Thrifty Ways to Thieve Your Mother

They say the season premiere sets the tone for how viewers feel about the rest of the season. I really hope that rule applies in this case, because the start of the new Season 37 was truly inspiring!

First off, it's a classic Marge and Lisa relationship episode, and while new Lisa-centric episodes often fall flat, this one didn't follow suit. It didn't dwell solely on the moral of the story, but also offered some funny gags and jokes - there were even jokes reminiscent of the earlier seasons!

Overall, the comedic aspect of the episode gets a B+, which is pretty good, actually. The episode didn't shy away from satire either: right at the beginning, when the family decided to opt for watching a movie for free instead of going to the movie theater (which was just a few feet away!). It was hilarious watching the Simpsons' reaction to the absurd TV commercials. Hell, even though it was blatant farce, I couldn't help but laugh! Basically, you could say the highest concentration of jokes is in the episode's first 11 minutes, although it would've been nice if the jokes were spread out more evenly. Oh, and I was especially amused by Homer's reaction to Marge mispronouncing the name of a character from a movie (this episode's running gag), and Homer said, turning to Bart: "She is lucky she had got looks". It wasn't just the fact that Marge seemingly dropped in intelligence in Homer's eyes just because she mispronounced a strongman's name (what else could she drop in his eyes), but that it's a joke straight from S6E20, where Homer says almost the exact same thing. And let's be honest, the episode's structure echoes the formula of S7E25, where Lisa also found a group of friends, sacrificing her interest in her mother... but this formula, as we can see, turned out to be the most successful in the implementation of this episode!

I would've loved to see more interaction between Lisa and Homer or Bart. Seriously, I thought Bart would be helping Lisa steal things, which would've led to a lot more gags (given Bart's experience in these matters). So, all in all, this episode didn't thieve my thrifty expectations, but was able to make me laugh and surprise me. Enjoy watching, and don't forget to skip the commercials!

This episode was lighthearted and heartwarming the plot was somewhat interesting along woth its opening. While it was bland and predictable it was still entertaining. The simpsons have been going on for a while while i have been giving it a 6.5 for this particular one because it was okay for the simpsona decline lighthearted and nice along with being mudly engaging still bland and predictable without anything surprisng just like the older ones.

...but a good one exploring Marge & Lisa's relationship. I really liked that they are finally giving Lisa an edge, after all she's almost 40. I thought it was fascinating how Lisa was really enjoying the crime aspect. I'll always love a Lisa episode, and her becoming a more interesting and complicated person is really cool. A+

Seems to be a trend now where they start seasons with a totally dull episode that few fans would ever be interested in.

Lisa gets ever more irritating and boring with a voice that grates on even deaf people.

Why on earth do they think we would be entertained by this garbage over and over?

Lisa is a background character and should have remained there.

I haven't watched too much modern Simpsons, but I really liked this one. The lida-marge relationship here is really sweet, and the humor keeps up with it - highlights being the subplot of all fair men falling to the punching man show and Milhouse at the end. It's fairly sweet, humorous and we'll plotted, and as usual I enjoy Bart and Lisa acting like actual kids. It's a nice change of pace!

Great season opener, good overall episode. I'd recommend watching.