#TheSimpsons Treehouse of Horror XIV
Season 14: Two great segments bookending a so-so entry. Reaper Madness and Stop the World were a return to inspired and hilarious form.
Favorite line – Homer: "I'll curb him, without enthusiasm." pic.twitter.com/R33i3u0mN3— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴☠️ (@BaronDestructo) April 23, 2023
#TheSimpsons Treehouse of Horror XVI Season 17: Another mixed bag. B.I. was my favorite, but I felt all three segments ended weakly.
Favorite line – Apu: "Ha ha! You can't kill a Hindu!" Immediately gets caught in a trap after reincarnating into a rabbit: "Help me, Jesus!" pic.twitter.com/ppPVHqQrNf— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴☠️ (@BaronDestructo) April 24, 2023
#TheSimpsons Treehouse of Horror XVIII
Season 19: Mr. and Mrs. Smith is the weak link here whereas E.T., Go Home really harkens back to the show's glory days.
Favorite line – Homer: "Wait a minute. Why am I getting a word in edgewise?" pic.twitter.com/ESbBQHW0gE— Joseph Mallozzi 🏴☠️ (@BaronDestructo) April 24, 2023
Do you realize you critique everything? 🙂
Yes. As a writer, I can’t help myself.
Watching three episodes a day is challenging! How do you do it?
I agree that the endings are the weakest part of the stories. It’s like they’re trying to avoid the “and everybody dies a horrible death” ending but can’t think of anything else.
I’m finding most of the stories aren’t very “Halloweeny” and are more like ideas they’ve come up with in the writers room over the years that they can’t work into a canon episode so they shoehorn it into a Halloween anthology instead.
I’m being harsh, though. They’re a billion times more creative than I am!