> Eh. What's it building up to? Nothing. A cynical summation can work but   
   > here it feels like a cheat of a rug-pull. And it doesn't even seem   
   > self-consistent, let alone consistent with the series; Homer wasn't an   
   > enervated zombie after work before (unless the idea is that he never   
   > works hard enough anyway), and neither was Marge after a long day. How   
       
   IMHO, I think that the gag here is that there really was something   
   implanted into their heads and the company lied about it.  I have never   
   seen the show that was being spoofed so I am not sure if there is any   
   parallel there or not.   
       
   I thought it wasn't a bad episode, not great but it did keep my attention.   
       
   Mike   
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