Season 22 Finale First Impressions

And that's the season, a solid ending. It was slightly too gag-filled and a bit crazy, yet I throughoutly enjoyed it and was entertained for whole episode. Having said that, while Edna & Ned pairing is indeed unexplored territory, which is hard to find after 22 seasons, I still didn't like the idea overall. But it wasn't bad by any means. However, Edna did sound like shit. I don't know if they should use him this much anymore. Homer was funny as usual - if there's something consistent in modern Simpsons it's the fact that Dan Castellaneta can deliver almost any line so that it's funny.

The ending was.... Umm, different? I don't really have a clear opinion about it. It's breaking the fourth wall, but it's not a big deal in a show like Simpsons any more. Whether giving the vote to public is a good idea or not, is a different matter all together, but it didn't ruin the episode for me, even if it was left open.

Overall the first impressions for the whole season are actually quite happy. Sure, there was a lot of bad stuff and a lot of mediocre stuff, but that has been the case in recent seasons. But I feel that this season was a definite improvement over 20 and 21. That's not saying much, but it is what it is. At least I still occasionally can enjoy an episode (in fact more often than not) unlike with South Park, who are putting a new definition to a decline.

Season 22, Episode 21 - First Impressions

Well, it was not bad, but it was nothing special either. Lisa's plot had certainly some mystery in it, but it really didn't get me involved so it ended up pretty uninteresting. Bart's plot seemed the most promising, but it got pushed aside into a more background role. Marge's plot should have not been, or maybe for one scene to set up that end joke when Homer said that he has to get her a new present. Homer's plot was mildly interesting too. The best thing would have been to have Bart and Homer take the center stage and have us follow their hijinx with their new keys. Instead it ended up a little crammed with plot, light on laughs and mostly uninteresting.

Season 22, Episode 20

This was a very good episode (by modern standards). I was feeling terrible going into the episode (I just checked out the first two South Parks of the new season... Blechh! If you think modern Simpsons is bad...), but this episode picked me up well, I feel good now. It gave me a couple of chuckles, solid characterization and well-thought story. I can't really think bad things about the episode, though I was groaning a bit during the overly long couch gag - the episode in itself was solid. It had some slower moments, but nothing bad really. Really enjoyed this one.

Season 22, Episode 19 - First Impressions

Another mediocre, but not terrible episode. Both plots were fairly solid even if nothing special. There was a couple of fair jokes, but it was overall forgettable on the joke sector as well. I don't know, I'm finding it a little hard to find anything to say about it. Characterizations were a bit off the mark, but not too far to really bother. Marge was a little annoying and Lisa was stupid & unfair for Bart. But like I said, it wasn't too bad, but it just fell into that mediocre zone.

Season 22, Episode 17 - First Impressions

Ugh. Season 22 is winding down and we're right back where the season was before some decent episodes. Terrible showing, I just don't know where to begin. I mean, it was so bad that it took me until wednesday to even write anything. First of all hardly any of the jokes hit the target. There was some slight smile-worthy, but nothing else. Characterization was the biggest problem, it was absolutely horrendous. It was like only worst of Bart and Homer made 100x worse. They both were full on jerkass-mode.

There's also one thing I have to mention. Picture yourself as a Simpsons writer. You know that the episode will need to be (for whatever reason) about Homer going to a therapist to become better dad, or something along those lines. So what do you do to get Homer to go there? Have him tickle Bart so much that he PEES HIMSELF? NICE IDEA, BRO. I GOTTA SAY THAT'S AT LEAST ORIGINAL. I would have just have him strangle Bart and have Marge be worried about that, I mean Homer's usual antics are way enough to go to therapist for, but hey, that's so good an idea, that it simply has to go into an episode.

Thanks for reading, people.

Season 22, Episode 16

I just didn't care and didn't find pretty much anything funny in it. Even Homer's imagination scene, which was the type of scene I would normally like, wouldn't not work for me this time. Some gags felt blatant filler which is surprising that they need some when there's practically three plots going on.

There was only one or two truly horrible things, but otherwise it was just bad. Homer's bits were mediocre at best and the ending didn't work at all.

Season's winding down a bit, but perhaps we'll still see one or two decent episodes. I still guess it's this kind of dross that we can expect.

Season 22, Episode 15 - First Impressions

Well that's not something you see every day. In the end I was for a while just accepting it, I guess I have gotten used to Simpsons being crazy, but at some point it really hit me... "WTF am I watching?"

It started decently and there were a few chuckleworthy gags, but it just got crazy in the end. I usually like insane humor but this just wasn't any good. Also the plot was once again pretty pointless. It's not the worst of the season, but definitely nearer that end. I mean it would have been mediocre even if it had mantained the momentum of the first act, but now the ending manage the smash the any remaining hope that the episode was any good.

Then again I still think that this season has been better than the couple preceding it (not saying much really). But yeah... It wasn't offensively bad until the end, but I still didn't like it.