "Marge vs. Bart Gets a X/6"
- 8 Top 10
- 9 Conclusion
- 10 See also
Is the newest season of The Simpsons really that bad? We've gathered a team of 60+ campers to answer that question. Here are the results.
Ryu from Streets' Response
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This is awesome!
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Padlock's Response
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Sorry, I'm more of a Family Guy fan. Its edgier humor suits me more.
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Lucasdarlington4030's Response
Damn seal's Response
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History of The Simpsons
The Simpsons were born. The Simpsons had a rough transition to 3D. It was created in...1987 by Matt Groening the cartoonist or something.
Season 34
Episode Reviews
"Habeas Tortoise"
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| Habeas Tortoise is fine. It's not that funny, and the plot is kind of thin, but it's not...bad? The whole episode is tied around Homer thinking he's dumb (he is) and that people don't like to hang around him because of it. They do keep this plot line consistent through out the episode, so that's good. Despite being the name of the episode, the tortoise itself isn't really apart of the episode majorly in anyway. I really wish the climax of the plot wasn't just another "secrets kept" plot though, that was boring. Although they didn't do the "you lied to us!" moment so that was nice. Also Gil and Ms. Hoover are dating now? Weird. |
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| This episode was also kind of okay-ish to me. I don't really have much to say about this episode other than I didn't really find it that funny. |
"One Angry Lisa"
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| Despite the Lisa plot being what the episode is named after and what the description of the episode describes, the Marge plot feels like the main story of the episode. The episode has Homer buying an exercise bike for Marge, and her subconsciously falling in love with her bike instructor. Homer realizes this, and decides to beat up the guy. You'd feel bad for him, but they make a joke about how he does NFTs so it's fine.
The subplot has Lisa go in for jury duty, and how she realizes how unfair court cases are in Springfield. There's no resolution for this one really, she just calls out everyone on their bullshit and gets taken away because of it, but it does its job well enough I suppose. Honestly though, this episode is actually kind of funny? There were a lot of jokes that got a good chuckle out of me. Obviously not as good as the classic era comedy-wise, but it was genuinely funny. I recommend this one more than the last episode, honestly. |
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| I found one or two parts of this episode funny, and that's it for the humour. I'm guessing the NFT jokes are common throughout this season? But maybe that's just because the series as a whole is starting to rely more on modern technology jokes or whatever they're called, which is fine if done well. I guess we'll see if that's the case though. Also, first time seeing this couch gag, and I guess that was nice to look at. I'd definitely recommend this over "Habeas Tortoise", that's for sure. |
"Lisa the Boy Scout"
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This is such a fun episode honestly. It's basically just a compilation of fake future Simpsons episodes that no one would like, and most of them are really funny. My favorites are:
These fake episodes are being shown by 2 people under "Psuedo-nonymous". Most of the jokes they do during these segments is them falling in love while also in the middle of trying to scam out money. It's funny, but I like the fake episodes more. I REALLY love when they just start showing controversial old Simpsons clips in the middle of the fake new ones, and I love when they tried to replicate the old traditional artstyle. |
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| This was a fun episode to watch and I liked seeing the fake clips. I chuckled at the "abandoned Simpsons episodes" part, and a lot of the segments were short and sweet. |
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| Checked this episode out cause of the reviews above- this is a really funny concept for an episode. Watched it on KimCartoon! The canadian football segment felt like a Season 12 episode clip. The fake old episode clips replicated the style of season 10-13 very well. I enjoy the hypothetical Wiseguy spotlight episode. It fits in nicely here cause it's too stupid to be a TOH segment and DEFINETLY too stupid to be a full episode. That goes for most of the segments here. Also really love the montage of fake clips. Can't believe they inserted real clips in there LOL. THE LIES. STOP. NOW. Good episode |
"The King of Nice"
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| To be honest, "The King of Nice" isn't really that funny. The episode has Marge deciding to become a talkshow segment creator and how stress and unethical employee treatment gets to her. I don't really like Lindsey Naegle in this episode...I kinda wish she actually got what was coming to her. The story, aside from that criticism I have, I honestly think is fine. It's a nice watch if you aren't watching an episode for laughs. |
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| This episode was just mediocre, that's all I can really say. This episode also felt kind of hypocritical to me, because you know, but oh well. |
"Not It"
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| "Not It" is the first Treehouse of Horror segment to get its own dedicated episode, and I think it works REALLY well because of it. This episode has a great story AND it's really funny. Honestly one of the funniest of the season. The episode divides itself in two plots, the first being based on It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019). They use Homer and Marge's relationship as a central theme for both parts and I think it does a good job at having the entire episode feel more connected. I like seeing the differences this "Kingfield" has from the normal shows' "Springfield." My favorites including Super Intense Kid Chalmers and Lenny and Moleman being best friends. My only gripe with the episode honestly, is that Marge's turn around from staying to actually coming back to help her friends feels too fast. The moment Comic Book Guy decides to not go, Marge is immediately ready to leave, It's so sudden. Other than that though, this is a really good episode, and I hope they do more extended treehouse episodes. |
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| This was a nice episode to watch and I found quite a few parts funny. The alternate timeline stuff was interesting and I liked the showcase of fanart at the end. |
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| I enjoyed this episode ALOT!!! I hope they do more TOH Presents episodes. REDDIT MENTIONED. The AU stuff is very cool |
"Treehouse of Horror XXXIII"
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Here it is, the Treehouse of Horror of the season! I'm going to review each segment individually, and then give my final thoughts once I'm done.
Honestly, this Treehouse of Horror was really good. Sure, half of that is because they relied on gimmicks like references and artstyle changes, but the humor actually is what makes the other half really good. Highly recommend this one. |
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Oh! Horror time... I'll review each segment on their own.
Overall, this was a fun episode to watch and I liked all of these equally. If I had to pick a favourite, it'd be Death Tome. |
"From Beer to Paternity"
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| I actually do like the idea of this story, that Duffman's loosing relevancy in the modern era and how he wants to reunite with his daughter, Amber. I like how in the end, he does actually give up the Duffman persona to support his daughter's job. My main problem with the episode however, is the story. I like how they used Homer and Lisa's relationship to mirror Duffman's, but how they end up showing it in the episode is lackluster. I understand why Lisa gets upset with Homer in this episode, but I feel like she gets too angry at homer, and that she makes up with him way too fast. The episode ends up feeling like a mish-mash of ideas, when it could've really just been a simple Duff redemption story. |
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| "From Beer to Paternity" follows Duffman's attempts to stay relevant in order to win the "Duff Elections", which I guess is a reference to the American elections, with him accidentally becoming sexist and then claiming Lisa is his daughter as a defense. He then gets Homer to try and reunited him with his actual daughter, Amber, and I guess they succeed in doing so or something.
Honestly, I'm not sure what to think of this episode. If I had to say something, it would just be a "meh". The couch gag was sweet, though. |
"Step Brother from the Same Planet"
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| This episode gave me "Grampa vs. RULE 4 Inadequacy" vibes, with how the A plot centers around Homer and Abe's relationship. Honestly, the first half of this episode is really boring. There's not a lot of jokes, but it does actually improve after Homer starts having a rivalry with Calvin. I love the montage of them getting back at each other with that hardcore rock music in the background, and that gag in the car where they both lose breath trying to annoy each other was genuinely hilarious, really nice animation in that segment too. I also like how both Homer and Calvin get to see how Abe acts to the other, how Calvin does get to see that Abe does actually treat Homer like that. Abe and Homer's talk at the end was sweet, I like how even when they make up, they still acknowledge that Abe was kind of a horrible father to Homer growing up. "Grampa vs. RULE 4 Inadequacy" does their relationship better, but this is a nice follow-up.
Oh and Bart and Lisa host a party in Abe's house or something.
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| There are two subplots in this episode. Plot A is about Homer finding out about Abe finding a new partner and then meeting his step-brother Calvin. Homer hates him due to Abe giving him affecting that was never given to Homer. The plot ends with Abe figuring out how Homer feels, which was kind of sweet.
Plot B is of Lisa getting sad that her classmates consider her to be a party pooper, so she uses Abe's old retirement room to throw a party, which causes her to experience sleep deprivation. She eventually decides to snitch on the party when it gets out of hand, but her classmates still like her anyways, and m15aybe more so when they think she's getting arrested. I think this subplot ended somewhat abruptly, but I guess there's so much you can do with 22 minutes of runtime. Overall, I don't recall any parts that I found particularly funny, and the writing was alright, but it was a nice watch. |
"When Nelson Met Lisa"
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| "When Nelson Met Lisa" is sweet. It's not that funny, but it is sweet. I wasn't expecting Lisa's Date with Density to be referenced here, but It's a nice reference. Homer being the narrator is probably the funniest part of the episode, gotta love that "S years later" joke.
While it is sweet, the plot itself is kinda generic. The characters were enough to keep me from being bored, but these romance plots are things we have seen before. and this is coming from someone who doesn't really watch romance plots. |
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| This episode takes place some years into the future and starts with Lisa praising AI, which I consider to be very out-of-character for her, I know for a fact she would not support it at all LOL. Anyway, the plot revolves around her getting caught in a love triangle with Nelson and Hubert, before eventually finding out that she truly loves Nelson I guess.
I guess this episode taking place in the future was a neat idea, and I liked the time cards joke, thought it was pretty good. I'd consider this to be on the same level as "Step Brother from the Same Planet". |
"Game Done Changed"
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| It is very strange how this episode feels unfunny yet extremely fun at the same time. I love the concept of them making fun of Roblox and it's...shadier business practices, showing it through the lens of Skinner and Bart. Their rivalry with this school run by children is also fun to watch. I actually really like how Skinner is badass in this episode, even if he is a villain in this episode. My favorite part of this episode is actually the B plot with the rest of the Simpsons family being sucked into the game, and the payoff at the end was funny.
The one critique I have about this episode is that it wasn't funny. Everything else about it though was enough to keep my attention. |
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| Basically, the episode has Bart discovering a glitch in a game called "Boblox" (which is a parody of, believe it or not, Roblox 🤯) and manipulating it to earn money, and then another school hijacks their operation. Meanwhile, the other Simpson family members get lost in the game.
I guess this episode was... fine? I didn't laugh at any point in the episode, apart from a few smirks when I didn't know what was going on. There were a lot of jokes that were trying to appeal to Gen Z (like the "NFTs" joke, which seems to be a recurring thing in this season), and one of teenagers being clueless around old technology, which was just dumb. There was also a musical number in this episode, but I could barely understand the singing, probably because the voice was too deep. |
"Top Goon"
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| Like "One Angry Lisa", Top Goon surprisingly gave me the laughs through out this episode. Not only that, but I like the main story, Nelson and Moe is a duo I never thought I wanted to see until now. I really like their chemistry, they both got that broken-down vibe that makes the two of them play off of each other very well. My only problem with this episode is that Moe snaps at Nelson too quickly, I guess I can sort of understand a bit as it is supposed to be a "heat of the moment" thing.
Homer was really funny as a side character in this episode. My personal favorite scene is the one where he's weirded out by Wiggum's marriage. That single beat of utter silence coming from Homer had me dying, I think it might be the funniest joke of the season. Overall, I really recommend this one. It's sweet AND funny! Wowie! |
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"My Life as a Vlog"
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| "My Life as a Vlog" is an okay social commentary about Youtube family channels. It's an alternate universe where The Simpsons got popular making videos online, started becoming corrupt, until stopping and ending their youtube channel. Pretty standard rise and fall and rise and fall and neutral line of a youtube channel.
I just wish it were funnier. The commentary is good, I actually like how evil they make the Simpsons family at their most corrupt, because yeah, some family channels do actually do this, so I was able to appreciate that, but I really wish it had better jokes. |
"The Many Saints of Springfield"
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| “The Many Saints of Springfield” is an interesting story between Ned Flanders and Fat Tony. It’s the same situation as “Game Done Changed” where I really like the story, but It isn’t that funny from a comedy standpoint. I actually got invested in Ned Flanders, because he actually has been having a crummy life, so I felt bad for him. Seeing him decide to directly confront Fat Tony was nice too. Once again, Homer is the funniest thing about the episode. |
"Carl Carlson Rides Again"
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| “Carl Carlson Rides Again” is simply a fun time. It’s really nice to see a spotlight episode on Carl, he’s always been a favorite of mine. His arc, where he tries to find his racial heritage, personally is something I haven’t had to deal with obviously, but the story can still be personal to anyone who watches because it is based on a “finding who you are” story. Carl and Naomi’s relationship is super sweet, they bounce off each other well, but are written very realistically. It might be groan worthy to some people that the idea they had for a Carl spotlight episode was to give him a love interest, but I don’t know, I really like it. Maybe I’m just a sucker for that kind of stuff, besides, It’s Carl. I think Carl should find love.
This episode is also pretty funny. It’s not as consistently funny as some other episodes, but It has solid enough jokes. Homer comes out again with the funniest joke in the episode. |
"Bartless"
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| “Bartless” is a fascinating dive on what The Simpson family would be like without Bart. Homer and Marge, after freaking out on him after a prank goes wrong, both realize that they might not like their son, and how they both feel awful about that. The dream they both share in the episode is basically their lives without Bart, and how he enters their lives as a temporary adoptive child. He basically accidentally teaches Homer to be more productive at his job, teaches Marge to stand up for herself more, and teaches Lisa to let loose a little. He doesn’t teach Maggie anything, because Maggie is a baby.
This episode wasn’t that funny, but there were some lines I enjoyed. Bart apparently has ADHD in this universe. I have ADHD so that’s cool. I actually also like how the Bart in this universe does permanently get taken away. Ending the dream in a sad way would probably make Homer and Marge wake up and realize how they would act if they lost their son for good. “Bartless” is pretty good. |
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| The Simpsons are having a difficult time with Bart being a nuisance, until they realize he's not that bad. Homer and Marge feel guilty that they might be terrible parents for not liking their son enough, so instead of reflecting on it and using this experience to be better people, they imagine a parrelel universe where Bart never existed and as a result everyone in the whole town is a lot happier. But then he appears out of nowhere, the peace is broken, but they realize they like him anyway, to the point where they're crying rivers when he leaves. They wake up and are relieved that it was just a dream.
I love the "what if" kind of episodes, I think it's interesting to see how something we know can be different. I just don't get how Bart not existing can change the town so much. The only thing that's explainable is Skinner being happy for not having to deal with troublemakers, but even that is kinda weird bc Bart is far from the only one in the school. But whatever, the important part of the story is very sweet, and I'm sure a lot of parents can relate to it. Pretty nice overall, but one thing that I hate to see is the OCD joke. It lasts for like 2 seconds, is completely dispensable, but it contributes to something much bigger. How can I be taken seriously when I say I may have OCD, when all that people see in media about it is "hoo haa i like stuff clean and organized". Please. We don't need more misinformation. Anyway, good episode it was cool. |
"Hostile Kirk Place"
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| “Hostile Kirk Place” is kinda fucked up, but it does raise really good points on why hiding history is bad for the future. When I say the episode is fucked up, It feels like this episode is set in some evil version of Springfield. Homer feels a little too jerky in this episode (although he still provides laughs) and it doesn’t help that Springfield basically gets taken under control by Kirk of all people.
Overall, the social commentary of this episode is probably the best thing about it, the jokes on the other hand, weren’t the best. |
"Pin Gal"
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| “Pin Gal” is once again another episode where the story is good, but the jokes don’t land at all. I do like the sequence where Homer thinks of all the times he disappointed Marge though, that was funny. Seeing Jacque again was cool I guess, and I’m glad it wasn’t just another marriage crisis episode, and that Homer and Marge’s relationship is kept steady throughout the episode, It’s really just Jacque who has to learn to stop being such a creep. |
"Fan-ily Feud"
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| “Fan-ily Feud” is probably the most heartwarming episode of the season. Maybe I’m just easily moved by nostalgia, but GOD DAMN that ending scene with past family moments In the series was really sweet. Maybe too schmaltz-y, but REALLY sweet.
I really feel bad for Homer in this episode. All he does is (rightfully) insult a pop star and all her fans come to basically mentally torture Homer. The leader of this group being Lisa, and Bart is also there because he just likes pranking Homer. I’m ashamed of you, Lisa, especially you, Bart, but ESPECIALLY Lisa. Fortunately, the episode does have enough self-awareness to know that Lisa is kind of a dick in this episode. Lisa loses Bart on her team and she also does realize she fucked up big time and starts to worry about Homer’s disappearance. Then comes the ending song, and there comes the tears coming down my face. Yes I teared up at modern Simpsons, no, I’m not okay. And wow can Dan Castellaneta sing. Good on him! |
"Write Off This Episode"
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| “Write Off This Episode” makes fun of rich people so it’s a good episode.
…But seriously, this episode is fine. It’s getting pretty boring hearing me say that same sentence probably, but I can’t lie and say an episode ISN’T fine when it just is. It’s got more solid jokes than some episodes in this season, but it definitely isn’t one I’d consider to be a funny episode. |
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| Write-Off This Episode is an episode about Lisa giving an adult figure an idea for a charitable foundation before the charity loses its values and causes Lisa's image to be associated with causes she doesn't believe in. Yeah, when you just give the synopsis, it sounds exactly like The Old Man and The Lisa, but I think this episode still stands on its own in a few key ways.
For one, it's not Mr. Burns who starts the foundation, but Marge, with the conflict arising from her not seeing the charity isn't actually helping anybody before it's too late. Honestly, I think Marge was a pretty perfect choice for this kind of plot. I can totally buy that she would get caught up in her charity's rapid growth, and just when I thought the plot was gonna take the tropey route of her completely losing her values by the time the foundation reaches "peak awareness", the writers instead make it clear that she legitimately wants to help people, she was just convinced that all the corporate partnerships and donations were the prerequisite to getting there. I liked this arc of not realizing the true power of the organization and trying to remedy it yourself last-minute, it was way more interesting to me from a character writing standpoint than in The Old Man and The Lisa where Burns is just naturally a monster. What I don't buy, however, is how Lisa's and Marge's conflict changes throughout the story. I dunno, Lisa's reconciliation with Marge after getting fired seemed kinda random, and removed a lot of the tension that could have existed in the final act. Was Homer's whole "5 stages of getting canned" thing supposed to convince them to make up? Because Lisa didn't seem too awfully convinced by Homer's goofy antics. I don't think it's too far fetched to think that her morals would win over wanting to be the favorite child because, I mean, that's literally what the entire episode was impling before they made up. Also, is it just me, or does this episode feel a lot pretty... radical for a Simpsons episode? Like, Lisa blanketing all the corporate partners as "evil," the idea that rich people are only charitable for the tax write-offs. Heck, this episode ends on Mr. Burns randomly giving an eloquent speech about the sociological faults of laissez-faire economics. I wouldn't be surprised if this becomes this generation's version of Bart's speech about war. If you're looking for biting socialist satire, your Overall, if you're, like, the biggest fan of The Old Man and The Lisa or itching for a new Marge spotlight episode to watch, Write-Off This Episode might be worth giving a shot. For everyone else, you wouldn't lose too much just writing it off. oh yeah there's also a musical number i think |
"The Very Hungry Caterpillars"
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| “The Very Hungry Caterpillars” is clearly an allegory for the COVID pandemic. Sure, It might be a little bit too late to the punch, but I think it’s got some genuine good jokes and lessons to tell. I really love the scene with Homer burning the caterpillars with that evil laugh, It’s so genuinely funny, with how plain evil he sounds. The lesson at the end, at how we need to not be so constantly pessimistic in the face of future and struggles, really resonates with me. One thing about this episode is that the Bart and Lisa side plots weren't funny, but they did have genuine sweet endings to both of them. |
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| guys i think this might be an analogy for covid. and the butterflies an analogy for mutations. woah.
The Very Hungry Caterpillars feels like the final draft of a script that was in the works for basically as long as the pandemic was officially classified as such. You could argue that this response to covid is so late that a lot of the jokes aren't really topical or fresh anymore. But I dunno, I personally saw this tardiness stemming from covid being such an *annoyed groan* unprecedented event that would be so obvious to make a Simpsons episode about that the writers didn't want the execution to be as predictable as the concept. I don't think they succeeded when it comes to the themes they decided to tackle in the A, B, and C plots. I mean, virtual learning, doomscrolling, freaking out over rationing. It seems like people had already said all there was to say about these things during the first weeks of the pandemic. But I think what makes this episode different from how I expected it was going to turn out is with how surprisingly focused these plots end up being. They don't try to pretend they can cover all the nunaces of this huge topic. Covid is moreso used as an excuse to tell these stories that otherwise really wouldn't make sense or would need a whole bunch of exposition. Bart's doing remote learning? Sure, I can relate to that! Lisa has a Twitter account? Didn't we (regretfully) all have one during the pandemic!? Ned is getting fiesty over rationing something as trivial as ranch? Yup, we sure did freak out over something as trivial as toilet paper, too! It assumes the viewer can connect the dots and moves on. While this makes the episode suffer from a social commentary standpoint (and hence what made Lisa's subplot the weakest for me, since her's was pretty sparce with jokes and most filled with smultz), it does wonders in terms of its humor. This episode is pretty hilarious. Dare I say, some parts felt like I was watching a classic Simpsons episode that 🤯🤯PREDICTED COVID??🤯🤯. I loved that one gag of Homer contemplating whacking Flanders with soft pretzels, but noticing the hard ones right next to them and using those instead. The Steak, Cake, or Fake was a perfect parody of the ads I had to sit through while watching this episode live (why is fox like 90% game shows now). The whole rapture song is also really catchy, Flanders can really bust out some tunes. Though I never really saw Kirk as the covid-denier type, interesting how he got cast for that 3-second gag. There were even some genuinely subversive plots in here too. I initially dreaded Bart getting the virtual-learning-gone-wrong plot, thinking it was just gonna turn into Dancin' Skinner where Bart ruins Skinner's life for no good reason, but they somehow managed to make a heartwarming plot out of it. I love how this episode calls back to Bart's and Skinner's friendly rivalry. How even despite watching his principal embarrass himself and nicknaming himself SkinnerSux42, he can still see Skinner as a human in the end. More of this dynamic, please! Overall, I recommend checking this one out. It shows how, when they're able to work with new and novel material, the writers can still make a memorable episode. It would have definitely packed more of a punch in 2020, but giving the script some time to cook instead of producing a kneejerk response to the pandemic produced a much funnier episode in the end. |
"Clown V. Board of Education"
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| “Clown V. Board of Education” was alright. Once again, not funny, especially for an episode about clowning, and the story was kind of generic. I really do like how Bart does actually well in this school, and how it actually inspired him to do well in the future. That was nice. And they do a Johnny Tightlips bit. Johnny Tightlips is the goat. |
"Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass"
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| “Homer’s Adventures Through the Windshield Glass” is a great way to end the season. It’s got entertaining bits, my favorites include hell’s exchange program, the Bitch song, and Lisa’s theoretical Husband. Seeing the return of Clancy Bouvier was very nice too, I like how they even lampshaded the fact that he barely had any screen time on the Simpsons.
The episode is very fantastical, maybe too much for it’s own good as a canon episode, but it certainly does help the episode feel like an adventure, even if a half of the episode takes place in the same exact location with the same 2 characters. And that opening scene!! They put 750 characters into the intro, and it was just fun seeing an overload of background characters!! You gotta love it!! |
"Marge vs. Bart Gets a X/6"
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| This episode is a masterclass in effortlessly weaving the natural abrasiveness from the relationship between mother and son with the prevalence of Wordle-based hijinks that can oft be found in the modern era. I do believe that Groening is back. ★★★★★ |
Top 10
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10. Step Brother from the Same Planet 9. The Very Hungry Caterpillars 8. One Angry Lisa 7. Top Goon 6. Not It 5. Fan-ily Feud 4. Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass 3. Treehouse of Horror XXXIII 2. Lisa the Boy Scout 1. Carl Carlson Rides Again |
Conclusion
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I have no idea if I'll be able to finish the entire season, so I guess I'll just give my conclusion now. I found most of these episodes rather mediocre-ish. There were some gems here and there, but this was overshadowed by the rather-frequent jabs at NFTs and what-not. We get it, NFTs are bad, no need to point it out in almost every episode. I also felt like this was kinda "pandering" to Gen Z, but maybe that's just me. That aside though, there weren't that many funny gags and the writing for most of these were alright. I guess this is a side-effect of having a show run for 34 seasons straight (with 2 more to come), but oh well. If I had to pick a favourite from what I've watched so far, I guess I'd pick "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII". |
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