Undercover Burns

I enjoyed the episode, as it had some moments. I'm glad that Mr Burns had an episode expanding on his relationship with Smithers, though it could have been a lot better.

For example, a lot of the jokes fell flat, I'll admit - I chuckled a few times, but not enough if it were, say, season 6.

The style is polished as usual, but the characters (the Simpson family in their short time for example) are just stereotypes of their old selves. The joke where Bart pretends to "love school" falls flat on its yellow face as Bart isn't really like this and would consider a more clever approach.

Other than that, 6/10, ready for next week.

You'd hope that an episode like this is more in the middle of the season. You want to see more homer and bart in the first episode to get people excited on the first season. Not a good start.

Right now, with a sole watch, with the fresh image of Fred episode in my retina, and with all the hype still around, I have to say it was the strongest season premiere since The Falcon and the D'ohman, aired nine years ago.

David Harbour, the guest star, has great scenes and his actuation was outstanding. Fred was an entertaining, captivating character. Most of his entries were goddamn funny. His first interaction with an employee where he angrily decides to fire him, his presentation to Homer, Lenny, and Carl where he passes from being apathetic to kinda friendly, and his experience at Moe's stand out for me.

I really appreciate the evil role Mr. Burns performed here. The beginning of the fake fair used as an excuse to make children work was perversely cruel and it's an action worthy of the classic villain of the show. I enjoyed the scene in the bathrooms where he notices everyone hates him. After that, we learn a lot about his obscure repertory through the severe commentaries of Homer, Lenny, and Carl about the mistreatments they receive from their tyranny boss. And I must say, it's a mind-blowing idea that Mr. Burns suffers the hostile actions of Mr. Burns with another face, another body, and another voice.

The lines that Lenny and Carl had speculating about Fred, and how casually he and Burns were never together, and that kind of jokes were abundant throughout the episode vary from decent self-awareness jokes to create an absurd atmosphere to desperate attempts to explain the audience what was happening, depending on my mood, so I can not say if I liked them or not in general. Homer played a friendly role. He invites Fred to join him and his friends to lunch and then all of them enjoy great moments together. I enjoyed both montages a lot. The first one shows the crew in diverse activities as the roller coaster or fishing, ending up in a nice session of karaoke. The second one goes over the flexible, enjoyable, and relaxing place of work that the Nuclear Plant became.

In conclusion, I think Undercover Burns was better than expected. David Harbour was fantastic and his character, Fred, is quite funny. Burns recovered a pinch of evil, and it was nice to have so many scenes at the Nuclear Plant. The animation was easily above Anderson's standards, too. So, it was an enjoyable episode and a nice first-kick in season 32. Season 32, for God's love. I'm so proud of this show.

In this episode, Mr. Burns must go undercover in his own business as one of the regular employees. It's an interesting concept and, for the most part, is pretty enjoyable. I think David Harbour did a great job as Undercover Burns, I only wish they'd done away with most of the scenes where they show Burns himself inside the suit and stuck with Fred (Harbour).

I'm surprised so many people didn't enjoy this episode. Admittedly, it's not a great one to kick off a season with, but it isn't terrible. Lighten up, people!

The episode was ok. Nothing special for a premiere.