The Simpsons (TV Series) The Wife Aquatic (2007) User Reviews

only one funny item

[jwaldeyer · 4/10 · 22 April 2011]

As many of you would agree, the simpsons has taken a drastic turn for the worse over the past 8 or so years (some would argue that it was more than 8, but I'm such a die-hard fan i have a hard time seeing that). This episode contained only one item that made me smile, which doesn't even count as a laugh, so that is a terrible sign for the future of this show. I make that claim because starting at around season 2 and running through season 7 the episodes would have me laughing my head off no matter how many times i had seen them (seasons 8 through 13 still had plenty of funny moments, but the higher they get in season numbers, the lower they go on the humor scale).

The funniest part of this episode was the concept of Yum Yum fish... which when you think about it isn't even close to being on par with classic simpsons humor. Anyone out there think we should take up a petition to get Conan O'Brien to return to the show as a writer and producer? It is my humble opinion that the funniest simpsons episodes of all time were the ones that he was involved in making.

Poor.

[general-melchett · 2/10 · 5 February 2007]

I think I've just summed this episode up.

The Simpsons is getting so weak now, it hurts to watch it. The Simpsons is by no means a realistic depiction of suburban life, but this episode was just plain unrealistic in how Homer was burnt up by a single spark so easily and then set fire to the whole pier, and not even funny unrealistic - just hard to watch and very, very flat. I only watched 5 minutes of this before getting bored, which is why I won't be able to post a very detailed review for this episode. But I have deduced now that The Simpsons has lost its spark, and that the movie coming out this year is destined for a swamping of harsh reviews and hatred. It is saddening to see how something once great and original has been worn down to this. 2/10

Average mid Simpsons episode

[sussybakaamogus · 4/10 · 3 March 2023]

I have recently started watching the old seasons and episodes of The Simpsons, and boy, this one goes to another level of xenophobia, the Brazil joke they made was so out of hand that they didn't even translate it on the dubbed version, it seemed like the finishing touch to "Blame it on Lisa", which is another episode where the depiction is super unrealistic. The series usually makes good depictions of poor places and stuff like this, but this one was just so unrealistic, I tried to see the good parts of this episode, but there are barely any that's the thing. At least the Yum Yum fish was somewhat funny.

Too many cringe-worthy parts

[riverdogla · 3/10 · 22 February 2023]

The only parts I liked about this episode was seeing Marge 30 years ago as a normal happy child having fun in the home videos. Other good moments were when Homer took initiative to make Marge happy--putting her vacation video on a DVD, planning a surprise vacation for her, having her favorite childhood merry-go-round repaired. It's great to see him as a very loving husband.

I didn't really like the rest of the episode. The silent movie in the beginning was very cringe-worthy. I don't like seeing characters commit suicide on this show.

The Meth joke wasn't funny, and maybe I'm sensitive but it was disturbing to see Homer strung up with ropes and a hook and later club fish with a bat with nails. I was also disappointed that Lisa and Marge didn't take action when they found out Homer was caught in a storm--we only see them react with shock and cry at a funeral after the storm was over.