From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu   
      
   Hmm. Interesting storyline and a not-too-frequent political/environmental   
   issue tackling, with another love story for Mr. Burns (not terribly   
   believable); Matt Selman's mark is all over the Homer and Marge angle and you   
   would think this and some shades    
   of "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" would all add up to a good episode, but while the   
   broad strokes were decent it was the little things that annoyed me. The black   
   mold hand, the sword cane silliness, wrecking ball/trap door, etc. and even a   
   bathroom suddenly    
   springing up in the mystery room (usually a closet) by the stairs (couldn't it   
   be where it usually is??). Also could no one turn OFF the water once it was on   
   fire?   
      
   DYN:   
   ...several redubbed lines (more than usual for these days)?   
   ...the fracking documentary Lisa brings up is 3 hours 12 minutes long (and to   
   judge from the way she was hunting for it does not count as a "sad" movie)?   
   ...Marjorie B. Simpson?   
   ...Homer's description of movies like The Purge (only one day a year where   
   murder is legal) seems to be in opposition to a normal state where it's legal   
   much more often?   
   ...Jane Fonda these days sounds a lot like Nana Visitor?   
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   9F18: Conspicuous "Fracking Day" banner may be meant to recall "Whacking Day"   
   Movie: Homer carried away by wrecking ball etc.   
      
   Meta, vaguely   
   Homer's (in)ability to tell Patty and Selma apart   
   Homer puts Mr. Burns' hands into an "excellent" tent himself   
      
   Dream sequence   
   Near the end of act 1 Mr. Burns and this Maxine lady are spoofing something; I   
   think it might be one of the weird sequences in Singin' in the Rain, but I   
   can't be sure. Any better guesses?   
      
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