>>76935069Your taste sucks.
Reminder that when people say "The first 10 seasons of the Simpsons were great, then it sucked!", they're only saying it because 10 is a nice, round, milestone-y number. S10, if anything, is where the show died, not afterward. Viva Ned flanders is where they jumped the shark.
For starters, it completely ruins Ned's character, not only by revealing his age as 60, but having him want to be more exciting. Homer was a jerk to Ned throughout and the Vegas wife 3rd act was a poor attempt to parody (?) "Friends". Throughout the entire thing, there's not even one decent joke that can keep you pre-occupied during this really dull travesty of an episode. In fact, I can't even recall ONE attempt at a joke, even a decent one, it was just a poor quality episode that had one of the worst plots ever.
The entire opening scenes just switch from completely confusing and unrelated things. Casino explodes, garage, Homer grilling on the roof, Ned's 60... they all just come out of the blue, and the fact there's no jokes to make you forget that it's completely random doesn't help at all. Not to mention we finish this trash-TV-style episode with a personal favourite of Scully: a Homer (and Ned) pain gag.
I'd much rather be raped by a zebra with a hat on, than sit through this utter piece of garbage. The show has wasted 21 minutes of my life and I feel violated.
