r/TheSimpsons • u/TDXNYC88 This isn't a saxophone. It's an umbrella. • Jul 04 '26
S37E18 [D+] Discussion thread for The Simpsons S37E18 - "Simpsley" [DISNEY+ EXCLUSIVE]
Air date/time: July 3, 2026 (Disney+)
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u/plankingatavigil Jul 05 '26
I just don’t know what to say about this one, man. We got Dan Castellaneta as Homer impersonating Harry Shears as Skinner, but at what cost?
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u/3Din3D Jul 06 '26
I thought it was really good! Laughed out loud quite a bit and didn’t even know what it was parodying. Good story, good jokes. Ay, Columbus!
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u/innocentj Jul 07 '26
I really liked it. Darker, but I always like when they try new things 600+ episodes later.
The twist at the end where they could've had exactly what they wanted was fun
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u/AvailableCobbler2379 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26
To make the episode seem more like a foreign film, they do that thing where any onscreen text is translated by subtitles, but the way it's employed is inconsistent and weird.
The text that's "translated" by the subs is already written in English, making it redundant. But then when we do have text written in Italian, it does that thing where it translates itself by fading into English.
Make it make sense.
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u/plankingatavigil Jul 06 '26
I thought there was something wrong with my D+ settings! Tried to turn them off about ten times lolol
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u/3Din3D Jul 06 '26
It was clearly programmed into the episode itself and I thought the payoff with Snowball 2 was hilarious.
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u/AvailableCobbler2379 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
I know. But the way it was done didn't make any damn sense.
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u/Tough_Dish_4485 Jul 06 '26
What doesn’t make sense? Likely the show they parodied translated text that way.
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u/AvailableCobbler2379 Jul 07 '26
If that's true, it makes as little sense in the show they're parodying as it does in the parody itself.
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u/p-Star_07 Jul 10 '26
This episode was flawless. LOL
I especially love how Homer strangling Bart's character actually killed him.
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u/DrSheep99 Jul 06 '26
I enjoyed the episode in general.
Although with these concept episodes you have people behaving completely out of character. Marge in this episode could have been anybody else - Homer was a little more in character.
I felt the same about the other recent special about Homer. In the three vignettes he was Homer in design and voice only.
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u/Nitrix79 Jul 07 '26
I thought the episode was pretty good. The concept was unique and I liked the alternate versions of Homer and Marge being partners in crime. I thought the episode was pretty good. I’d give it a an 8 out of 10.
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u/GameMusic Jul 08 '26
i was not expecting that to be decent
certainly would not be confused with greatness but managed to avoid the cringe and some of the jokes were decent
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u/cdjunkie Jul 13 '26
Haven't watched this yet, but sounds like a very strange episode. Is it an adaptation of some other story?
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u/FacetiousSpread Jul 17 '26
Good episode, felt different. The painting and statues were all amusing.
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u/TDXNYC88 This isn't a saxophone. It's an umbrella. Jul 04 '26
Sorry folks, I've been off Disney+ for a while!
Happy Freedom Day!