Stephen Colbert as Moriarty.

Even before the decline in comedy quality, I remember starting to get uncomfortable with the characterisation on the Simpsons. Homer went from being a lovable oaf to a really dark, antisocial creep. Bart's goals and dreams were constantly squashed fopr laughs, or to serve Lisa's character. And Marge was clearly just…

*Beyonce nods in approval*

You call this postum?

"And then I cut her in half. Ta-daaaaaa!"

I don't know; "Jerkass Homer" is pretty frightening. He cut Ray Patterson's brakes.

"Wash your hands, and get out."

"You take a white bed sheet, fold it in half…"

I always figure they hate Homer so much because they love Marge and want the best for her. Whether you think their mockery of Homer is misplaced or not depends on what you think of the quality of the marriage, but their hearts are kind of in the right place.

Yeah, I think about that a lot. There's been a lot of discussion in recent years about the way women are demanded to smile constantly whether they feel like it or not, and here's the Simpsons bringing it front and center in a mainstream sitcom way back in the 90s.

There are definitely episodes that suggest a dissatisfaction with life. In the episode about Lisa's sax she says that sometimes she just wants to scream, before changing the subject and saying she'll get started on dinner. And she's shown denial about who Homer is ("A whole different person, Lisa") before. I totally…

There's also the "let's make Bart's character development, skills and interests subordinate to Lisa's" episode.

"Hey Dad, why don't you tell us the story of how you met Mom in 2001?"

There's a scene in 'Spectre' where Bond is in the villain's clutches, and he's explaining what Spectre is while surrounded by a bunch of henchmen working on computers, who all stand to attention at once in a creepy way as he's talking. It made me imagine a scene where you see Team Rocket as a huge paramilitary…

"Gyarados? You had your chance at the cotillion, you."

Because they've developed sentience and gotten high paying jobs?

They're living together?

The most memorable part of 'Labyrinth' was attached to David Bowie.

"Pikachu, if someone asks you if you are a god, you say, 'Pika!'."

I can see it. Spider-Man's really pushing, giving it everything he's got. It's hard, so hard, but Spider-Man's not going to pull out. And then, in a final moment of release, he sprays her all over with his special stuff. And the villain, she really wasn't expecting to be pounded so bad, so she's just got this shocked…