5982636d   
   From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu   
   Copy: mxg77@cwru.edu   
      
   Mmm, OK. I'm kind of bewildered that we'd get a relationship episode   
   like this with an odd framing device so soon after "Love Is a Many   
   Splintered Thing" - especially since in production order they're   
   *consecutive* (RABF07). I don't understand why this one was narrating   
   fairly obvious plot points - maybe it was part of a reference to   
   something else? Still, unnecessary. The Milhouse/Lisa plot was a   
   little more interesting, at least. I'm still not a fan of the more   
   bizarre things, like Abe's appearing/disappearing act and the sushi   
   coda. On the other hand, "Jazz from J to Z" certainly made me chuckle.   
      
   DYN:   
   ...this is rated TV-14-DLSV? (Why? Vaguely kinky sex stuff and a thing   
   to please Marge that starts with F?)   
   ...Akira's back (and voiced by George Takei)?   
   ...Milhouse seems to retain the cupcake from the special Breaking Bad   
   opening?   
   ...another large number of looped lines?   
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   BABF02: Marge wants swimming lessons for Maggie   
   2F19: Lisa's announcement that her and Bart's lunches got mixed up   
   reminiscent of this   
   8F18, 1F20: Big "A Streetcar Named Desire" references (I have to admit   
   I was not expecting "Fella!" later on - it was amusing)   
   3G03: Bart is apparently not the only one who's good at "whipping   
   cupcakes"   
      
   Elsewhere on Fox   
   Tonight's episode of The Cleveland Show (Fist and the Furious, 4APS15)   
   just before this one included a tongue depressor (compare chopstick)   
   walrus gag. It also heavily featured the recurring Bryan Cranston   
   character (Dr. Fist), which is vaguely interesting considering the   
   special opening here.   
      
   Bedbug alert   
   So, I was prepared for something to happen during the credits when I   
   noticed that they were in white; little did I expect that to be a very   
   short promo for... something. It would seem to be a straight ad for   
   the next new episode (which is in 2 weeks, as it said), though whether   
   it has anything to do with a bedbug invasion I am not sure, and if it   
   doesn't, is there a joke I'm missing? If it does, that's   
   disconcerting. Promos for upcoming episodes *over* or *instead of*   
   credits are one thing; this is *in* the credits. (I saw the same sort   
   of thing on the 4/4 episode of Community, which used a promo for its   
   next episode and was pretty confusing. Hmm.) Well, we'll see what   
   happens now (in other episodes and repeats of this).   
      
      
   Don Payne   
   There was no dedication to him in this episode - the first new one   
   since he died. I guess the second airing of RABF02 a few weeks ago is   
   all he gets. (I figured this might happen because Phil Hartman got one   
   in the first repeat after his death as well as the first new episode.)   
   Meh.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)