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[InvaderNorbert]

From SNPP:

It looks like there's no love for the men on Valentine's Day in the Simpson family, especially for Bart, who can't seem to win Mary Spuckler's heart now that she has returned to Springfield

Hmm, looks like we have somewhat of a story arc going on here.

ETA: "I was not nominated for Best Spoken Swear Word." Liked seeing SLH as the WWI Flying Ace, and that couch gag with Moe as the whole family was creepy as hell.

So Mary's back, and so is much of her family. Good callback to the family's musical talents, too. Liked that Cletus's feuds include "Those Dang Muppets." I don't really understand why Bart became Woody Allen for this episode. So Mary became Annie Hall of a sudden? (although Lisa did dress up like her at the end) So Mary leaves...again. And Bart remains hopeful...again.

So...Bart has crap taste in girls and he and Homer don't know how to treat them. What a shock, there. No surprise that after all of the "Homer & Marge's marriage troubles" episodes, Homer has an apartment he goes to whenever Marge throws him out. Although I'm kinda sad it wasn't the same place Kirk went to when he was divorced from LuAnn.

Heh, they brought in Max Weinberg to make up for not getting Bruce Springsteen or Steve van Zant.

Okay, that British romance movie was great. Benedict Cumberbatch's cameo was probably my favorite part of this episode. How could you not like a movie with him, Prof. Snape, and [s]Winston Churchill[/s] Alfred Hitchcock coming out of the TARDIS to breakdance?

Edited by InvaderNorbert, Feb 11, 2013 @ 3:21 PM.

[AimingforYoko]

I liked the "cartoon physics engaged" throwaway gag.

[Easy]

Although I'm kinda sad it wasn't the same place Kirk went to when he was divorced from LuAnn.

Speaking of them, anyone else surprised that they mentioned ditching Milhouse? Didn't think that Milhouse was that unwanted or unloved.

Was "Ode to Joy" really composed by Beethoven? I could've sworn that it was composed by Mozart.

Edited by Easy, Feb 11, 2013 @ 1:25 AM.

[JudeMorrigan]

Was "Ode to Joy" really composed by Beethoven?

Yes, it's from his 9th Symphony.

[JTMacc99]

Speaking of them, anyone else surprised that they mentioned ditching Milhouse? Didn't think that Milhouse was that unwanted or unloved.

I was amused, but only because one of Milhouse's primary reasons for existing is to be the kid who takes a beating.

If I want to think of this show as if it were real life and actually analyze what we know of the Van Houten family, Luann and Kirk are both very sad individuals, and probably suffer from some sort of depression. Luann has generally been a very self-aborbed person and has demonstrated a lack of interest in her responsibilities for taking care of Milhouse. Kirk has also been shown to be more worried about himself than his job as a parent, but more importantly, it seems like Kirk is more interested in keeping Luann happy than anything else.

So if Kirk thought that ditching the responsibility of taking care of Milhouse would help his relationship with Luann, and Luann is open to the idea because if it wasn't Kirk who made her unhappy, maybe it was Milhouse, then I can see where that line about ditching him came from.

[Kalidah]

Bart telling Mary that he'd respect her seesaw needs -- "I'll stay down there as long as you want" -- was Family Guy-level double-entendre-ing.

[undecideable]

Ugh. First new episode I'd seen in over a year, thought I'd check back in and don't know why I bothered.