Oh look, another flashback episode! But wait - This time it's not just one but TWO flashbacks to the relationship of Marge & Homer. We go back to before they're married and another to when they've been married for a while with two kids. We also have the two stories link up to the present day as well.
In the oldest time-line we see the two hitch-hike with the newlywed Flanderses. Forget that the two families didn't meet until the Simpsons moved to their current home as seen in "Lisa's First Word", maybe both groups had an unspoken agreement to never mention it? This is further proof that the modern writers either don't know about the classic years or simply don't care.
Ned is on full religious psycho mode here. It's in-character for him to give the two notly-weds separate rooms but to put a bear trap outside Homer's room? That crosses a line. Later he'll be turned on by Maude on honeymoon night by her covering up more and will have her spy on Homer and Marge the next morning with a water pistol aimed at his crotch. No really.
In the middle time-line we have both parties lie to the other as the two both nearly have an affair at the same motel where they were on the Flanderses honeymoon but get stopped when they find the other one there and forgive each other. Neither knows what the other was about to do and in the present at the SAME place we see their prospective partners have themselves got married. The Simpsons learn the truth and are shocked leaving them to fear for their marriage.
The plot REEKS of 'bad sitcom' throughout, especially in the middle time-line, and as mentioned, ignores the established history. I mentioned earlier in this review about the ignorance of the meeting of the Flanderses and Simpsons continuity in "Lisa's First Word" but it also tramples on the status of the Simpson parents' relationship during the events of "Lisa's Sax", an episode that must take place just after the middle time-line of this episode. It seems that these Zombie Simpsons flashback episodes want us to believe their relationship is a shambles no matter what stage of their relationship they're at. It's a wonder they're still married at all (Wait until later this season when we learn they're not).
This episode has a intriguing premise but it fails massively. The writers need to start paying more attention (that is any attention at all) to the show they're working on. And can someone explain the ending to the episode when various modes of transport start splitting in two for no apparent reason?
In the oldest time-line we see the two hitch-hike with the newlywed Flanderses. Forget that the two families didn't meet until the Simpsons moved to their current home as seen in "Lisa's First Word", maybe both groups had an unspoken agreement to never mention it? This is further proof that the modern writers either don't know about the classic years or simply don't care.
Ned is on full religious psycho mode here. It's in-character for him to give the two notly-weds separate rooms but to put a bear trap outside Homer's room? That crosses a line. Later he'll be turned on by Maude on honeymoon night by her covering up more and will have her spy on Homer and Marge the next morning with a water pistol aimed at his crotch. No really.
In the middle time-line we have both parties lie to the other as the two both nearly have an affair at the same motel where they were on the Flanderses honeymoon but get stopped when they find the other one there and forgive each other. Neither knows what the other was about to do and in the present at the SAME place we see their prospective partners have themselves got married. The Simpsons learn the truth and are shocked leaving them to fear for their marriage.
The plot REEKS of 'bad sitcom' throughout, especially in the middle time-line, and as mentioned, ignores the established history. I mentioned earlier in this review about the ignorance of the meeting of the Flanderses and Simpsons continuity in "Lisa's First Word" but it also tramples on the status of the Simpson parents' relationship during the events of "Lisa's Sax", an episode that must take place just after the middle time-line of this episode. It seems that these Zombie Simpsons flashback episodes want us to believe their relationship is a shambles no matter what stage of their relationship they're at. It's a wonder they're still married at all (Wait until later this season when we learn they're not).
This episode has a intriguing premise but it fails massively. The writers need to start paying more attention (that is any attention at all) to the show they're working on. And can someone explain the ending to the episode when various modes of transport start splitting in two for no apparent reason?