Treehouse of Horror XVIII

With the exception of Treehouse of Horror XII (Season 13), this episode is easily the worst Treehouse of Horror of all time. No kidding. It's just a joke from start to finish. There's nothing good about it, there are no redeeming qualities to anything in it, it's just an implausible mess.

The first two episodes of Season 19 were poor, followed by two great episodes, followed by this joke of an episode. And I can tell you: I doubt anyone with even a shred of intelligence is laughing. Honestly Simpsons producers, don't insult us with this lazy excuse for an episode.

Segment 1 ("E.T. Go Home") - A shocking parody which occasionally takes a break from being boring and unfunny, and becomes nauseating. F

Segment 2 ("Mr. and Mrs. Simpson") - A decent parody of a stupid movie. The result? A stupid segment. - C-

Segment 3 ("Heck House") - Easily the most disjointed, badly-characterised segment of all of them. Also plagued with rigid, inexpressive animation. D-

Overall: F

The intro starts with Marge making some halloween pumpkin cupcakes and suddenly out of nowhere appears so many different characters from show annoying marge. The first segment called Et Go Home which is a common reference to Et The Extraterrestrial after Bart discovers an alien outside his yard, the second segment Mr and Mrs Simpson which is a common reference to the 2005 movie Mr and Mrs Smith after Homer and Marge try to kill each other and they end up causing a lot chaos and the final segment Heck House after Bart, Lisa Milhouse and Nelson play pranks on people Ned Flanders and the others citizens of Springfield teach the four of them a lesson. The ending was just the same music same as the treehouse of iv.

Treehouse of Horror XVII is a kinda bad. I have watched 5 other Season 19 episodes, 3 bad, 1 okay, 1 good, and 1 really good. This episode falls in the bad category. Treehouse of Horror XVII just have really unscary stories that, I gotta admit, it's kinda funny, but the segment are just, less entertaining. Like all the other Treehouse of Horrors were just more interesting. Let me review this three segments now.

Segment #1, E. T Go Home. This segment is probably the second best segment and the second worst segment. E. T Go Home is okay, but it really has nothing to do with Halloween and it just isn't that interesting. This is the first Kang and Kodos segment in a long time, so that makes it a bit more exciting. This segment is a meh segment. I give this a 5.4 out of 10

Segment #2, Mr. And Mrs. Simpson. This segment is actually okay. It has a lot of cool action scenes, and it is a bit funny, but this still doesn't have anything to offer. I give this a 6.2 out of 10

Segment #3, Heck House. This is my least favorite segment. Lisa acts like she tries to get the boys out of trouble when she really doesn't, and Flanders becomes evil, and it just happened in 6 minutes. I give this segment a 5.1 out of 10

In all, I give this Treehouse of Horror a 5.6 out of 10.

I actually really enjoyed this Halloween special. It had some really funny jokes, and I enjoyed all of the segments, despite the fact that some had nothing to do with Halloween. However with that said, this was still a great episode and the best Halloween special over the last few years. One thing that actually makes it better, is all the stories focus on the Simpsons family with no special guest stars. Also, although the two of the segments were parodies, at least they weren't nonstop montages, like last years.

The opening segment was actually quite good. Marge kills various Fox logos and makes it into bread. This was a surprisingly good opening!

The first segment, "ET: Go Home", is an obvious parody of E.T. starring Bart and Kang. Bart finds Kang in the backyard, but Kang isn't as peaceful as everyone thinks. It was a pretty good segment, but it wasn't great. It has some funny lines, and some good ol' Treehouse of Horror violence.

Segment number 2 does not fit in as a Halloween story, but it is violent. Marge and Homer are, unbeknown-st to each other, a pair of hit-people who are going for the same kill. When Marge gets the kill before Homer, they try to kill each other. This was by far the funniest of the segments, even though it didn't belong as a Halloween segment. Funny lines and great sight gags make this a solid second act to the show.

The final story, "Heck House" is about Bart, Lisa, Nelson and Milhouse playing pranks on Springfield, and only Ned Flanders, along with the help of God, can stop them. I really enjoyed this story, except for the abrupt and plain ending. Even though I said earlier I don't generally enjoy montages, the one in this episode was really funny, the best part being Nelson punching smiling Hans Moleman in the face. I found the joke that Homer got his head stuck up Plopper the pig's butt odd, but it was funny too.

This was by no means prefect, but it was a funny Halloween special and the best one in the last few years.

My rating: *** out of ****. 30 mins. TVPGDLVS