lol I clocked the bad guy the moment he showed up. I didn’t know exactly why he was the bad guy or what he was doing to the poor kid, but I knew he was the perp from the start. Honestly, I don’t have a lot to say about this episode.

I’m rewatching S17 and I just wish we still had some of that magic , clever cases, detectives with personality, more action in the courtroom. And especially, I miss the Liv from those seasons. The Liv who was empathetic but just the right amount, good with the victims without loosing perspective, the one who was badass without constantly making stupid decisions (well… not as many).

I read somewhere that Liv in the recent seasons is more focused on the victims and the aftermath, and yeah, I can see that. I love Liv, I really, really do, and I know there is no SVU without her, but I’m getting tired of the whole saint Olivia act. In this episode, the victim was scared and overwhelmed, and when he asked, “Who do I have?” Olivia answered, “You have me!!” And I was like, no lady, he doesn’t have you , he doesn’t even know you that well!

But whatever. At least Carisi was there, looking pretty and dilfy af, acting like the grumpy ADA , probably to balance Olivia out.

Please don't mind me, it was either watch this episode or the one where we lost Mike Dodds 🥲.

Synopsis: The Simpsons go to Dizzneeland, but the fail to have any fun on the many, many rides they go on. Bart finds a cool looking ride that just opened with no lines. The Simpsons go to ride it, but once they are half way through the ride, they realize that it is a space ship and that they have left Earth. It is Kang and Kodos who abducted the Simpsons and reassures them that nothing bad will happen.

Kang and Kodos bring the Simpsons to their home planet of Rigel Seven and show them what life is like on the planet. They want to show the Simpsons life on Rigel Seven because they plan on never letting them leave. Kang and Kodos put the Simpsons in a zoo and they are told that one of the family members will be eaten, but the family must choose which one. The family takes a vote and everyone chooses Homer.

There is a huge sacrifice ceremony for Homer and right when he is about to be eaten he gets transported elsewhere. The rest of the Simpsons are imprisoned while the aliens try to figure out where Homer is. Meanwhile, Homer is in a cave with some hippie aliens who call themselves The Resistance. The Resistance is throwing a large underground party, but interrupt it so they can learn about Earth’s culture from Homer. The aliens don’t understand the feelings of spousal and familial love and is surprised when Homer asks about saving his family. The Resistance promises to send Homer back to Earth and have a one man space shuttle where if Homer concentrated he would get everything he wanted.

Homer goes back to save his family, but as consequence all of the Simpsons must be sacrificed. As ritual states, the queen takes the first bite of Homer’s ass, which he doesn’t even notice is taken off of him. All of the fast food that the family eats is poisonous, and the queen dies from the meat. All of the Simpsons are spit out as a result. Maggie flies the Simpsons home, and the aliens promise by the time they land on Earth they won’t remember a thing. 

Beset Quote: “My cartoons weren’t good, they were just first!” - Mickey Mouse

The Verdict: This episode was definitely and interesting take on a normal Simpsons episode. The story line was a like a long format of Treehouse of Horror, but not quite. How the episode poked fun at Disneyland was funny, because a lot of it was true. The beginning was done up with some real good haw-haw moments. Once the story line switched to the outer space chapter it took a bit of a turn. There were so many references it was hard to keep up; The Matrix, Star Trek, Hunger Games, etc. The feel good moments of Homer choosing his family and changing the slip of paper to his name were good, but they could have been stronger. And although there were some real star haw-haw moments, like when the queen passed away to last hearing Bart’s words “I don’t see any breasts” once she admitted she had always been self-conscious of their size, they were a little too far and between for the ending. Overall, I really liked the idea of a non-typical Simpsons episode, but I would have liked to see it go further. It was a good dry run, and I encourage the writers to try again.