Watched the ninth (and spiritually, final) season of The Simpsons.

“The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson” – 5/10
“The Principal and the Pauper” – 5/10
“Lisa’s Sax” – 8/10
“Treehouse of Horror VIII” – 8/10
“The Cartridge Family” – 8/10
“Bart Star” – 7/10
“The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons” – 7/10
“Lisa the Skeptic” – 7.5/10
“Realty Bites” – 8/10
“Miracle on Evergreen Terrace” – 7/10
“All Singing, All Dancing” – 5/10
“Bart Carny” – 7/10
“The Joy of Sect” – 8/10
“Das Bus” – 7/10
“The Last Temptation of Krust” – 7/10
“Dumbbell Indemnity” – 7/10
“Lisa the Simpson” – 8/10
“This Little Wiggy” – 8/10
“Simpson Tide” – 8/10
“The Trouble with Trillions” – 7/10
“Girly Edition” – 6/10
“Trash of the Titans” – 5/10
“King of the Hill” – 8/10
“Lost Our Lisa” – 9/10
“Natural Born Kissers” – 9/10

I once used to ask myself why The Simpsons went bad. Not anymore. Now I ask myself how The Simpsons stayed as great as it did for so long. The ninth season of classic Simpsons is its worst, but it’s still damn good TV. Most other similar shows would’ve plateaued much earlier and been neck-deep into stagnation at this point.