To Surveil With Love
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"To Surveil with Love" is the twentieth episode of The Simpsons
' twenty-first season
. It premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company
in the United States on May 2, 2010 as the 461st episode of the whole series. In the episode, radiation seeps out of Homer's gym bag after a bomb squad blows it up and Springfield officials decide to suspend all civil liberties. Meanwhile, Lisa dyes her hair after being stereotyped for being blonde.
The episode was written by Michael Nobori and directed by Lance Kramer
and guest stars Eddie Izzard
. It also featured a new sequence with Kesha
's single "Tik Tok" as the theme song, replacing the whole opening sequence. "To Surveil with Love" has received overwhelmingly positive reviews with TV Squad, who have named it the best episode in years. The episode also received a 2.7/8 in the 18-49 Nielsen Rating demographic going down one-tenth from the previous episode "The Squirt and the Whale
".
, Smithers
hides some of the radioactive matter in Homer's
Duff gym bag. Shortly afterwards, Homer goes to the train station to eat macaroni and cheese
(because Lenny told him it was better than the one in the plant), but when a passenger tells him that he should try macaroni and cheese in Ogdenville, he rushes there, forgetting the bag. The police see the bag as a threat and decide to detonate it, causing a nuclear explosion
in the train station (which, according to Kent Brockman
, released enough radioactive power to create seventeen Incredible Hulks and a Spider-Man
). The incident sparks fears of terrorism
, and the town votes to hire an English security consultant named Nigel Bakerbutcher (Eddie Izzard
) to install surveillance cameras all around Springfield. Soon the entire town is being watched, but Chief Wiggum and the other officers tire of watching the surveillance screens and recruit some of the townspeople — including Marge
and Ned Flanders
— to keep watch. Marge is not comfortable watching the activities of her fellow townspeople, but Ned discovers he enjoys being Springfield's "conscience" and proceeds to nag everyone through loudspeakers on the cameras.
Bart
becomes frustrated by Ned's constant nagging and discovers that the Simpson family's backyard contains a blind spot. Soon, he and Homer are charging the townsfolk to use the yard to relax and do anything they want. Marge voices her disapproval and Ned overhears. When Ned confronts Homer and scolds him for creating a "Church of Misdemeanors", Homer retorts that it was Ned's fault, saying that his nagging has forced the whole towns misbehaviour into one place because the of his power abuse and points out that Ned is literally playing of God. Ned gets troubled by this statement and apologizes to Springfeild's citizens for interfering in their free will
. In order to avoid any futher abuse from the surveillance, he and Homer proceed to destroy every security camera in town.
Meanwhile, Lisa
is invited to join the school debate team but soon discovers that she faces prejudice from the brunette supremacist
judges (that her competition readily capitalizes on) because she has blonde hair. Even Cletus
mocks her when she raises concerns about infringement upon civil liberties at the town hall meeting, and Bart couldn't help but also follow the same prejudicial beliefs about blonds (although in his conception, blond boys aren't dumb but evil.). Marge tried to cheer Lisa up with a children's book which talks about prejudice, but unfortunately, it only makes her feel worse, since the "moral" of the book makes clear that there is nothing she could do but endure the abuse. Refusing to give up, Lisa intentionally dye
s her hair dark brown in order to teach everyone a lesson.
At the next debate meeting, she intentionally presents a weak argument about how school uniforms would be good for the school and the judges enthusiastically agree with her, angering her rival. When Lisa realises this, she points out that the judges only agreed with her because she has darker hair and they should have judged her on the strength of her debate skills. The other judges tried to disagree with her by mentioning she had a strong argument in her debate, but the female judge admitted to the truth. Upset, Lisa tells everyone that there are exceptions to every stereotype. She mentions just because she is a natural blonde, does not mean she falls into the stereotype of being dumb and only dyed her hair in order to teach them a lesson. Just as Lisa says that another wrong steoreotype is that not all old people are bad drivers, though, Grampa crashes his car through the wall of the gym where the meeting is being held, stating "this building cut me off
!", weakening Lisa's argument.
In the end, it is revealed that the antics of Springfield's citizens were broadcast as a reality TV show in the United Kingdom, known as American Oafs. Queen Elizabeth remarks "I'll miss that Ralph Wiggum
. Reminds me of my boy", and her son Prince Charles replies with a quintessential Ralphism: "Oh Mummy, my cat's breath smells like cat food
."
and guest stars Eddie Izzard
performing impressions of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and the character Nigel Bakerbutcher. In an effort to attract more viewers for May sweeps, Fox
made a week full of musical segments in all the shows called Fox Rocks. For The Simpsons, they had a couch gag with the characters lip dub
bing Kesha
's song "Tik Tok". In an interview about the show, Izzard stated "I'd love to be in it, but they never asked me, and I don't want to push it. I think it's because I'm a cult – rather than a mainstream – name".
's song "Tik Tok" is used in place of the regular theme song, as an extended couch gag sequence as part of Fox Rocks, a week of musical-themed programming on Fox. Bart states that blond boys are not dumb, but "evil like in The Karate Kid or World War II
". The gay bar
features Sesame Street
-like characters. The surveillance of the town references George Orwell
's famous novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
. The plutonium
that is put in Homer's bag is stated to be powerful enough to create 17 Incredible Hulks and one Spider-Man
. Also, Comic Book Guy
says he is not jolly because San Diego Comic-Con International might be moving to Anaheim
.
". The episode ranked 25th in the 18-49 Nielsen Ratings
for the week the 7th top rated show on Fox in the demographic and 5th highest scripted show.
The episode was met with high positive reviews. Robert Canning of IGN
gave the episode 8/10 and remarked that "Overall, it was a fun episode, hurt only by the uninteresting filler of Lisa dealing with blonde stereotypes. But even that delivered its share of memorable quotes. If the past few episodes are any indication, this season may go out on a very high note." TVFanatic.com gave the episode 4/5 and stated "The Homer's backyard sequences felt reminiscent of the prior prohibition episode
, but were still plenty of funny moments. While the actual plot was nothing too unique, we liked the ending with Flanders realizing he was playing God and the whole camera-setup being set up as a reality show in England."
Sharon Knolle of TV Squad stated "From the inspired 'Tik Tok' musical opening sequence to the last gag, 'To Surveil With Love' ranks as one of the best 'Simpsons' episodes in years. I never expected the rest of the episode to live up to that killer opening, but, unbelievably, it just got better as it went along." Todd VanDer Werff of A.V. Club gave the episode an A- and said "I thought this was a strong episode of The Simpsons. I laughed frequently throughout, I thought both of the major storylines mostly made sense and concluded well, and I enjoyed some of the ways the episode turned satire on its ear. I particularly liked the idea of Lisa conforming by becoming a brunette after everyone made fun of her for being a blonde. Dumb blonde jokes are as old as time itself, but the way the episode turned the whole thing into a sly parody of diversity and conformity was winning."
Ariel Ponywhether of FireFox News gave the episode an A, remarked that "the episode is one of the better outings of the season" and concluded "There were some very slight characterization flaws, which detract slightly from the grade, as does the well-written but underdeveloped Lisa subplot. Add in excellent voice-over work by Eddie Izzard to the mix, however, and you have a solid episode."
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
The Simpsons (season 21)
The Simpsons twenty-first season aired on Fox from September 27, 2009 to May 23, 2010. It was the first of two seasons that the show was renewed for by Fox, and also the first season of the show to air entirely in high definition....
. It premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
in the United States on May 2, 2010 as the 461st episode of the whole series. In the episode, radiation seeps out of Homer's gym bag after a bomb squad blows it up and Springfield officials decide to suspend all civil liberties. Meanwhile, Lisa dyes her hair after being stereotyped for being blonde.
The episode was written by Michael Nobori and directed by Lance Kramer
Lance Kramer
Lance Kramer is an animation director on The Simpsons. He also worked as an assistant animator on Tom and Jerry: The Movie.-History:Kramer graduated from Bismarck High School in Bismarck, ND...
and guest stars Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard
Edward John "Eddie" Izzard is a British stand-up comedian and actor. His comedy style takes the form of rambling, whimsical monologue and self-referential pantomime...
. It also featured a new sequence with Kesha
Kesha
Kesha village is a small village nestled in the mountains of Yongshun County, northwestern Hunan province, China, located at latitude 29 05' 50", longitude 109 57' 9". The name is pronounced in Standard Chinese. The official language is Manderin Chinese....
's single "Tik Tok" as the theme song, replacing the whole opening sequence. "To Surveil with Love" has received overwhelmingly positive reviews with TV Squad, who have named it the best episode in years. The episode also received a 2.7/8 in the 18-49 Nielsen Rating demographic going down one-tenth from the previous episode "The Squirt and the Whale
The Squirt and the Whale
"The Squirt and the Whale" is the nineteenth episode of The Simpsons twenty-first season, which premiered on the Fox network on April 25, 2010 as the 460th episode for the series overall. In the episode, the Simpson family attempt to save a beached whale that washed up onshore, only for it to...
".
Plot
When Mr. Burns is informed that the Nuclear Power Plant has run out of room to store waste plutoniumPlutonium
Plutonium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with the chemical symbol Pu and atomic number 94. It is an actinide metal of silvery-gray appearance that tarnishes when exposed to air, forming a dull coating when oxidized. The element normally exhibits six allotropes and four oxidation...
, Smithers
Waylon Smithers
Waylon Smithers, Jr., usually referred to as Smithers, is a recurring fictional character in the animated series The Simpsons, who is voiced by Harry Shearer. Smithers first appeared in the episode "Homer's Odyssey", although he could be heard in the series premiere "Simpsons Roasting on an Open...
hides some of the radioactive matter in Homer's
Homer Simpson
Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and the patriarch of the eponymous family. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
Duff gym bag. Shortly afterwards, Homer goes to the train station to eat macaroni and cheese
Macaroni and cheese
Macaroni and cheese, also known as "mac and cheese", "macaroni cheese" in British English, or "macaroni pie" in Caribbean English, is a casserole consisting of cooked macaroni and cheese sauce...
(because Lenny told him it was better than the one in the plant), but when a passenger tells him that he should try macaroni and cheese in Ogdenville, he rushes there, forgetting the bag. The police see the bag as a threat and decide to detonate it, causing a nuclear explosion
Nuclear explosion
A nuclear explosion occurs as a result of the rapid release of energy from an intentionally high-speed nuclear reaction. The driving reaction may be nuclear fission, nuclear fusion or a multistage cascading combination of the two, though to date all fusion based weapons have used a fission device...
in the train station (which, according to Kent Brockman
Kent Brockman
Kent Brockman is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Harry Shearer and first appeared in the episode "Krusty Gets Busted"...
, released enough radioactive power to create seventeen Incredible Hulks and a Spider-Man
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...
). The incident sparks fears of terrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
, and the town votes to hire an English security consultant named Nigel Bakerbutcher (Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard
Edward John "Eddie" Izzard is a British stand-up comedian and actor. His comedy style takes the form of rambling, whimsical monologue and self-referential pantomime...
) to install surveillance cameras all around Springfield. Soon the entire town is being watched, but Chief Wiggum and the other officers tire of watching the surveillance screens and recruit some of the townspeople — including Marge
Marge Simpson
Marjorie "Marge" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the eponymous family. She is voiced by actress Julie Kavner and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
and Ned Flanders
Ned Flanders
Nedward "Ned" Flanders, Jr. is a recurring fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Harry Shearer, and first appeared in the series premiere episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". He is the next door neighbor to the Simpson family and is generally...
— to keep watch. Marge is not comfortable watching the activities of her fellow townspeople, but Ned discovers he enjoys being Springfield's "conscience" and proceeds to nag everyone through loudspeakers on the cameras.
Bart
Bart Simpson
Bartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family. He is voiced by actress Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
becomes frustrated by Ned's constant nagging and discovers that the Simpson family's backyard contains a blind spot. Soon, he and Homer are charging the townsfolk to use the yard to relax and do anything they want. Marge voices her disapproval and Ned overhears. When Ned confronts Homer and scolds him for creating a "Church of Misdemeanors", Homer retorts that it was Ned's fault, saying that his nagging has forced the whole towns misbehaviour into one place because the of his power abuse and points out that Ned is literally playing of God. Ned gets troubled by this statement and apologizes to Springfeild's citizens for interfering in their free will
Free will
"To make my own decisions whether I am successful or not due to uncontrollable forces" -Troy MorrisonA pragmatic definition of free willFree will is the ability of agents to make choices free from certain kinds of constraints. The existence of free will and its exact nature and definition have long...
. In order to avoid any futher abuse from the surveillance, he and Homer proceed to destroy every security camera in town.
Meanwhile, Lisa
Lisa Simpson
Lisa Marie Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons. She is the middle child of the Simpson family. Voiced by Yeardley Smith, Lisa first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987. Cartoonist Matt Groening...
is invited to join the school debate team but soon discovers that she faces prejudice from the brunette supremacist
Supremacism
Supremacism is the belief that a particular race, species, ethnic group, religion, gender, sexual orientation, belief system or culture is superior to others and entitles those who identify with it to dominate, control or rule those who do not.- Sexual :...
judges (that her competition readily capitalizes on) because she has blonde hair. Even Cletus
Cletus Spuckler
Cletus Delroy Spuckler is a recurring character in the Fox animated series, The Simpsons, and is voiced by Hank Azaria. Cletus is Springfield's resident hillbilly stereotype. He is very messy and is usually portrayed wearing a white sleeveless shirt and pair of blue jeans.- Biography :Cletus was...
mocks her when she raises concerns about infringement upon civil liberties at the town hall meeting, and Bart couldn't help but also follow the same prejudicial beliefs about blonds (although in his conception, blond boys aren't dumb but evil.). Marge tried to cheer Lisa up with a children's book which talks about prejudice, but unfortunately, it only makes her feel worse, since the "moral" of the book makes clear that there is nothing she could do but endure the abuse. Refusing to give up, Lisa intentionally dye
Hair coloring
Hair coloring is the practice of changing the color of hair. Common reasons are to cover gray hair, to change to a color regarded as more fashionable or desirable, and to restore the original hair color after it has been discolored by hairdressing processes or sun bleaching...
s her hair dark brown in order to teach everyone a lesson.
At the next debate meeting, she intentionally presents a weak argument about how school uniforms would be good for the school and the judges enthusiastically agree with her, angering her rival. When Lisa realises this, she points out that the judges only agreed with her because she has darker hair and they should have judged her on the strength of her debate skills. The other judges tried to disagree with her by mentioning she had a strong argument in her debate, but the female judge admitted to the truth. Upset, Lisa tells everyone that there are exceptions to every stereotype. She mentions just because she is a natural blonde, does not mean she falls into the stereotype of being dumb and only dyed her hair in order to teach them a lesson. Just as Lisa says that another wrong steoreotype is that not all old people are bad drivers, though, Grampa crashes his car through the wall of the gym where the meeting is being held, stating "this building cut me off
Cutting off
The term cutting off refers to a motor vehicle that enters a lane on any type of road or highway, without proper caution, leaving a small amount of distance between other surrounding vehicles...
!", weakening Lisa's argument.
In the end, it is revealed that the antics of Springfield's citizens were broadcast as a reality TV show in the United Kingdom, known as American Oafs. Queen Elizabeth remarks "I'll miss that Ralph Wiggum
Ralph Wiggum
Ralph Wiggum is a recurring fictional character on the animated series The Simpsons, voiced by Nancy Cartwright. The son of Police Chief Wiggum and a classmate of Lisa Simpson, Ralph is best known as the show's resident oddball, and is noted for his non sequiturs and erratic behavior...
. Reminds me of my boy", and her son Prince Charles replies with a quintessential Ralphism: "Oh Mummy, my cat's breath smells like cat food
Lisa's Rival
"Lisa's Rival" is the second episode of The Simpsons sixth season, and originally aired September 11, 1994. It was the first episode to be written by Mike Scully, and was directed by Mark Kirkland. Winona Ryder guest stars as Allison Taylor, a new student at Springfield Elementary School...
."
Production
The episode was written by Michael Nobori who served as a production assistant for seasons 20 and 21 and directed by Lance KramerLance Kramer
Lance Kramer is an animation director on The Simpsons. He also worked as an assistant animator on Tom and Jerry: The Movie.-History:Kramer graduated from Bismarck High School in Bismarck, ND...
and guest stars Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard
Edward John "Eddie" Izzard is a British stand-up comedian and actor. His comedy style takes the form of rambling, whimsical monologue and self-referential pantomime...
performing impressions of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and the character Nigel Bakerbutcher. In an effort to attract more viewers for May sweeps, Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
made a week full of musical segments in all the shows called Fox Rocks. For The Simpsons, they had a couch gag with the characters lip dub
Lip dub
A lip dub is a type of video that combines lip synching and audio dubbing to make a music video. It is made by filming individuals or a group of people lip synching while listening to a song or any recorded audio then dubbing over it in post editing with the original audio of the song. There is...
bing Kesha
Kesha
Kesha village is a small village nestled in the mountains of Yongshun County, northwestern Hunan province, China, located at latitude 29 05' 50", longitude 109 57' 9". The name is pronounced in Standard Chinese. The official language is Manderin Chinese....
's song "Tik Tok". In an interview about the show, Izzard stated "I'd love to be in it, but they never asked me, and I don't want to push it. I think it's because I'm a cult – rather than a mainstream – name".
Cultural references
KeshaKesha
Kesha village is a small village nestled in the mountains of Yongshun County, northwestern Hunan province, China, located at latitude 29 05' 50", longitude 109 57' 9". The name is pronounced in Standard Chinese. The official language is Manderin Chinese....
's song "Tik Tok" is used in place of the regular theme song, as an extended couch gag sequence as part of Fox Rocks, a week of musical-themed programming on Fox. Bart states that blond boys are not dumb, but "evil like in The Karate Kid or World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
". The gay bar
Gay bar
A gay bar is a drinking establishment that caters to an exclusively or predominantly gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender clientele; the term gay is used as a broadly inclusive concept for LGBT and queer communities...
features Sesame Street
Sesame Street
Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
-like characters. The surveillance of the town references George Orwell
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist...
's famous novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is a dystopian novel about Oceania, a society ruled by the oligarchical dictatorship of the Party...
. The plutonium
Plutonium
Plutonium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with the chemical symbol Pu and atomic number 94. It is an actinide metal of silvery-gray appearance that tarnishes when exposed to air, forming a dull coating when oxidized. The element normally exhibits six allotropes and four oxidation...
that is put in Homer's bag is stated to be powerful enough to create 17 Incredible Hulks and one Spider-Man
Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15...
. Also, Comic Book Guy
Comic Book Guy
Comic Book Guy is a recurring fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Hank Azaria, and first appeared in the second-season episode "Three Men and a Comic Book", which originally aired on May 9, 1991. He is the proprietor of a comic book store, The...
says he is not jolly because San Diego Comic-Con International might be moving to Anaheim
Anaheim, California
Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...
.
Reception
In its original American broadcast, "To Surveil with Love" was viewed by an estimated 6.057 million viewers and a 18-49 Nielsen Rating of 2.7 and a share of 8% coming second in its timeslot and going down one-tenth from the previous episode, "The Squirt and the WhaleThe Squirt and the Whale
"The Squirt and the Whale" is the nineteenth episode of The Simpsons twenty-first season, which premiered on the Fox network on April 25, 2010 as the 460th episode for the series overall. In the episode, the Simpson family attempt to save a beached whale that washed up onshore, only for it to...
". The episode ranked 25th in the 18-49 Nielsen Ratings
Nielsen Ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
for the week the 7th top rated show on Fox in the demographic and 5th highest scripted show.
The episode was met with high positive reviews. Robert Canning of IGN
IGN
IGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment...
gave the episode 8/10 and remarked that "Overall, it was a fun episode, hurt only by the uninteresting filler of Lisa dealing with blonde stereotypes. But even that delivered its share of memorable quotes. If the past few episodes are any indication, this season may go out on a very high note." TVFanatic.com gave the episode 4/5 and stated "The Homer's backyard sequences felt reminiscent of the prior prohibition episode
Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment
"Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" is the eighteenth episode of The Simpsons eighth season, which originally aired March 16, 1997. Prohibition is enacted in Springfield and Homer helps fight it by illegally supplying alcohol to the town. It was written by John Swartzwelder, and directed by Bob...
, but were still plenty of funny moments. While the actual plot was nothing too unique, we liked the ending with Flanders realizing he was playing God and the whole camera-setup being set up as a reality show in England."
Sharon Knolle of TV Squad stated "From the inspired 'Tik Tok' musical opening sequence to the last gag, 'To Surveil With Love' ranks as one of the best 'Simpsons' episodes in years. I never expected the rest of the episode to live up to that killer opening, but, unbelievably, it just got better as it went along." Todd VanDer Werff of A.V. Club gave the episode an A- and said "I thought this was a strong episode of The Simpsons. I laughed frequently throughout, I thought both of the major storylines mostly made sense and concluded well, and I enjoyed some of the ways the episode turned satire on its ear. I particularly liked the idea of Lisa conforming by becoming a brunette after everyone made fun of her for being a blonde. Dumb blonde jokes are as old as time itself, but the way the episode turned the whole thing into a sly parody of diversity and conformity was winning."
Ariel Ponywhether of FireFox News gave the episode an A, remarked that "the episode is one of the better outings of the season" and concluded "There were some very slight characterization flaws, which detract slightly from the grade, as does the well-written but underdeveloped Lisa subplot. Add in excellent voice-over work by Eddie Izzard to the mix, however, and you have a solid episode."
External links
- "To Surveil with Love" at TheSimpsons.com
- "To Surveil with Love" at The Simpsons ArchiveThe Simpsons ArchiveThe Simpsons Archive, better known as snpp.com or simply SNPP , is a Simpsons fan site that has been online since 1994...