I did not like this episode. I can see the concept of this episode working, but this episode was nothing but depressing. Homer's mom returns (again), and Homer is a complete and total jerk to her, which is kind of understandable at this point, she keeps coming and disappearing again by the end of the episode, re-opening old wounds every single time, especially seeing as she just vanished from Homer's life when he was 12. That must have been very hard for him, and she waltzes back into his life 27 years later, then keeps disappearing and re-appearing again. I can see why Homer is the way he is this time around. He doesn't want to get hurt again.
Homer's mom promises she's staying this time around. Homer understandably doesn't believe her. Anyway, Homer realizes eventually to give her another chance. He goes downstairs with an apology card and..... she's died. I'm not kidding you. She is just sitting in the chair 'sleeping with her eyes open'. And we're only 7 minutes into the episode. This episode kicks you in the balls in a way that your balls will never recover.
The rest of the episode is just everyone being sad, and Homer fulfilling his mother's will of throwing her ashes in such a way that it foils a nuclear attack.
I really do not like this episode. The season 11 episode "Alone Again Natura-Diddly" did a much better job of killing a character off and keeping the episode from being downright tragic. This episode is basically nothing short of tragic. I felt depressed for the rest of the day after watching this episode. And that is not something you want in a comedy show. There is very little humor to balance out the tragedy here. So if you want to be uplifted, stay right away from this episode. If you want to be emotionally run over by a tank, watch this episode.
Homer's mom promises she's staying this time around. Homer understandably doesn't believe her. Anyway, Homer realizes eventually to give her another chance. He goes downstairs with an apology card and..... she's died. I'm not kidding you. She is just sitting in the chair 'sleeping with her eyes open'. And we're only 7 minutes into the episode. This episode kicks you in the balls in a way that your balls will never recover.
The rest of the episode is just everyone being sad, and Homer fulfilling his mother's will of throwing her ashes in such a way that it foils a nuclear attack.
I really do not like this episode. The season 11 episode "Alone Again Natura-Diddly" did a much better job of killing a character off and keeping the episode from being downright tragic. This episode is basically nothing short of tragic. I felt depressed for the rest of the day after watching this episode. And that is not something you want in a comedy show. There is very little humor to balance out the tragedy here. So if you want to be uplifted, stay right away from this episode. If you want to be emotionally run over by a tank, watch this episode.