Rate and Review: "Lisa Goes Gaga" (PABF14)

[The Angry Animated Comedy Nerd]

Also, I don't get why a number like nearly five million is small. Sounds like a lot of fucking people to me.

Sorry for the double post..

I forgot to mention that number is so small in fact.. this episode joins the ranks of the top five lowest rated episodes of all time!

The new record 5 least-watched episodes of all time:

1. “Ned ‘N Edna’s Blend” (season 23) – 4.00 million
2. “The Daughter Also Rises” (season 23) – 4.33 million
3. “The Spy Who Learned Me” (season 23) – 4.74 million
4. "Lisa Goes GaGa" (season 23) – 4.79 million
5. “Beware My Cheating Bart” (season 23) – 4.86 million
6. “How I Wet Your Mother” (season 23) – 4.96 million

[|Mr.Sparkle|]

I watched this episode this morning and maybe it was because I generally do not watch tv in the morning and am more easily entertained in the early hours of the day but I really enjoyed it. I am not a fan of Lady Gaga but I don't despise her, I simply just don't listen to radio music (I cant stand the commercials so if I'm in the car I always just listen to either NPR or podcasts), anyways I found this episode hilarious, one of the best episodes of the season for sure (though I can't say I've seen every episode this year). I found lots of Lady Gaga's lines very funny and found myself laughing out loud at many points in this episode. What I liked most about this episode was how Lisa acted, she was much more believable childish little girl than her usual liberal talk board self that she has been in quite a few episodes in the past handful of seasons, the Lisa in this episode I really felt like harked back to earlier seasons of her and was much more relatable to. If you are a Lady Gaga fan (which from reading through the posts in this thread it seems almost none of you are) I can't image that this episode wouldn't be an amazing episode for you, but even for all us nonfans I really think you should be able to unblind yourself from the hate (seriously what's so bad about Lady Gaga, she is just the modern Madonna, though I'm guess you all hate her too?) and enjoy the show, anyways I still would rate this episode a 5/5 by this seasons standards, definitely one of the best episodes this season.

[bradbradford]

Ratings wise...to be fair it was agains those awful Billboard Awards and for some reason people flock to that stuff. Also, I feel like many Gaga fans are people who would watch that stuff....So, yeah. Kind of makes sense.

[leprechaun_dan]

i was makin a point chillax bro, wasnt gettin all sexual wtf

Yeah, but that's what you made it seem like. Sounded like you were complaining about it

[Üter]

I don't understand the poll.. Everyone is voting 0/5 but that's at the top and says its on fire.. so does that mean 5/5?

and what does 6/5 mean?

[Mr. Krikt]

I don't understand the poll.. Everyone is voting 0/5 but that's at the top and says its on fire.. so does that mean 5/5?

and what does 6/5 mean?

It says literally on fire.

[bhartman36]

I have to admit, I had forgotten about the rag episode. So I guess this wasn't the worst of the season, after all.

[Jesse Pinkman]

5/5 being "very very cold" means you're the farthest away from the "right" option, the 0/5; which is apparently "on fire."

it's basically like the "hot/cold game" where you're trying to find something; when you're "cold" you're far away but when you are close/right by it you'r "on fire."

[MagicalManFromHappyLand]

I knew exactly what to expect going into this episode, and surprisingly enough it was the worst episode ever.
I'm not a huge fan of Lady Gaga to begin with, but this whole episode was just like one massive indulgence for her, every scene with her in it showed how she was such a free spirited, party animal, sex goddess who everybody adores.
What annoyed me most about the indulging of Gaga was how often they made some reference to her being attractive, for a woman who isn't inherently overly attractive and who many people don't find attractive at all, it certainly felt unnatural. I also hated how everyone loved Lady Gaga, Lisa loves Gaga? Really? Old Jewish Man loves her too? Sure. Mr Burns loves her? I doubt he'd even know who she is.
Aside from all that there wasn't a hell of a lot of plot either - they spent about 5 minutes showing clips of wacky stuff going on Gaga's train, had an awful song about why Lady Gaga is great and she loves her monsters, that's about half the episode gone.
Then they have a couple quick scenes of Lady Gaga trying to help Lisa, it almost seems like they're trying to take the piss out of her a bit here but they interrupt every joke they make about her to have someone but in and say why she's great.
Lisa then suddenly decides that Gaga gives people ambitions they can never hope to achieve, then Lisa suddenly realises becomes happy and confident because she can say the good stuff about herself out loud, not that she's learnt what's good about her, just that she can say it out loud.


To conclude, 0/5, worst episode ever - this is going on my "Never watch again" list.

[The Governor]

^^^What!? How dare you! If you vote lower than 3/5, you're not open minded enough to enjoy the show! Vote 0-2/5, and we'll know who the BIG monsters are!

[Oh, that's raspberry!]

Heh, I just noticed arctic is spelled wrong in the poll options.

[The Governor]

One last thing from the DHS:




Also, on the AV club these were the best revies:

"There are so many things wrong with this episode that I don't know where to begin listing them off. The whole episode is nothing more than a thinly veiled excuse to get Lady Gaga in. They decide that she's a saint or something and everything she does it perfect. There's no joke behind it, she's just a perfect human being who goes from city to city making people happy. It's bullshit. It's not The Simpsons if they do stuff like that.

Lisa's issue with cyber-bullying and not being popular has been done how many times now? How many times has she learned that she just needs to be herself? Thinking of classic Simpsons I can picture the lessons learned from Bleeding Gums Murphy and her substitute teacher, along with many more. They take all development and throw it out the window to make the plot work with Lady Gaga. And then after she's rejected Lady Gaga's aforementioned bullshit, what does she do? She realizes, yeah, you're right Lady Gaga, I should stop worrying about all of this and follow you! I love you Lady Gaga! You've made me happy again! All of my problems are solved because of your effort! It's pathetic.

Gaga's interactions with others were awkward, uninspired, and there only to give her more to do and to fill their 22 minutes. Flanders decides to scold Lady Gaga on her sluttiness and she talks about how she's talking about how everyone is beautiful and then she explicitly fucking compares herself to Jesus. As Gabriel Chase commented, the scene has no pay-off, no punchline, and feels incredibly awkward. A prime example of Flanderization. Her and Marge... she just kisses Marge? Why? What's the point? Is it funny because she's a lesbian and it seems edgy? Why the fuck is there a watermark appearing at the button left of the screen telling me to immortalize the moment in a tweet with the hashtag #GagaKissedMarge? It's a sad reflection on the quality of the show that something like that is supposed to excite the viewers and get them to talk about it on the internet. The #GagaExpress too.

And I see people on here praising the costumes as a redeeming factor, but it's just a further circlejerk about Lady Gaga and her expansive waredrobe and her ability to cure leprosy. You say that it's nice that The Simpsons decided to give her a full role and not to just shoehorn her in, but we ended up with this utter piece of shit by allowing her to have the leading role this episode. There was not a single redeeming factor in this episode. This sets a new standard for bad television."

and...

"This seems like as good a place as any for this: Fuck Lady Gaga. I wouldn't care if she was just seen as a mediocre pop musician who combined the Madonna schtick with Bjork's wardrobe, but the fact that she "inspires" her fans is retarded.

That's right, i am angry about the (possibly) positive effect she has on people, because that means those people must be incredbily insipid and unispired. Bland dance-music plus fashion-school dropout on mescaline is not a statement of individuality or creativity. And i don't get the whole LGBT thing, because Gaga just seems to push the buttons of homophobes and misogynists, which is not empowering or challenging, its just "freaking out the norms" without any meaningful qualities. She has no substance.

Why do people always mistake random stupidity for creativity? Just because something is different or unexpected doesn't make it interesting or original. If i paint myself gold and run around naked singing out of tune nonsense, am i genius? No it means i am either crazy, or to lazy to actually create or achieve something to get attention.

The description of this episode is depressing, because Lisa Simpson was correct to be not be impressed or inspired by Gaga. Lisa has met real musicians, read great writers and learned lessons about self-expression. She is smarter than this.

Nice to hear this episode ackowledges the people who have to make Gaga's clothes, they are the only ones doing any work. And i don't mean good work, just work."

[Oh, that's raspberry!]

Well this thread suddenly got remarkably bad....

[The Governor]

8:00PM; CBS 60 Minutes 10.128

Al's trying to negotiate the guest starring of the 60 Minutes's stopwatch to appear in S24.
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[zach]

...deleting...

[Handsome B. Wonderful]

Holy shit, Zombies has been "Replying to thread" for like a century. I'm expecting a great wall of China text about me and a 1.2/10 at the end of it.

[Sinister Burns]

From what I've seen, people who watched it expecting it to be the worst episode ever came out with exactly that opinion.

[Zombies Rise from the Sea]

Lisa Goes Gaga

And so this is how Season 23 ends... with a terrible episode. There was considerable negativity towards this episode before the episode aired, I mean Lady Gaga as a guest star, a psychic force? Lisa with Lady Gaga? there was tons of things to hate. During the time leading up to the airing, there were people saying that this might not be as terrible as everybody thinks, that this might actually be decent; well I just watched the episode and it's terrible.

One of the things that make it terrible is Gaga itself, not my opinion of her as a person (I personally think "The Fame" is a good album but her overexposure on the internet is making me a bit wary to listen to her recent work.) but her presentation in the episode. It almost seems like the show is aware that it's trying to pimp out a guest star, trying ever so hard to get those ratings... Just focus at Gaga; don't focus on the extravagance, don't focus on the over-the-topness and the costume changes, just focus on Gaga; she seems to be strutted around like she's the star of the month, something that will hopefully gain ratings while tricking people into thinking that the Simpsons are still as relevant as ever (it failed. 4.79 million viewers.) and it shows from her mostly weak voice acting to her attempt to be the equivalent of Michael Jackson in "Stark Raving Dad", they're just egging her on; praising her as if she's the next best thing because she's Lady Gaga for gods sake, people really need to learn how not to become starstruck to the point where it affects their work ethic. There is some satire around her but most of it has to do with the over-the-topness, extravagence, her super-stardom (note how everybody in Springfield arrives to cheer her on.) and her various costumes; those things are only skimming the water when it comes to Gaga, I mean there is stuff like her albums, production style, her need to be something more after "The Fame"... While some of that stuff is mentioned, it isn't given the depth that is truly scathing or even mocking (even the name of her record label is the same in real life, couldn't think of a parody label huh?); even the Madonna comment is treated like something that's commonplace. Weird Al did the best parody of Gaga in my opinion, it may not have been impressive when compared to his previous work but compared to this, it's a masterpiece and as a plus he had the decency to not do a parody of Poker Face because he knew what the result would be; while his Alpocalypse album may have been disappointing, I have much more admiration for his Gaga parody after watching this episode.

It is said that there is a Lisa in this episode that is not a PC thug, that is not overly political and is just an 8-year old girl in the fashion of the classic era; I couldn't find that Lisa. While there is an 8-year old Lisa in that episode, a lot of her performance feels forced; hell, everything about the episode seems to be trying to get an emotional rise out of people. I realize that may seem a bit harsh but to me, true emotion comes when the plot coherently states out what the person is feeling, investing the person in the character to the point where he feels the same way the character is feeling; it's also something where seeing people cry, emotional music and even the dialog which helps set the mood. You can have a person cry and be emotional but it'll never truly be emotional unless the episode sets up that proper moment, which it does not do. It tries to set itself around the whole "unpopular girl" thing but the whole thing almost seems condescending and mean. Cartoonnetwork mentioned that there was something that happened at his school where they tried to make the unpopular kid popular by naming him publicly; now they could of done something similar to South Park but instead they just do the whole "it's cruel to be the most unpopular girl in school" routine where even the principal doesn't feel for her, and that's bad because it's not making us feel Lisa, it's forcing us to feel for Lisa.

There isn't much to Lisa beyond being sad and depressed and wanting to be alone; I will admit that Yardley Smith's acting is better then usual but she doesn't set up the opportunity to truly make the character's emotion ultimately connect to the situation at hand which in my opinion was needed because having Lisa act mopy without a sense of common ground can only get you so far. Lisa's emotion no matter how emotive it may be ultimately becomes a empty shell, a shell which gives the illusion that it adds something to the episode. There is also something to be said about consistency, I mean throughout the episode Gaga is trying to help Lisa (with scenes reminiscent of those PSA's you see on TV) and there is barely any grounding through the scenes, in one Gaga is trying to sympathize with Lisa and make her feel special while in the next, she's telling her what to do; there's barely any hint to her actions and her personality at hand, which is important because Gaga's personality could actually help Lisa's emotive state throughout the episode and it would actually make the scene where Lisa tells Gaga off more involving instead of something that just tries to take shots at the things which the writers think Gaga is doing. (the whole Ambitions and social acceptance thing is something that I don't think is tied to Gaga as a whole.) Additionally there is a sudden change of emotion near the end of the episode where Lisa suddenly becomes happy after halfheartedly listening to her father, while I admit that having the "tell off" scene be seemingly planned is somewhat clever; I felt like there was a missed oppertunity for Homer & Lisa in regards to the "tell off" scene, it may be cliche but Homer could of given a speech about how letting off steam in front of a celebrity could do wonders, that would of been better then the confused Homer speech that we got and it would of done wonders for the plot. Instead of having a realization and a decent ending, we instead have a sudden change in emotion that's the opposite of what the people intended and leaves us scratching our heads in confusion. Lisa's emotion could of been something that was powerful but instead it's something that's used as a crutch, seemingly forced down our throats at every intersection.

Because it's Lady Gaga, music obviously plays a part and the songs featured aren't impressive. The songs here seem like something that is lifted off of Lady Gaga's next studio album rather then Simpsons songs that were created for the episode. (the revelation that Tim Long wrote these lyrics leaves me to believe that he should just quit the Simpsons and join Lady Gaga's entourage as a song writer, I mean the lyrics he wrote for the songs is decent and "Monster" could easily fit into "Born this Way 2") It's kind of creepy actually to hear songs that seemingly promote an artists albums, this goes against everything that The Simpsons is known for and makes it look like a promotional tool for this one artists; songs in the Simpsons are supposed to be either decent homages or saterical, not something that reminds you to buy his/her's next album. Lisa's song at the end is more Simpsony but it still sucks, the lyrics relating to her stuff about NPR and Solar Cars and Milhouse feels as cluttered as that song featured in "Elementary School Musical"; Yeardly Smith's singing like her acting is also decent but I'd like to believe that's because of the auto-tune used on her vocals; I mean auto-tune can be used to make anybody sound good by correcting the errors made by the vocalist, they could of used it on Yeardly Smith to make her sound amazing. I would be surprised if it was revealed she didn't use auto-tune but what I heard from her screams auto-tune. I also take offense to the fact that it was used to close out the episode and make her super popular, did we really need that?

I will admit that some of the jokes in this episode are decent but then again "Trash of the Titans" had decent jokes and that episode was mostly terrible, decent jokes an episode does not save. Gaga's plane bit, Incognito appearence (mainly for the suddenness of it) and Lady ZhaZha are ones that I liked in the episode and it does show that the Simpsons writers do have some idea of what's funny and what's not but as I said before, it does not save the episode and it certainly doesn't make up for the tons of bad jokes that are in this episode; the various things that Springfield does don't seem appealing, in fact aiming towards a younger demographic can have the opposite effect of what's intended; especially when Burns is knocked down by a piece of graffiti. Cletus's alcohol gag is good but they ruin it by having it go on for too long, which is unfortunately common. Moe and Gaga is not as funny as everybody makes it out to be; in fact it reminds me of a similar gag who's humor I do not get where Matt Groening's birthplace is destroyed by homer, both scenes male people laugh but the reason for that is unclear, that is a bad thing. Gaga kissing Marge is terrible, I don't know what they were going for when they were doing this; shock value, awesomeness, spontaneity, but it's not funny and they don't even bother to even try to give an explanation, just cutting to Homer telling us that it was funny, bleh. Homer's eating Gaga's meat suit was painful, it's like the show is trying to mock it only to end up honoring and homaging it. Again, there are some bright spots and these people do know comedy but if that comedy is in such a terrible episode, does it really matter at all?

I know you people don't want to see this season end in a terrible note (especially with all of the bad episode this season has had.) and I know you people want to see a good episode (or even mediocre one) but to trick yourselves into thinking that it's better then it was, that's not the way to do it. Episodes like this are the reason why the Simpsons is in the gutter today; plots that seem to be deep but are ultimately shallow, the overabundance of guest stars, the overreliance of jokes that don't seem true to the Simpsons, the reliance of moments (Bart in "A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do" comes to mind.) that are grand in nature and the performance of characters who while showing emotion ultimately come across as hollow. I could keep criticizing that these episode keep getting made but the only reason why they keep getting made is because we watch them and I'm not doubting your reasons for watching, I'm doubting how people can judge the supposed stuff that's shown as wonderful, especially the emotional moments. This is nothing more than an long-running animated sitcom where it's staff just seem to be stuck in their own celebrity fame-struck world, focusing on the stuff that they think makes an episode rather then what truly makes an episode. I can understand your emotional investment to the series and I can understand why you'd want to see more but there isn't more, Tim Long (who wrote this episode) is an overrated writer who's only good thing he's done was introduce me to Al Jarreau through his mention of the "Mornin'" music video and no amount of praise will ever change that. People complain that the Simpsons are in a rut, even the people who like the Simpsons episode think more can be done. What can be done? well showing to the production staff that we won't stand for episodes like this; episodes that showcase the lack of creativity and effort The Simpsons now stand for. I don't have anything against the people who like these episodes but ask yourself this, do you desire more from them then what you get now?

1.0/10

[Dobbie]

I got to watch it!

You could actually feel apathy towards Lisa in this one and I liked her characterization in this one. Although the reason for why it happened was ridiculous. Skinner giving out awards for popularity contests and not knowing about children? Yeah, right..and I haven't got to the point about the psychic powers yet - possibly the worst 'story continuity' in the show's history. Why give her powers when they had so many other possibilities of the two meeting up?! Absolutely ridiculous.

Otherwise you get an episode full of cringeworthy gags and kissing Gaga's butt. Is anyone supposed to find the 'fop, fop, fop' thing funny? Or Moe getting hit by a train? Homer Face? Grandpa being carried by birds? The message board digs? Gaga in general (The train, the dancers, the narrator, her songs)? Is this really suppose to be smart, ground-breaking satire? This is the one of the rare episodes were I didn't laugh once, not even a chuckle, which is bizarre as an episode is capable of producing a small meaningful moment today but this one was dry in that department. The first 10 minutes of the episode was so flat and amazingly terrible and un-Simpsons like it was almost the best joke of the episode!

You then get Homer acting like a child and somehow 'fix' the issue and the Lisa-Gaga combo was rushed and never got anywhere except for the precious guest star feeling bad about her failure. Yawn...

1/5. This was really bad, and I mean really bad. The fact that they decided to end the season with this garbage is quite frankly astonishing. The only thing that saved it from a big fat zero was the fact that Lisa was acceptable and felt like an human character unlike her fellow characters and I didn't mind the Lisa song (in fact I kinda liked it!).

The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed is the still the biggest crap the show has produced though.

[Diversity Pumpkin]

Who's Lady Gaga?

[The Governor]

What can be done? well showing to the production staff that we won't stand for episodes like this; episodes that showcase the lack of creativity and effort The Simpsons now stand for. I don't have anything against the people who like these episodes but ask yourself this, do you desire more from them then what you get now?

At this stage in the game, fawning praise is the only thing they seem to pay attention to.

Constructive critique? ---> Nope, we're an award winning show, why the fuck do we need pay attention to you people or your advice?

Scathing reviews? --> Ha, you're just an angry, fatass, live at home nerd.

Lower ratings? --> People just don't watch it live anymore. Ratings don't mean a thing (unless they go up).

Is the show going to end? --> Nope, the next season is as good as any since season 3.

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But because Fox likes money and Al and Tim think they're awesome, this episode was made. Filled with pandering guest star to make another shitty product to sell to the mindless Gaga loving masses.

[bomberswarm2]

I don't belive it , but someone actully game this craphole a good review.
http://www.tvequals.com/2012/05/21/t...s-gaga-review/
"Lady Gaga took The Simpsons by storm – a diamond teardrop, glitter-infused storm. Upon learning that Springfield was home of the tomb of the unknown mascot and had the lowest self-esteem of any place on the planet, Gaga decided that it was her solemn duty as a celebrity to provide some temporary cheer to the town.

Meanwhile, Springfield Elementary was holding its annual popularity awards. I loved the look of shock and excitement on Bart’s face when he won a popularity award. Did he actually kiss Lisa? I also liked the nice little dig at Glee the writers worked into the bit. Sadly, Bart’s joy was a short-lived triumph for The Simpsons as Lisa was officially named the most unpopular student at Springfield Elementary. Surely Milhouse can’t be more popular than Lisa, right? In an effort to boost her spirits, Lisa created an anonymous id on the Springfield Elementary message board in an effort to improve her reputation. Unfortunately, Bart discovered her secret and outed her to the school as the “Truth Teller” whose pro-Lisa messages boosted her popularity. Nelson’s chastising and comparison of Lisa’s actions to his mother sticking money in her own g-string at the strip club was hilarious.

I loved Marge and Homer’s futile attempts to cheer Lisa up. “Wanna honk your jazz tube?” So wrong but so Homer. Lady Gaga arrived just in the nick of time to help Lisa salvage her integrity. Clad in a dress made of Grammy awards, Gaga reminded the Springfield monsters that they were beautiful to her in a song full of theatricality. Unfortunately, Gaga’s musical demonstration of love was not enough to cheer Lisa up, which set off Gaga’s “suffering senses.”

Surprisingly, Homer finally got through to Lisa and she realized how therapeutic it was to take out her frustrations on Gaga. Way to go Lisa for getting off that one-way train to marrying Milhouse!

Other favorite moments from The Simpsons . . .

– “He’s a dumb kid but an above-average dog.” I missed Ralph this season and hope that we will get more of this wonderfully entertaining, sweet yet peculiar Springfield Elementary student next season.

– “It takes a lot of courage to say nice things anonymously.” Check out Twitter and you’ll learn the irony and truthfulness of this wise statement by Marge.

– The bit with Cleetus and his family (including a baby in the womb) vowing to give up alcohol.

– I enjoyed Maggie dressed up as “Baby Goo Goo” as well as her attempt to cheer up her older sister with her beloved pacifier.

– I was more shocked that Marge admitted she did not care for the saxophone than her kiss with Gaga.

Lady Gaga helped The Simpsons end its 23rd season on a memorable note. What did you think of the finale? Sound off below."

*I see they noticed my earlier point.

[Dandu386]

This episode is probably the worst I have ever seen. I never liked most Lisa centric episodes, and this is no exception. The story was weak, there was hardly any jokes. One scene made me realize how bad the show has become, a simple scene with Grandpa seeing Lady Gaga for the first time.

Grandpa: It's Lady Gaga!

In my version, or if it was written during a good season, Grandpa would say:

Grandpa: Say! It's Mae West!

Now that's funny. I can go on all about whats wrong with this episode. Lisa's behavior near the end is downright maniacal, Lady Gaga was a weak and unfunny guest star, the song made me cringe. It was god awful. As one user stated -1989/5.

[The Governor]

Grandpa said "Lady Zsa Zsa", as in Zsa Zsa Gabor from about 50 years ago. I'm not sure what meds their giving Gramps or if it's the senility, but even if he thought that was Zsa Zsa he'd be pretty out of it to not notice she's looking spry for a woman in her 80's.

[Homer I Am]

You people disgust me. Get a life. And learn to enjoy your meat dress.

You're a little monster, a troll type of monster though.

DON'T RUN AWAY MOE! I DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT!

[Mr. Krikt]

While some of that stuff is mentioned, it isn't given the depth that is truly scathing or even mocking (even the name of her record label is the same in real life, couldn't think of a parody label huh?); even the Madonna comment is treated like something that's commonplace.

Were they required to namedrop the label? It felt out of place to me and the joke that followed felt like they were trying to cover it up somewhat.

Additionally there is a sudden change of emotion near the end of the episode where Lisa suddenly becomes happy after halfheartedly listening to her father, while I admit that having the "tell off" scene be seemingly planned is somewhat clever; I felt like there was a missed oppertunity for Homer & Lisa in regards to the "tell off" scene, it may be cliche but Homer could of given a speech about how letting off steam in front of a celebrity could do wonders, that would of been better then the confused Homer speech that we got and it would of done wonders for the plot

Note that your solution would have avoided Lisa's need to actually state what's changed and why she feels differently.

I also take offense to the fact that it was used to close out the episode and make her super popular, did we really need that?

I find it pathetic. It comes out of nowhere, makes no sense and paves over the actual problems Lisa had. All the kids are watching her handily, meaning that her teasing is no longer a problem, apparently.

[Zombies Rise from the Sea]

Note that your solution would have avoided Lisa's need to actually state what's changed and why she feels differently.

Noted. I was thinking about the transition to Lisa's emotive state and how it worked of worked in regards to the plot when I was writing that.

I doubt there was any better solution that I could come up with; I mean Lisa does credit her change to blowing off steam in front of Gaga and the solution sort of fits in with that (because the Homer scene isn't even referenced at all during that time.). I was just listing what could of been done, the solution can go any way in the hands of a writer.

[biffwestwood]

Al's trying to negotiate the guest starring of the 60 Minutes's stopwatch to appear in S24.
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The stopwatch better break before Al does that.

[Squiggy]

"a watermark appearing at the button left of the screen telling me to immortalize the moment in a tweet with the hashtag #GagaKissedMarge? It's a sad reflection on the quality of the show that something like that is supposed to excite the viewers and get them to talk about it on the internet. The #GagaExpress too.[/QUOTE]

That didn't happen, at least not as part of the episode. If you saw those things it was something your local TV station did.

[CousinMerl]

I saw this one the other day and I thought it was okay; Gaga's role in the episode was as I expected and the plot was alright (I liked that they explored how lonely Lisa is even if it wasn't pulled off perfectly). The episode wasn't really too funny but there were some amusing moments so it wasn't that bad, even though it overall was mediocre (another thing is that I am sure that they made the episode ridiculous and over the top on purpose, which was a thought I got while watching).

2.5/5