About Last Night…THE SIMPSONS, BOB’S BURGERS, and HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET

Let’s talk about Sunday night’s TV!

THE SIMPSONS: I really appreciate every time the family ends up in a mess Marge accidentally causes. Sure, I’d bet money she might be even more stressed in those cases, but she’s so constantly having to deal with the fallout of their chaos; she deserves to be the (accidental) chaos agent once in a while, too. And using a million-dollar bottle of wine (!!!) in a stew sounds about right.

I’m also glad the show continues to play with the entirely unexpected, but delightful, friendship between Smithers and Marge. As they noted (many) years ago, in some ways, they’re probably the only people who can actually understand each other. This was a niche space where it made sense for them to get into their own kind of mischief without feeling forced. (It’s also been approximately a billion years since I watched the cartoon version of ROBIN HOOD, though, and the artistic homage here made me nostalgic for it/actually want to rewatch it.)

(But also a perfect end tag with Bart’s wine-making tormentors from “The Crepes of Wrath” appearing in the wine jail, too.)

BOB’S BURGERS: Aw, on some level, it was very sweet that Louise and Linda teamed up to write letters so Tina has something to answer for her advice column. I mean, invasive since they used her own secrets to base the letters on, but…they tried.

Entirely expected Tammy would pull the stunt she did, but at least her ego got the best of her and her ridiculousness was exposed. And, hey, everyone ended up having a little Ms. Am I Normal in them after all. (But not Tammy; she blew her shot.)

HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET: “I’ve Got a Secret”: Well, it’s fun that Kay is keeping her private life a secret specifically because it drove Munch so crazy. But, also, as a woman in that field…yeah, she deserves to have her secrets.

Another instance where I wondered if the performer I recognized (in this case, Mimi Kennedy) was going to be doing more than the bit part appeared to suggest. There was an interesting darkness to her character, too: She was wrong, to be clear; she essentially played a role in someone’s death. But she was pushed to the brink with her family life and was essentially working (what she felt was) an endless loop of fixing people who kept winding back up in the hospital because of their own choices. Again, it was entirely wrong not to do her job to the best of her abilities, but I can understand why Tim struggled with whether they should take her in.

There was good backstory for Lewis’ brother here, too. It’s fascinating that Kellerman was upset he didn’t know about his brother after only a handful of months; Kellerman had been pretty open, but it was still pretty early in their partnership. But, man, I felt bad for Lewis that he finally went to visit his brother and got rejected. Probably a fair thing to do, given how many years it had been. But, still—ow.

Which shows did you watch last night?

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