The Simpsons, S24E04
After receiving money from a fast food injury, Homer put the money in a college fund for Lisa via an online poker site. Lisa soon became hooked on playing and increasing her money for her higher education. Marge and Homer discovered that Grandpa had gone missing after they neglected to show up for a visit. They spent their time looking for him, while learning about his past as a songwriter and his short-lived marriage.
This wasn't the funniest story, but it was a little interesting to learn about Abe's past. I would think that we've explored the skeletons in his closet enough, though, but they did an okay job of still making this worth watching. Two things that were almost funny to me were when two chained dogs at Spiro's wussed out on a fight after getting free and the poker game telling Lisa to log off because they could all hear her crying. None of the jokes worked extremely well for me, but I sensed an effort.
The most interesting thing in this episode was that Abe was married briefly after he had split up with Mona. It was conveniently over pretty much as soon as they were married. The brief nature of their relationship distracted you from imagining this new timeline working into what we already know about Abe. I suppose I could overlook that Homer didn't remember that at all because Abe took him to an airport bar to drink away their memories after Rita left for Europe without them. I don't know if Abe actually forgot about her all those years (since is prone to forget most things), but it's a little weird that he had a black wife when he refused to tell the truth about the Simpson family tree including a slave named Virgil. He seemed ashamed to admit that, but had few problems wedding a black woman. But it wasn't as if he ever told Homer about it, so perhaps he had intended to keep it a secret like Virgil.
Another thing that I thought was a little odd was that the lawyer Roberto Deniro (ha) had these acid markers on hand to burn Homer. What would he be using those for?? I was also a little confused the way the beginning story didn't really tie into the main story. I mean, thanks to Homer's onion ring incident, Lisa did get to gamble her college fund online, but Lisa's story was a side story that didn't really connect to the main story at all. I don't know. I just feel like Marge noticing that they forgot to visit Grandpa could have been a little more relevant to what was going on before.
Lisa's side story wasn't too memorable, and I had a feeling that Sideshow Bob was really Bart after all. And of course, it wasn't a surprise that they had to maintain the status quo and Bart's winnings were returned to $5000 due to him not being of legal gambling age. It would be too good of an outcome for her to have so much money to spend on college.
I probably would watch this episode again to check out some things that I didn't pay a lot of attention to, like the contents of Granpa's army locker. I thought it was nice to hear Anika Noni Rose, but I wouldn't say that the story would have been worse if she hadn't played Rita. I just enjoyed learning that there was more to Abe's love life in the past than we had thought. And even though Homer and Grandpa don't get along so well, it was sweet to see that he sacrificed a lot to make sure that Homer grew up safely. I can overlook the flimsy plot when there's sentiment to be found. I'm a sucker for that for this show.
This wasn't the funniest story, but it was a little interesting to learn about Abe's past. I would think that we've explored the skeletons in his closet enough, though, but they did an okay job of still making this worth watching. Two things that were almost funny to me were when two chained dogs at Spiro's wussed out on a fight after getting free and the poker game telling Lisa to log off because they could all hear her crying. None of the jokes worked extremely well for me, but I sensed an effort.
The most interesting thing in this episode was that Abe was married briefly after he had split up with Mona. It was conveniently over pretty much as soon as they were married. The brief nature of their relationship distracted you from imagining this new timeline working into what we already know about Abe. I suppose I could overlook that Homer didn't remember that at all because Abe took him to an airport bar to drink away their memories after Rita left for Europe without them. I don't know if Abe actually forgot about her all those years (since is prone to forget most things), but it's a little weird that he had a black wife when he refused to tell the truth about the Simpson family tree including a slave named Virgil. He seemed ashamed to admit that, but had few problems wedding a black woman. But it wasn't as if he ever told Homer about it, so perhaps he had intended to keep it a secret like Virgil.
Another thing that I thought was a little odd was that the lawyer Roberto Deniro (ha) had these acid markers on hand to burn Homer. What would he be using those for?? I was also a little confused the way the beginning story didn't really tie into the main story. I mean, thanks to Homer's onion ring incident, Lisa did get to gamble her college fund online, but Lisa's story was a side story that didn't really connect to the main story at all. I don't know. I just feel like Marge noticing that they forgot to visit Grandpa could have been a little more relevant to what was going on before.
Lisa's side story wasn't too memorable, and I had a feeling that Sideshow Bob was really Bart after all. And of course, it wasn't a surprise that they had to maintain the status quo and Bart's winnings were returned to $5000 due to him not being of legal gambling age. It would be too good of an outcome for her to have so much money to spend on college.
I probably would watch this episode again to check out some things that I didn't pay a lot of attention to, like the contents of Granpa's army locker. I thought it was nice to hear Anika Noni Rose, but I wouldn't say that the story would have been worse if she hadn't played Rita. I just enjoyed learning that there was more to Abe's love life in the past than we had thought. And even though Homer and Grandpa don't get along so well, it was sweet to see that he sacrificed a lot to make sure that Homer grew up safely. I can overlook the flimsy plot when there's sentiment to be found. I'm a sucker for that for this show.
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