Re: Notes for 36ABF17 (Bad Boys...for Life?)   
     By: Matt Garvey to All on Sun Nov 02 2025 20:50:47   
      
    > Argh. Maybe it would be good to run with the logic that if there aren't   
    > any more good flashback stories to tell, perhaps one shouldn't be told.   
    > If one is, though, it ought to be better than ridiculous nonsense with   
    > abysmal characterizations. Seriously, I get the idea of exaggerating   
    > Homer's worse tendencies for an episode, but why does the first act or   
    > so of this tale show past Homer not as well-meaning but inept, but as   
    > basically a sociopath? I really checked out with that. Too much, not   
    > made up for by the end (and the steady flow of ungrounded nonsense).   
       
   The "Bart being left handed" thing is something I would have expected to be   
   revealed during several past episodes that revolved around Flanders and/or the   
   Leftorium -- in particular, "When Flanders Failed."   
       
   There were so many past opportunities for that, it almost felt like a retconn.   
       
   Argh, indeed.   
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