Review: The Simpsons “Homer and Her Sisters”

Overview

After a fight in an escape room, Krusty’s aunt fixes Homer’s relationship with Patty and Selma.

Our Take

Every once in a while Hollywood writers LOVE writing episodes about both themselves and/or showbiz and that’s exactly what we get this week. As if seven seasons of BoJack Horseman didn’t do it enough, Nick Dahan and the producers of The Simpsons pull back the curtains and showcased to you the exciting ramifications of show biz politics. In this instance, it’s with podcasts, Hollywood greenlighting original series derived from said podcasts into a dying TV daytime industry, and even what TV show hosts think of their ‘below-the-line’ workers ala Ellen. 

The result is that of a mish-mash plot that just got a bit too busy for its own good. To be honest, I think if the episode stuck more with Krusty’s original story instead of going back-and-forth with Marge and her sisters and their relationship with Homer, which has been done to death before, we could’ve gotten a decent spiritual successor to “Krusty Gets Canceled”. Nowadays, TV series get canned every day which leads to hosts and what not starting podcasts and going off on their own, I think seeing Krusty and Mel further delve into these ideas would’ve been a bit more worthwhile than what we got.

Instead, we really don’t even revisit Mel’s podcast, but even making Krusty’s backyard party bit a tad longer could’ve opened the show up a bit more for more personality clashes that would’ve been a bit more assertive than the faux personality clashes that became the focus of the twin sisters and Homer. The lone thing really saving this week’s episode was Susie Essman’s sexy performance as Krusty’s Aunt Sadie, but it’s wasted on too many plot ideas blended together that then lands in a really rushed effort. There are some funny ideas at play here, but sometimes too much of a good thing is a bad thing.