[5.1/10 on a post-classic Simpsons] scale. This was a big fat meh from me. The episode seemed to be making the slightest commentary on sexism, and then just devolved into standard sitcom nonsense and hoary gags. Marge becoming mayor is the latest in the increasingly outlandish and voluminous “Marge gets a job” file, which isn’t a sin in and of itself, but you have to find more interesting stuff to do.
There’s a slightly Wire-esque “this job is harder than I thought” quality to this one, with Marge’s signature initiative being stymied and Marge herself falling into unexpected gaffes. But there’s a slightly pernicious “can a woman really have it all?” out to this whole thing. There’s some solid emotional material with Marge gaining points in the approval ratings by dunking on Homer, and then feeling remorse about it, but it’s pretty underfed (unlike Homer itself) until the very end.
Plus the humor just wasn’t there in this one. I mildly chuckled a couple of times, but the gag game was weak.
Overall, this is still a perfectly watchable episode, but it’s dull and doesn’t do much with “Marge becomes mayor” premise that you wouldn’t just expect from it as a matter of course.
I'm noticing a pattern where before each new episode, @EverySimpsonsEver plays previous episodes relating in theme (politics). For instance, See Homer Run (where he runs for mayor dressed as a salamander) just aired; also Wilhelm scream #TheSimpsons
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2017-12-15T19:29:50Z
[5.1/10 on a post-classic Simpsons] scale. This was a big fat meh from me. The episode seemed to be making the slightest commentary on sexism, and then just devolved into standard sitcom nonsense and hoary gags. Marge becoming mayor is the latest in the increasingly outlandish and voluminous “Marge gets a job” file, which isn’t a sin in and of itself, but you have to find more interesting stuff to do.
There’s a slightly Wire-esque “this job is harder than I thought” quality to this one, with Marge’s signature initiative being stymied and Marge herself falling into unexpected gaffes. But there’s a slightly pernicious “can a woman really have it all?” out to this whole thing. There’s some solid emotional material with Marge gaining points in the approval ratings by dunking on Homer, and then feeling remorse about it, but it’s pretty underfed (unlike Homer itself) until the very end.
Plus the humor just wasn’t there in this one. I mildly chuckled a couple of times, but the gag game was weak.
Overall, this is still a perfectly watchable episode, but it’s dull and doesn’t do much with “Marge becomes mayor” premise that you wouldn’t just expect from it as a matter of course.