>>89660207Sort of agree with this. 1-4 is what I'd call "classic Simpsons" due to original writers, Simon, Groening, etc. A good episode from season 6 or whatever is still a good episode since it's not like it went from to great to shit in a single episode, but doesn't feel "classic" to me for a lot of reasons.
I'd maybe extend that to 5 just on the strength of that one having Rosebud/Treehouse of Horror IV/maybe a few others I've seen less recently (Boy Who Knew Too Much, if that's even the right name), but it feels really different from the previous seasons.
The first time I personally thought "wow, Simpsons is fucking shit now, how is this still on TV " was probably like season 17. Not that I didn't think there were bad episodes before then, and I definitely didn't see 16 as "golden" or anything, but that was the first time it felt unbelievably bad and not just not-good but also inoffensive.
