This The Simpsons review contains spoilers.
The Simpsons Season 33 Episode 12
After 33 seasons, and now 12 episodes, The Simpsons is an institution in TV comedy. It was once the new brat, spray-painting its tag all over the Springfield at the heart of every American state. Now the series is the elder states-drawing. The kind on the comfortable couch, dust-busting dad-cheese from burp clouds. The long-running Sunday night cartoon family has been accused of slowing down with age, retreading old plots, and cleaning up its act while smoothing the animation. “Pixelated and Afraid” steers straight into the rut, with a completely sweet episode fraught with well-drawn terrors.
Lisa’s initial declaration to fix her parents’ marriage is a minor irritant, with Bart speaking for the audience. But the flashforward to introducing future dates to Captain Underpants during a “21 Days in a Swamp” marathon makes even the intervention worthwhile. There is nothing more frightening than couch love.
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