Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes

Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes is an okay episode. I have watched 2 other Season 20 episodes, and there is 1 okay, and 2 good episodes. This episode is the okay episode. This episode has some humor but it just isn't that funny. I think around when this episode was made Simpsons premieres aren't as good anymore. Before this in the Golden Age ( S1-S10 ) and Early Middle Age ( S11-S20 ) the premiere gave a good glimpse in the series. But at this point, Late Middle Age, the premieres give a worser glimpse in the series. Even though this is better than the last premiere, it only feels okay. This episode got a 7.2 and it has pretty good reviews, so I thought that this episode would be better. Instead it was worse than I imagined. This episode isn't great, but it's got enough good action for an okay. In all, I give this episode a 6.4 out of 10.

This episode, Homer and Ned team up to becoming bounty hunters which is pretty cool to watch and see a Homer and Ned bonding episode. The b plot with Marge becoming an erotic baker was alright. There are some funny moments in this episode too. There are some cons though with Homer and ned break being a little forced but overall this is a pretty good start to season 20 and I'm would like to see if they could do something like this with Homer and Ned in the future.

Also the saint pattys parade got some laughs out of me. That is all to say for the season premiere episode that I watched today .....

The Simpsons' new episodes are not so bad but this episode is so funny and has of the coolest concepts ever

As with modern simpsons episodes "the writing just isn't in it". The once sharp and witty dialogue has been replaced with lazy parody of other shows and meandering stories which don't seem to have any kind of structure. This episode jumps between two particularly unfunny "capers" which don't really leave any lasting impression.

It's fairly tired and predictable from one end to another. In addition, It's even harder for me to give this episode a fair review, as an Irish person I am particularly annoyed from the offset by the downright insulting depiction of my nationality, I expect this kind of low- brow stereotype driven crap from the likes of Family Guy and American Dad (going for the cheap laugh). I don't know how/why it's acceptable to be so derogatory towards the Irish vs any other nationality.

The opening sequence in this episode plays on racist stereotypes which wouldn't look out of place in the 1800s. There would be mass hysteria and complaints if such a negative stereotype laden stab was taken at black people or Asians. I imagine because Irish people are predominantly white they are seen as fair game ; Potatoes, leprechauns, ginger hair, big families and even a mockery of a really unpleasant (and not entirely resolved) conflict in the north are not good comedy fodder when presented without in such a straight (and humour free way) - Irish people can be particularly tolerant of people having a gag at their expense, it's part of why we are renowned for being so friendly/hospitable - but when it's done in such a lazy fashion it really shows how the writing standards of the Simpsons has gone down the drain - It's like they browse 9gag for their "gags".

If you've been watching The Simpsons since the beginning on December 17, 1989, then just wait 980 weeks to see this episode on September 28, 2008. If you didn't stop watching before May 9, 1999, then you're already halfway there. It's a really great episode where Homer Simpson and Ned Flanders get to become bounty hunters until they start arguing about how to do things, which leads to a really clever twist in the final act that I won't spoil for you here if you want to check it out. It's something really new and great that they never tried before in the last 19 seasons and Phantomstrider8 even said it was the coolest concept for The Simpsons ever. There's no holds barred on pieces like this! I've read those other reviews and it seems like most of them only think more negatively of this episode because it's in a later season. If it was in an earlier season, and the animation was different but everything else remained the same, more people might appreciate this more, so this episode really deserves a rating over 8, or you're not giving Kevin Curran enough credit.