Springfield Splendor (S29, E02-620)

Recap: Lisa's depressing life and Marge's crafty art combine to make a popular graphic novel whose popularity creates a rift between the two as a madman concocts a theatre show about it.

Review: There's two things I liked about the episode: the scenes at the community college and most of the side banter with Homer and Bart.  Those two things saved the episode from a much worse fate.  The whole latter third of the episode with the off-the-wall play was terrible, and the scene at the comicon panel with the "guest stars" was high-level cringe-core which was even worse.  Those two things, which were basically half of the episode, spiraled it downward from 'decent' territory to 'only watch for the artwork, maybe' tier.

Final Score: 5.6