– It’s pretty incredible when the show retreads old jokes, because it presents the most clear-cut examples of how low things have fallen. Why am I still watching this? Am I out of my freaking mind? There’s no build, no purpose, it’s just a bunch of stuff that happens played in sequence that robs you of twenty minutes. Are we supposed to care about Homer leaving his father behind? That this new woman might break Abe’s heart? None of that matters. Then a bunch of stupid shit happens that is inconsequential and meaningless. Where are the jokes? We’re halfway through at this point, and is this the point of the episode? Abe reveling in the past? Didn’t we just have this with the subplot last season of him hallucinating old memories thanks to new pills? From there, he randomly meets an old Air Force buddy who convinces him to open a night club out of an old plane, and has an affair with a hot waitress. It even work fucking cites a medical study! This show is literally incapable of telling any story without painfully explaining everything that’s happening.
#Mr. burns slack jawed millionaires driver#
The driver than gives a long-winded explanation for this (“All our American cars were built before 1960, and studies show that exposure to objects from your youth can help you feel young again! A professor, Ellen Langer, did a study where seniors, exposed to culture from the 50s, became more vigorous and engaged!”) I had to write all that out just to show yes, that’s an actual, very real, very long piece of dialogue. Its owner offers to drive him around, and he feels as good as new. Can this be elaborated on a little more? But whatever, this plot “resolves” when Abe spies a classic 50s car and is twinged with nostalgia. At the VA hospital, a helpful stranger walks up and just starts talking about finding health care in Cuba, so it’s off to Cuba then! There, a local doctor tells Abe there’s nothing he can do like everyone else. Doctors keep saying, “There’s nothing I can do,” without really talking about what’s wrong with Abe or why they can’t do anything.
He appears tired and weak, sort of, through the rest of the act, and that’s about the extent of his condition. Take our first act where the Simpsons are alerted when they find out the urine stain on the rug actually came from Abe. The reaction: For as much over explanation and excess expositing this show spews on a weekly basis, there are also many points where important details are barely discussed at all. He ends up thriving in his new environment, and opens up a night club with an old Air Force buddy. The premise: The Simpsons take Abe to Cuba in seek of better medical care.
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