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The Simpsons Season 33 Episode 9
“Mothers and Other Strangers” is the series’ Mother’s Day installment, filling in for the Thanksgiving holiday, and it is a feast of emotional stuffing. Glenn Close returns as Mona Simpson, the radical hippie demonstrator who left Homer when he was 9 to go on the run from the FBI, which in this episode, tries to masquerade as Festive Balloons Inc. But nothing can cover up the broken heart, or the broken timelines, of the Simpson saga.
After a shaky start, The Simpsons has been on a roll this season. While “Mothers and Other Strangers” doesn’t quite capture the exhilaration of the spectacular two-parter, “A Serious Flanders,” nor break the ground of “Portrait of a Lackey on Fire,” it mines psychological depth from the Simpson family. Over the course of facing Homer’s separation anxiety, and Therapist #3’s (Rachel Bloom) per-minute fees,...
The Simpsons Season 33 Episode 9
“Mothers and Other Strangers” is the series’ Mother’s Day installment, filling in for the Thanksgiving holiday, and it is a feast of emotional stuffing. Glenn Close returns as Mona Simpson, the radical hippie demonstrator who left Homer when he was 9 to go on the run from the FBI, which in this episode, tries to masquerade as Festive Balloons Inc. But nothing can cover up the broken heart, or the broken timelines, of the Simpson saga.
After a shaky start, The Simpsons has been on a roll this season. While “Mothers and Other Strangers” doesn’t quite capture the exhilaration of the spectacular two-parter, “A Serious Flanders,” nor break the ground of “Portrait of a Lackey on Fire,” it mines psychological depth from the Simpson family. Over the course of facing Homer’s separation anxiety, and Therapist #3’s (Rachel Bloom) per-minute fees,...
- 11/29/2021
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
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