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| I love the little mushrooms sticking out of the sandwich at this point. |
In the latest episode featuring the "Selma is lonely" theme, a trip to Duff Gardens, a beer themed "will never exist in real life" park, planned by Homer and the kids is cancelled after Marge's Aunt Gladys passes away. Along with Patty & Selma, the family attends the funeral service. In a video will, Gladys urges Patty & Selma not to live and die alone like she did, but rather start a family and do it as soon as possible. Selma, at that point, decides to have a baby.
Selma attempts to bag any man she can for the purpose of makin' babies, but her efforts are unsuccessful or the men she tries out are too low a standard even for her (see: Hans Moleman). Lisa suggests that Selma try artificial insemination, but a trip to a fertilization clinic reveals that most of the donated sperm belong to Barney who is also too low a standard for Selma. Soon, Selma opts to mail in supposed frozen sperm from a celebrity.
Meanwhile, a second attempt for Homer and the kids to go to Duff Gardens is seemingly foiled when Homer becomes too sick to do anything. Flashbacks reveal that Homer had acquired the better part of a ten-foot Hoagie and spent over a week eating away at it, even after its mayo started to turn and the bread become moldy and sprouted fungus. Not wanting to let the kids down again, though, Marge has Selma come by and take Bart & Lisa to Duff Gardens instead.
At Duff Gardens, Selma finds herself taxed keeping up with the two kids. As the three are in some kind of weird boat ride with automated dolls singing "Duff Beer for me, Duff Beer for you, I'll have a Duff, you have one too" over and over in a creepy manner. Bart dares Lisa over and over to drink the odd-colored water the boat is on, however Selma mishandles the situation by having Lisa drink the water to shut Bart up. After drinking it, Lisa instantly becomes delirious and hallucinates this and that. At the boat ride's conclusion both Bart and high Lisa wander their separate ways, leaving Selma to track them down. Bart tries to ride a rollercoaster he's too big for, which leads to disaster, leaving Bart to be rescued. Lisa ends up swimming naked in the "Fermentarium", and after being found and returned to Selma some guy posing as a doctor advises Selma to give Lisa boatloads of pills.
After coming back with Bart and Lisa in shreds, Selma decides that she's not ready to have kids, yet she still wants to have a little version of herself. She ends up taking in "Jub-Jub", Gladys' pet lizard initially given to her mother but instead taken in by Selma, who finds contentment with her new friend.
Quick Review
Another enjoyable episode from Season 4, this was. The Duff Garden segments were great, and the little bit involving Homer and his continually decaying Hoagie was superb as well. Selma's attempts to get pregnant were full of good jokes as well.
Final Score: 8.7
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