The Simpsons continues to decline in its twelfth season as the show moves further away from satire and relies more and more on cartoonish gags. This season Homer becomes an online investigative journalist under the name Mr. X (“The Computer Wore Menace Shoes”), Marge tries to reform a convict (“Pokey Mom”), Lisa gets involved with an environmental activist group and ties herself to a tree to save it (“Lisa the Tree Hugger”), and Bart joins a boyband (“New Kids of the Blecch”). Additionally, Flanders builds a Christian amusement park (“I’m Going to Praiseland”), Krusty the Clown discovers he has a long lost daughter (“Insane Clown Poppy”), and Springfield tears itself apart when it gets divided into two different telephone area codes (“A Tale of Two Springfields”). The list of guest stars includes The Who, Drew Barrymore, Jay Mohr, Patrick McGoohan, Edward Norton, Michael Keaton, and N’SYNC. Unfortunately though, the writers have all but given up on the show’s main characters; writing them however they want in order to fit the jokes (irregardless of continuity or past character development). Season 12 of The Simpsons has a lot of problems, but at the end of the day it’s still fairly entertaining and delivers some laughs.
Review by Dann MichalskiBlockedParent2022-09-01T16:00:05Z
The Simpsons continues to decline in its twelfth season as the show moves further away from satire and relies more and more on cartoonish gags. This season Homer becomes an online investigative journalist under the name Mr. X (“The Computer Wore Menace Shoes”), Marge tries to reform a convict (“Pokey Mom”), Lisa gets involved with an environmental activist group and ties herself to a tree to save it (“Lisa the Tree Hugger”), and Bart joins a boyband (“New Kids of the Blecch”). Additionally, Flanders builds a Christian amusement park (“I’m Going to Praiseland”), Krusty the Clown discovers he has a long lost daughter (“Insane Clown Poppy”), and Springfield tears itself apart when it gets divided into two different telephone area codes (“A Tale of Two Springfields”). The list of guest stars includes The Who, Drew Barrymore, Jay Mohr, Patrick McGoohan, Edward Norton, Michael Keaton, and N’SYNC. Unfortunately though, the writers have all but given up on the show’s main characters; writing them however they want in order to fit the jokes (irregardless of continuity or past character development). Season 12 of The Simpsons has a lot of problems, but at the end of the day it’s still fairly entertaining and delivers some laughs.