THE SIMPSONS “Donnie Fatso” Season 22 Episode 9 – Instead of the standard Christmas episode (well, like last week) The Simpsons have gone on to an atypical New Year’s Day episode. This is a pretty good idea: the hangovers and mess and regrets would have made a funny twenty minutes. Unfortunately it steered away from that and went into a mediocre mafia plot.
Homer is fined over $1000 before the morning is out. He is then sentanced to 10 years in jail. In exchange for getting out early, he agrees to go undercover as a gangster in Fat Tony’s gang.
Unfortunately Jon Hamm’s FBI supervisor was not the greatest character. Fat Tony usually makes just small appearances and spouts off the odd one-liner. There is probably a reason for this.
Not even Homer’s awesome Grease hairdo could salvage this episode. Nicholas Bluepants is a pretty bad undercover name, and the itchy necks moment could have done without.
Fat Tony died. Homer cried, with fire on his hair. It’s hard to feel sad about a character who overstayed his welcome by appearing for more than five minutes on screen.
Fat Tony is dead, but the mob isn’t. Fit Tony is the guy who runs the mob.
The funny(ish) moments:
Bart comforts his hung over aunt: “We’ve all made mistakes on New Year’s Eve” cue Santa’s Little Helper and Snowball (em…number?) emerging from their den in shame.
Fat Tony: “What other secrets were you hiding from me?”
Louis: “I bring my own candy to the movie theatre.”
Fat Tony: (in utter disappointed) “Louis…”
The ending segment, from Homer’s voiceover to the wrap up ‘where are they now’ lines.
All in all, it was an entertaining-while-it-was-going-on but ultimately forgettable episode of The Simpsons.
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