Simpsons Review: My Octupus and a Teacher. A Recent Simpson's Episode that Didn't Suck

It's no secret that the Simpson's aren't what they used to be. To be fair, after 31 years it would be hard to maintain the quality, especially when the Simpson's stay the same and never age The plots rotate around Homer being incredibly stupid (the same problem that befell Peter/Family Guy). You wonder why Marge would stay with him, so it makes her look stupid. Also, how does she afford those dinner where they all sit around the table? A one working parent household without a college education would have Mac N Cheese nights, but I digress. That's why I was pleasantly surprised by the episode, "My Octupus and a Teacher." After a quick search on the internet, it looks like I'm in the minority on this, but let me explain. In the episode, Bart gets a new teacher. She saved him from drowning, but it's further complicated by him having a crush on her.

The suprising part, Homer actually gives good advice. He doesn't act like an idiot, he tries. Chaos of course ensues, but he talks to his teacher, and it ends with a nice chalkboard gag. It had emotions, and it had some stupidity, but wasn't filled with stupidity. Lisa also has a pet octupus, which was very interactive and could live in a jar. Not sure how it stayed alive, but with any cartoon show you have to suspend some disbelief. The octups' name was Molly, and it was cute. It was a nice side plot, especially talking about how documentarians shouldn't interfere. I would be like Lisa, I love animals and would infere. When that elephant was dying of dehydration in the Africa documentary I would have gotten it water somehow. Ricky Gervais says this better than I could.

My point it, it was a nice subplot and a nice episode. Is it a all time great?-no, but it was a nice break from stupid Homer and Marge getting her feelings hurt because pf something her kids say.