If there's any era of The Simpsons which has become analyzed to death from a forensic perspective, it's this stretch right here. Countless Simpsons fans have tried to perform the critical equivalent of an autopsy, struggling to confirm the exact moment that the so-called Golden Age ended and the show slid into supposed mediocrity. It's fragile ground and we must tread carefully in our own analysis. Hell, I'm not even sure if
this is where things go from bad to worse! Maybe it happens in Season 10, or 11, or maybe the consensus is wrong and those have their own charms. Perhaps someday I'll revisit them and find out, but like I said last time: I want to write about other shit, so let's put a capstone on seven months of Simpsons coverage and talk about these last few seasons. Despite their oversignificance, there's some fascinating things going on here.
