The spoof on The Da Vinci Code was an instant classic. It was way more enjoyable then the last episode. The total eclipse of the sun was taking place in Springfield and unfortunately Marge was a casualty after she had given up her solar viewer to Homer after he and Bart destroyed his. Of course, Marge had decided to look at the raw solar eclipse anyways, burning her eyes and forcing Homer to take charge of the home.
The Simpson kitchen is infested by rats, so Homer decided to take Maggie and their dog to the pest control store to buy some poison. In a period of a few short minutes, Homer had taken his daughter into a chemical store, driven off the road and left Maggie unattended. This is some lack of parenting skills.
Other then the obvious parenting atrocities this episode also shows Lisa in a different light. Because she’s usually the educated and intelligent one, she naturally assumes that in the end of the episode that she is the chosen one. She even manipulated a clue to suit her ego-centric wish even though the first word in the sentence made no logical sense. I thought this was rather funny because she’s usually the methodical one, but this time the Simpsons chose to make fun of her for trying to be perfect all the time.
In the end, Maggie is pronounced the savior of Springfield but Marge refuses to let her daughter go. Naturally, the end of the episode needed to end comically and Bart took the throne and well… all hell broke loose.
This episode wasn’t just about social commentary, because the ideas weren’t through as much as usual. This episode was plain and simple enjoyment with little thinking, unless you tried to solve the clues (which I didn’t) that presented themselves before commercial break.
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