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⚫ | "'''The Last Barfighter'''" is the |
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⚫ | "'''The Last Barfighter'''" is the twenty-second and final episode of the [[The Simpsons season 32|thirty-second season]] of the American animated television series ''[[The Simpsons]]'', and the 706th episode overall. It aired in the United States on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] on May 23, 2021.<ref name="Futon Critic">{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20210430fox15/|title=(SI-3215) "The Last Barfighter"|access-date=May 4, 2021|work=[[The Futon Critic]]|archive-date=August 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806034223/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20210430fox15/|url-status=live}}</ref> The episode was directed by Timothy Bailey and written by [[Dan Vebber]]. |
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⚫ | After a chaotic, drunken night, Moe reveals several secrets about Springfield’s residents, eventually exposing Homer and his friends’ secrets too |
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⚫ | When a ''[[Krusty the Clown]]'' taping is cancelled, [[Milhouse van Houten|Milhouse]] convinces [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] to sneak into the audience of a Spanish-language game show. Bart gets picked to participate in an audience prize round, and chooses a [[crystal skull]] that [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] later reveals to be a [[Crystal Head Vodka#Bottle design|novelty bottle]] for a rare and expensive [[tequila]]. After constant taunting from Bart, Homer eventually steals the skull and takes it to Moe’s Tavern, where Homer, [[Lenny Leonard|Lenny]], [[Carl Carlson|Carl]], and [[Barney Gumble|Barney]] invite [[Moe Szyslak|Moe]] to drink with them. |
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⚫ | After a chaotic, drunken night, Moe reveals several secrets about Springfield’s residents, eventually exposing Homer and his friends’ secrets too, at which point they abandon Moe. Moe visits a secret society of [[bartender]]s at "The Confidential" hotel, and the society says that Moe broke their most sacred rule by running his mouth to Homer and his friends. The society threatens that they will inject his regulars with "Anti-Booze", a serum preventing the receiver from consuming alcohol. Moe finds Homer, Lenny and Carl at the Nuclear Plant telling Homer to call Barney via [[FaceTime]]. |
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⚫ | The four witness Barney being injected with the Anti-Booze, prompting them to go on the run where they are beset by bartenders attempting to inject them with the Booze. Moe attempts to fight them off, but Carl and Lenny are ultimately injected. Homer then returns home, pleading with [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] to leave Springfield. However, [[Dr. Hibbert]] is already there and, revealing his bartending background, injects Homer. Agonized by tremendous guilt, Moe leaves tearfully. |
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⚫ | Three months later, the group are living their dreams but shortly after find Moe working at an omelette bar. Feeling bad for him, they re-establish him as their bartender. The Society offer the group the antidote to the Booze, but Homer refuses and leaves the bar. Homer is then chased by the Society again, who wish to forcibly give Homer the antidote. |
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⚫ | Three months later, the group are living their dreams but shortly after find Moe working at an omelette bar. Feeling bad for him, they re-establish him as their bartender. The Society offer the group the antidote to the Booze, but Homer refuses and leaves the bar. Homer is then chased by the Society again, who wish to forcibly give Homer the antidote. |
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== Production == |
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⚫ | The thirty-second season was announced on February 6, 2019,<ref>{{cite web |
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[[Ian McShane]] serves as the episode's guest-star appearance as Artemis. |
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⚫ | The thirty-second season was announced on February 6, 2019,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2019/02/06/fox-renews-the-simpsons-for-unprecedented-31st-and-32nd-seasons-717112/20190206fox01/|title=FOX Renews "The Simpsons" for Unprecedented 31st and 32nd Seasons|date=February 6, 2019|access-date=July 8, 2020|work=[[The Futon Critic]]|archive-date=August 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806034250/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2019/02/06/fox-renews-the-simpsons-for-unprecedented-31st-and-32nd-seasons-717112/20190206fox01/|url-status=live}}</ref> and premiered on September 27, 2020,<ref name="PremiereDate">{{cite web|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|date=July 22, 2020|title=Fox Sets Fall Premiere Dates For ''The Simpsons'', ''Family Guy'', ''Bob's Burgers'', ''Bless The Harts''|url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/the-simpsons-2020-premiere-dates-family-guy-bobs-burgers-bless-the-harts-fox-1202992116/|access-date=July 22, 2020|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|archive-date=July 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722194532/https://deadline.com/2020/07/the-simpsons-2020-premiere-dates-family-guy-bobs-burgers-bless-the-harts-fox-1202992116/|url-status=live}}</ref> with this season being produced remotely.<ref name="THR">{{cite web|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|date=April 22, 2020|title=Animated Series Adapt to Keep Production Going Amid Industry-Wide Shutdown|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/animated-series-adapt-keep-production-going-industry-wide-shutdown-1286340|access-date=April 22, 2020|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411063623/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/animated-series-adapt-keep-production-going-industry-wide-shutdown-1286340|url-status=live}}</ref> The plot is a parody of the [[John Wick]] media franchise.<ref name="Bereta"/> |
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===Casting=== |
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[[Ian McShane]] serves as the episode's guest-star appearance as Artemis, a parody of his [[John Wick]] character [[Winston (John Wick)|Winston]].<ref name="Sokol"/><ref name="Bereta"/> |
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=== Broadcast and ratings === |
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⚫ | In the United States, The episode premiered on May 23, 2021, as the season finale on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], preceding the second |
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⚫ | Tony Sokol of ''[[Den of Geek]]'' called the episode |
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==Reception== |
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⚫ | In the United States, The episode premiered on May 23, 2021, as the season finale on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], preceding the second season premiere of ''[[Duncanville (TV series)|Duncanvile]]''. The episode received 1.02 million viewing figures, a usual towards the season.<ref name="32.22">{{Cite web|last=Berman|first=Marc|date=May 24, 2021|title=Sunday Ratings: 'American Idol' Concludes Season on a Modest Note on ABC|url=https://programminginsider.com/sunday-ratings-american-idol-concludes-season-on-a-modest-note-on-abc/|access-date=June 5, 2021|website=Programming Insider|archive-date=May 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527075637/https://programminginsider.com/sunday-ratings-american-idol-concludes-season-on-a-modest-note-on-abc/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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⚫ | [[Tony Sokol]] of ''[[Den of Geek]]'' called the episode a perfect mix of secret societies, booze, and "a big, old, ugly head" as well as an "action-packed, and twisted installment" of season 32. Sokol also stated the episode was "a grand slam best watched on a wall at a dive bar. It leaves us with a subversively comic paradox," along with a statement about the episode's cliffhanger. He ultimately gave the episode 4.5 out of 5 stars.<ref name="Sokol">{{Cite web|last=Sokol|first=Tony|author-link=Tony Sokol|date=May 24, 2021|title='The Simpsons' Season 32, Episode 22 Review: The Last Barfighter|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-simpsons-season-32-episode-22-review-the-last-barfighter/|access-date=May 24, 2021|website=[[Den of Geek]]|archive-date=May 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524145850/https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-simpsons-season-32-episode-22-review-the-last-barfighter/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Jesse Bereta of ''Bubbleblabber'' gave the episode an 8.5 out of 10. He thought the second half of the episode was packed and could have benefited from being a two-part episode. He highlighted the humor and the action scenes required for a ''John Wick'' parody.<ref name="Bereta">{{Cite web|last=Bereta|first=Jesse|date=May 24, 2021|title=Review: The Simpsons "The Last Barfighter"|url=https://www.bubbleblabber.com/2021/05/review-the-simpsons-the-last-barfighter/|access-date=September 16, 2023|website=Bubbleblabber|archive-date=August 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818181303/https://www.bubbleblabber.com/2021/05/review-the-simpsons-the-last-barfighter/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 22:14, 4 January 2025
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Episode no. | Season 32 Episode 22 |
Directed by | Timothy Bailey |
Written by | Dan Vebber |
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Production code | QABF15 |
Original air date | May 23, 2021 |
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"The Last Barfighter" is the twenty-second and final episode of the thirty-second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 706th episode overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on May 23, 2021.[1] The episode was directed by Timothy Bailey and written by Dan Vebber.
In the episode, a secret society of bartenders seeks ultimate vengeance on Homer and his friends after Moe breaks their most sacred rule. Ian McShane voices Artemis. The episode received positive reviews.
Plot
[edit]When a Krusty the Clown taping is cancelled, Milhouse convinces Bart to sneak into the audience of a Spanish-language game show. Bart gets picked to participate in an audience prize round, and chooses a crystal skull that Homer later reveals to be a novelty bottle for a rare and expensive tequila. After constant taunting from Bart, Homer eventually steals the skull and takes it to Moe’s Tavern, where Homer, Lenny, Carl, and Barney invite Moe to drink with them.
After a chaotic, drunken night, Moe reveals several secrets about Springfield’s residents, eventually exposing Homer and his friends’ secrets too, at which point they abandon Moe. Moe visits a secret society of bartenders at "The Confidential" hotel, and the society says that Moe broke their most sacred rule by running his mouth to Homer and his friends. The society threatens that they will inject his regulars with "Anti-Booze", a serum preventing the receiver from consuming alcohol. Moe finds Homer, Lenny and Carl at the Nuclear Plant telling Homer to call Barney via FaceTime.
The four witness Barney being injected with the Anti-Booze, prompting them to go on the run where they are beset by bartenders attempting to inject them with the Booze. Moe attempts to fight them off, but Carl and Lenny are ultimately injected. Homer then returns home, pleading with Marge to leave Springfield. However, Dr. Hibbert is already there and, revealing his bartending background, injects Homer. Agonized by tremendous guilt, Moe leaves tearfully.
Three months later, the group are living their dreams but shortly after find Moe working at an omelette bar. Feeling bad for him, they re-establish him as their bartender. The Society offer the group the antidote to the Booze, but Homer refuses and leaves the bar. Homer is then chased by the Society again, who wish to forcibly give Homer the antidote.
During the credits, Bart, Lisa and Maggie find the broken remains of the skull Bart won. When the skull strangely manages to reform itself, the trio leave fearfully.
Production
[edit]Development
[edit]The thirty-second season was announced on February 6, 2019,[2] and premiered on September 27, 2020,[3] with this season being produced remotely.[4] The plot is a parody of the John Wick media franchise.[5]
Casting
[edit]Ian McShane serves as the episode's guest-star appearance as Artemis, a parody of his John Wick character Winston.[6][5]
Reception
[edit]In the United States, The episode premiered on May 23, 2021, as the season finale on Fox, preceding the second season premiere of Duncanvile. The episode received 1.02 million viewing figures, a usual towards the season.[7]
Tony Sokol of Den of Geek called the episode a perfect mix of secret societies, booze, and "a big, old, ugly head" as well as an "action-packed, and twisted installment" of season 32. Sokol also stated the episode was "a grand slam best watched on a wall at a dive bar. It leaves us with a subversively comic paradox," along with a statement about the episode's cliffhanger. He ultimately gave the episode 4.5 out of 5 stars.[6]
Jesse Bereta of Bubbleblabber gave the episode an 8.5 out of 10. He thought the second half of the episode was packed and could have benefited from being a two-part episode. He highlighted the humor and the action scenes required for a John Wick parody.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "(SI-3215) "The Last Barfighter"". The Futon Critic. Archived from the original on August 6, 2024. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ^ "FOX Renews "The Simpsons" for Unprecedented 31st and 32nd Seasons". The Futon Critic. February 6, 2019. Archived from the original on August 6, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (July 22, 2020). "Fox Sets Fall Premiere Dates For The Simpsons, Family Guy, Bob's Burgers, Bless The Harts". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
- ^ Goldberg, Lesley (April 22, 2020). "Animated Series Adapt to Keep Production Going Amid Industry-Wide Shutdown". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 11, 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
- ^ a b c Bereta, Jesse (May 24, 2021). "Review: The Simpsons "The Last Barfighter"". Bubbleblabber. Archived from the original on August 18, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ a b Sokol, Tony (May 24, 2021). "'The Simpsons' Season 32, Episode 22 Review: The Last Barfighter". Den of Geek. Archived from the original on May 24, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
- ^ Berman, Marc (May 24, 2021). "Sunday Ratings: 'American Idol' Concludes Season on a Modest Note on ABC". Programming Insider. Archived from the original on May 27, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2021.