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.