Well this has got to be one of the most disjointed episodes they've ever done. It didn't know if it wanted to be Burns' exposure to a modern 'politically correct world' story, or if it wanted to be Homer trying to live up to some kind of expectations for Lisa, or if it wanted to be an Ex Machina homage, or if it…

Exactly! Where Rumple is concerned I think they can flip his whole 'villains don't get happy endings' mantra on its head now. I think the moral to his story surely now has to be that he's actually right - no matter how much power, control, magic, and authority he takes, villains indeed don't get happy endings. The…

There's been ups and downs so far in Season 6, and more contrivances than you can shake a stick at. But it's at least a lot more fun than Season 5, which seemed determined to shove the show's own mythology up its own behind.

Michael York actually attended my secondary school here in the UK, and so me and my friends always had a bit of inevitable respect for his success. It took me by surprise to hear him cropping up in The Simpsons… admittedly I wish it had been in a better episode, but all the same it was fantastic to hear him once again.

I have to say that this was probably my favourite episode of the season, with the writers other credit being my second favourite. I hope she contributes more!

I felt that there was a horrific double standard going on with this to be honest, and the actress shouldn't have had to endure some of the utter vitriol that she did.

And I don't know if it's just me, but on a random note I felt Joanne's murder of the ice-powers kid around the mid-series was the most sadistic, malicious and creepy-for-the-wrong reasons scene that Heroes has ever done… keeping in mind we had Sylar slicing heads open for god knows how long!

Above all else, I think Heroes Reborn's biggest issue is one of identity. It never figured out what it was - was it a show with heroic leads, or an ensemble cast like it once was? Was it the first chapter of a new story, or an epilogue to the old one? Without answering these fundamental questions, the show consigned…

This episode just struck so many right notes. Season 26 was the most disappointing run of all for me last year, an all time low - the Moe/African princess episode was probably my favourite and you know that if it had been stuck in any of the first ten seasons it wouldn't have been held up as half-decent at all.

I think the word I always think of when thinking of the animation in the older seasons is 'exagerration'. The Simpsons is a cartoon, and it embraced that fact - it could have ever-so-brief off-model shots of the characters that completely exagerrated their emotions. Like how the Looney Tunes literally have eyes…

"you’re sick of your husband. But sometimes you’re afraid of losing him” - the husband is The Simpsons. Through thick, thin and quality non-existent I've stuck by The Simpsons. Season 26 was the biggest chore of all, and this looks set to continue that trend.

For me, Season 26 ranks as one of the weakest of all. There's the usually accepted common consensus that the show was best for around the first ten years or so. Most (though not all) will agree it declined from there. The thing is though that even when the show was probably at its most criticised, around the time it…

My opinion of The Simpsons has varied massively over the years. Seasons 1-8 are the highlight for me, Seasons 9-11 were okay, Seasons 12-16 were awful, Seasons 17-19 were very hit and miss, Seasons 20-25 weren't fantastic but were watchable. Season 26 has had a tonal shift again, and it's just bland. It's not funny,…

As someone who has enjoyed many latter-season episodes, and still watches quite enthusiastically I feel that Season 26 has been very weak. It's had its ups and downs even in later years, but Season 26 ranks among my least favourites. The African Princess episode is the only one I've really liked, though there have…