>>109973990The second and third episodes of that saga really annoys me. It felt like the writers were shoehorning their failed 500 Days of Summer ripoff screenplays with adult characters into The Simpsons.
For that New York episode the whole plot is Bart having a crisis because as a 10 year old, none of his relationships have worked out so he's afraid no one will ever love him. They retcon one or two of his previous relationships to make the girls hate him, and then they retcon his relationship with Mary to make it romantic even though the two were never actually in a romantic relationship. It was just a sham marriage to keep a cow from being killed.
Then they age up Mary's design to make her look way older and now she's a more modern Simpsons design that clashes with classic Simpsons design. Her being an SNL writer in NYC isn't funny or anything, it's just bullshit.
And the next episode is more adult relationship drama. All revolving around Bart being a bad boyfriend because holy shit, a 10 year old boy would rather play video games than act like a responsible adult romantic partner. How riveting!
