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Postcards from the Wedge
The Simpsons Season 21 Episode 14
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
I always love old-timey videos about the future. This one is slightly tame and pretty accurate. I'm pretty sure I've made out with hundreds of dudes in the subway by standing too close to them. I'm still getting used to widescreen The Simpsons. I don't believe for a minute that Krabappel has ever had any ideals about teaching. At least Bart tries to put something together when he realizes everyone else has. Nice Itchy & Scratchy stamp on the letter home. Haha. Unwanted boners and training bras.
It's these stupid bits that make me dislike new episodes. Focused...Focused...Credit card offer, Unwanted bill, Credit card offer, Unwanted bill. Ick. In the next episode they make fun of GPS, in this one unsolicited mail? What's next dial up modems? Pile on the homework, I want him to be Korean by the time he's done! Now that's comedy. Also I think Bart's narration of all his schemes is forced and awful. Don't think that used to happen quite the same way.
If churches offered free wifi, they might be a pretty cool places for co-working. The Itchy & Scratchy was pretty good, a House parody. Although does Scratchy poop out his own head or is he a she? Inquiring minds want to know. The names of the restaurants in the mall are particularly uninspired. "We can't let Bart drive us apart! He's the reason we got married". Nice one.
CONCLUSION
This wasn't as bad as I thought it would be considering having just watched S21E15. It had a consistent plot line and not too many diversions into utter stupidity. The little details that were always given a lot of care in older episodes, like store/restaurant names don't even get any creativity from the writers and this seriously bothers me. Meh.
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PLOT SUMMARY FROM WIKIPEDIA
At school, after Mrs. Krabappel shows a video from 1956 to her students about the future, she tells her students to turn in their homework project (which they had three months to do). Bart cannot find his homework, so he tries to make his homework on the fly out of odds and ends found in his desk. Unfortunately Mrs. Krabappel does not approve and prepares to send a letter to his parents. She gives it to Martin to mail and he heads out the door. Bart shoots an eraser at the pull station, breaking the glass, pressing the button and activating the alarm. Everyone evacuates, but Bart runs through 6th graders to which he gets through. He almost gets the letter when it drops out of the mail slot but Groundskeeper Willie heads off with the mailbag.
Homer and Marge then receive the letter from Edna Krabappel informing them that Bart is one month behind on his homework. When Homer is informed that he does not have to help Bart with this work, he is eager to increase his son's workload. Marge, however, is concerned that the heavy workload will dissuade Bart from liking school. When Bart realizes his parents do not agree on this issue, he uses their opposing views to avoid homework entirely. Lisa explains that this is a wedge issue, that is, an issue that sharply divides two parties.
Marge and Homer begin to argue more and more, with Bart inciting the two to argue about very minor things. Marge seeks counsel from Ned Flanders, who recalls having a minor argument with Maude on the day she died. He mentions that this argument still haunts him and Marge decides to apologize. Meanwhile, Homer dreams about accidentally killing Marge and realizes that he too wants to apologize. The two spot each other in traffic, rush out of their vehicles and embrace. They then decide to let Bart fend for himself.
Accessed from Wikipedia on Mar. 23, 2010