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On November 3, this year, the Simpsons did their annual Treehouse of Horror like usual, but to the writers, that wasn't enough, so they said, " Screw Thanksgiving, we did that last year. Let's do another Halloween special, 37 isn't enough, we need more! " So a few nights ago, they made Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpson Wicked This Way Comes, and if that's a bit long for you, which it is for me, call it Simpson Wicked This Way Comes. Anyway, this episode starts with the family going to the carnival, which feels refreshing. Most Treehouse episodes just cut to the segments, but I like how this one has an opening set piece and takes a little time to develop why these Ray Bradbury spoofs are happening. There are some pretty decent jokes, and I just love how Homer and Bart are so exicted to check out all the Bradbury attractions, it's pretty sweet to me. However Lisa doesn't seem to like the carnival that much, which surprises me. Shouldn't Lisa be in heaven in this place? I mean it is a Ray Bradbury carnival after all. Anyway, Lisa meets the Illustrated Man, which is played by Andy Serkis, who shows us our 3 segments.

To me, the first segment was definitely the worst. While there were some good jokes, like the way Milhouse used the cup and the string as a telephone, and the milk/pixie cup jokes, the story wasn't really that interesting. Also let me talk about the ending of this segment. That was almost as bad as the ending of the Treehouse of Horror last year. Even though the last segment of last TOH was actually not bad, my god, that ending was probably one of the worst TOH ending of all time. I could see them easily replacing that ending with a much funnier one. I do lve how this segment1 definitely went right in with it's 50's setting, but to me it felt a little rushed. Even though I loved the intro, I feel like this segment could definitely benefit from a longer runtime to set up the plot more. To me, a longer runtime could help set up the plot and raise the stakes. It would still be a meh segment, but it would probably be better than what we got. At least the second segment was better.

Even though this segment had considerably less jokes then the last, I was definitely more engaged in this one then the last. I'm glad that we got a bunch of time focused on Skinner and Chalmers, because they've always been one of my personal favorite Simpson duos of all time. Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer both bring out amazing energetic performances as Chalmers and Skinner that's it's no wonder what a good pair they are. Even though the show is mostly centered around the Simpson family, I love when the writers take a break from them and focus on other reoccurring characters in the show. On the outside it seems like they hate each other, but on the inside¹1 they're really best buds, and I love when the show shows their more best friend relationship instead of what we usually get. Also I know this segment is supposed to be set in the future, but when they were clearly at Springfield Elementary, Bart was in the background, making it only possible for this segment to be set 1 year in the future. Either there is an Industrial Revolution in 2025, or the writers just forgot about the continuity. Actually take that back, because Bart could have been held back a few years. The latest it could be though is 2027, because in the background we saw Allison Taylor, which according to Lisa's Rival, is in 2nd grade. Okay I'm putting WAY to much thought into this, I'm pretty sure the real reason they put this in was to just to confuse viewers like me.

I find that this last segment was the best segment for this whole Treehouse of Horror. I feel like the parody here was spot on. I love how instead of banning books, they're banning dumb TV Show and Movies. I feel like if anything like this happens in the future, then it would be the opposite around. This segment is jam-packed with hilarious jokes. I love the moment when Homer's like, " When is this episode gonna be over?" And Marge says, " This is just the recap of the last episode." I also like how Homer works for as a Television burner, but he actually likes dumb TV. It shows how Homer isn't just a follower and actually stands up for what he believes. I also love how satirical this episode is. It definitely highlights the recent change in shows in the past few years, and it also highlights those TV shows that are WAY too complicated to follow, and it's hard for you to even find out what the TV show is even about. This segment just shines out from all of the other segments, with it's witt and cleverness. Out of all 6 Treehouse segments this month, this was probably the best after the really good Denim segment. This segment went over my expectations, and this was one of the funniest segments in a while

In all, this Treehouse was a pretty tame episode with only 4 kills. At least, according to Lydia from the Simpsons Theory. I personally thought this episode was okay and I would give a 6.8 out of 10, or a 68 out of 100 if you want to go that way. Anyway thanks for hearing my opinion and have a great day!

The Tipping Point was a good episode. There's been only around 90 rating for this episode and 4 reviews ( well, not counting this one ), but those rating average to a horrible rating of 5.5, which right now, is the worst rated episode of the season ( I truly wish I could say last 2 seasons ). In the last 5 episodes cases the earlier scores of the episode were 7 and over, which ( sadly ) for modern Simpsons, that's a really good thing. Now let's look at the reviews. Out of all 5 reviews before this review was posted, all 3 of them are negative reviews, with the highest being 6 stars, and the lowest being, yes you're reading that right, 1 star. When the rating was 5.9, which is better than the rating right now but still pretty bad, I assumed the ratings for this episode would go a little higher in the future, but I also assumed the ratings for this epispde were going to end up in the low 6's in the future. However, right now the episode is sitting at an abysmal rating of 5.5. This episode is the seventh lowest rated episode of the WHOLE series. That's right, the WHOLE series. For almost 800 episodes, that is impressively bad. I can see why this episode got negatively received through. A lot of reviews were pointing out how ridiculous and confusing it was to them, and I have to admit the message this episode was trying to tell me was confusing, but I still thought this episode was a hilarious episode, until the second half.

The first half was really funny, and in that half I like how the writer of this episode really over exaggerated about giving tips. It might not make a very realistic premise, but it does make a pretty enjoyable premise, and this episode as a whole sn't aiming for a powerful dramatic story like some of the other episodes, it's just aiming for a enjoyable and funny episode. Many reviews are missing the point of that. However, the second half just wasn't very enjoyable. First of all they played this anoying song. It was about some country having no tips. The song wasn't even funny. It sounded more like an add then an actual song in a comedy. At this point the episode stopped being enjoyable for me. After that it just stopped being funny. It reminded me of like a series 17 episode. It was okay, but just wasn't funny. If the episode didn't transition to that song and took the wrong turn I would have gave it a pretty high rating of 8.1, and maybe even the ratings for this episode would be a bit higher, I don't know though.

Even though I'm not going to give this episode a that high rating, I'm excited for the next episode. I read the description and it said it was about Bart making a new friend. That friend is probably going to sound like an adult, but hey, every guest star who acts as a kid in the Simpsons doesn't sound like a kid. In all, I give this episode a 7.1 out of 10.

The Tell-Tale Pants was an amazing episode. First of all, there was a couch gag!!! Thank goodness!!! There hasn't been a couch gag ever since the Thanksgiving episode, It's a Blunderful Life, which is the best episode of the season so far, and I am soooo happy that there's a couch gag after a lot of these episodes. The couch gag was quick and was much less creative and pretty then a lot of the other couch gag in the modern age ( S20-S32 ), but since there hasn't been many couch gags this season at all, I was really happy for this couch gag to be in the beginning of the episode, even if it was short. Actually, this whole season has had only 2 couch gag, and so far, there has been 16 episodes and this season is (sadly) almost over. At first it was pretty clear, or at least to me, why they didn't make any couch gags. In the first few, say, 11 episodes, I thought the creators of the episodes needed more time with the episode and not the couch gag. The reason I thought so was because there was extra bits of the episode in the credits, which to me meant that the creators of the episode needed more time for ths episode. At the 12th episode and beyond thought, this wasn't true. In those episode, like the ones before ( expect for It's a Blunderful Life and of course this episode ), there was no couch gag, but at the end of those episodes, there wasn't any scenes in the credits. When I saw there was no scenes in the credits, I was confused. The creators could have easily added a couch gag right at the beginning of the episode and then stuffed a chunk of the episode in the credits. Now though, I have a different theory. Maybe the creators of the last 3 episodes before this one wanted to have more time to develop a good story and funny joke then to have use up some of that time with making the couch gag. That's just a theory though, so that might not be true.

Okay now I need to start talking about the episode so that this review isn't only about why there are barely any couch gags in this season. Even though I would rate this episode around an 8 out of 10 ( my full rating at the end of the review ), I really don't like when Homer and Marge argue. I just don't find it entertaining and I really wish that Homer and Marge were just happy with each other. For the Nickelodeon Pilot project that I am working on with my dad I watched the pilot ( well, really the second episode because the first episode wasn't on Paramount+) of about the best reviewed Nick show of 2002, Jimmy Neotron, and while I found it okay, I really loved how much Jimmy's parents loved each other so much. I really wish Homer and Marge could love each other as much as Jimmy's parents did. It's just a pain in the butt to see Homer and Marge argue these days. I know the next episode is about Homer, so I hope that in that episode Marge supports Homer or Homer support Marge. Earlier in even this season we see Marge and Homer loving each other, but ever since episode 8 of this season Marge and Home's relationship has just been right back where it started. Practically dead.

Okay now more about the actual episode. I found this episode pretty funny really. Really almost every episode in this season has been absolutely hilarious. It featured a lot of pretty funny scenes, and it also featured a funny musical number too. I know, you probably hate simpsons musical numbers, but it was a parody musical number. A PARODY musical number. Okay fine I know your still complaining but for some reason I still liked it. Anyway I really liked when Homer started wearing sweatpants. Oh come on I'm not spoiling anything. It's literally in the picture for the episode. It felt like Homer was just happier wearing sweatpants . He just felt more cheerful and joyful. I really hope Homer wears sweatpants in the next episode to because maybe more sweatpants comes more couch gags. I mean, he sang a whole musical number about it. Yes there was another musical number, and I liked it.

In this episode the guilt that Marge feels feels really human. Many people do feel like that when the hide a secret or tell a lie. I just find that that makes Marge develop her character even further after, yes, 35 seasons.

In all, I give this episode a 7.8 out of 10.