Season 23 - Episode 11
Fox (US)
When South Park can crack out a parody within a week, it really does make The Simpsons look poor when they put out a parody of a film that was released almost 18 months ago. It doesn't help that it's absolutely crap either.
This is an awful episode of The Simpsons for the second week in a row. It is once again devoid of any original ideas, and also devoid of comedy. It basically spoofs the main plot of "The Social Network" but manages to completely miss the point. Apparently Lisa invented social networking, or if she didn't, no-one in Springfield had ever heard of it before. It was an attempt at satrising the pehnomenon of online friends, but once again, completely missed the point. Just a terrible episode.
And to make matters worse, it ran ridiculously short. So short in fact, that they tagged on a scene that only makes sense if you've seen "The Social Network" and wasn't funny anyway, and even that left it short. The episode was ended by an Edgar Allen Poe inspired short story that was neither funny nor had a point. Literally the only good thing here was the Letterman couch gag. Just a shame it had to be associated with a crap episode like this.
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