From: epwise@yahoo.com   
      
   Matt Garvey wrote in   
   news:39d1867f-4d14-4f62-88e9-857e19b48d13@googlegroups.com:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Because you're anal.   
      
    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   
   >   
      
   Not meta at all, totally in character. But I suppose you have to make up   
   "facts" every episode.   
      
      
   > 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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