Season Sixteen - Episodes 18-21

Episode 18: A Star Is Torn
Pretty sweet episode. There's very solid characterizations. Homer is a little jerkass, but not too much, just the right amount to not really ruin the bonding between him and Lisa. It could've done with more quality jokes, but as it is it's fun enough. Lisa's singing has been better on the series, but still it was nice to hear those songs. In the end all the emotion worked and it wrapped out as a solid episode. 6/10 for rating, it's not quite a classic, but very close.

Episode 19: Thank God It's Doomsday
Top-notch episode. For some reason these God-themed episodes just seem to work. It had the usual amount of humor and interesting premise which they executed pretty well. There was lot of nice small touches, like at the ending God saying "Deus Ex Machina" and the last supper scene at Moe's. That's about it, it was pretty much a flawless outing, but could've also been a bit better. 7/10 for rating, good stuff.

Episode 20: Home Away From Homer
Another solid episode with an interesting premise. It's fun (even if a bit predictable) that Homer reverses practically to Flanders in his relations with Coach, even calling the guy "neigborino". Flanders' mustache-feud is mostly hilarious stuff and everyone is pretty much in-character. Conclusion is a little bit easy, but what can you do? It still works well enough. It's good, somewhere along the median of Simpsons episodes, I'm going to bring out the often seen 6/10 for this one as well.

Episode 21: The Father, The Son and The Holy Quest Star
Another religiously themed episode for the season finale. This one has pretty solid humor throughout and a good theme. Christiany gets swiped at few times but not even Buddhism is spared from the mockery. It has a good quest spot also and well-made plot. Marge was a bit annoying, but it didn't take too central stage luckily. Homer's rant about masturbating eight billion times or something with no plan to quit was hilarious. I rate this 7/10 and that's solid start for a day.

Season Sixteen was a downgrade from Season Fifteen, as it only averaged 4,90. Still, it's better than Season Fourteen and Season Nine, meaning it's not far from the worst of classic era. In terms of top class episodes it's on the lower end with only five great episodes, but 24 % isn't that bad of a percentage.

Averages:
Season Three 6.21
Season Four 6.18
Season Six 6.12
Season Seven 5.88
Season Fifteen 5.82
Season Five 5.73
Season Two 5.59
Season Eight 5.40
Season Thirteen 5.36
Season Sixteen 4.90
Season Nine 4.88
Season One 4.69
Season Fourteen 4.55
Season Twelve 4.29
Season Eleven 4.14
Season Ten 4.00

Great episodes:
Season Seven 13 (52 %)
Season Six 12 (48 %)
Season Three 11 (46 %)
Season Four 10 (45 %)
Season Fifteen 9 (41 %)
Season Eight 9 (36 %)
Season Five 8 (36 %)
Season Two 7 (32 %)
Season Thirteen 6 (27 %)
Season Nine 6 (24 %)
Season Sixteen 5 (24 %)
Season One 3 (23 %)
Season Twelve 2 (10 %)
Season Fourteen 2 (9 %)
Season Eleven 2 (9 %)
Season Ten 1 (4 %)