Grampy Can Ya Hear Me is a good Simpsons episode with a reasonably well written plot and some great moments. The side story was certainly my favourite, as we follow Principal Skinner go through a personal trauma as he discovers his mother has been keeping a lie from him for years, what ensues from there is quite entertaining.
The episode suffers with a similar issue that several episodes have had this season, in which it pushes a story with much more potential in to a corner, making it a subplot, and giving a lesser, more two dimensional plot, in this case being Grampa getting a hearing aid, and that's about it, in to the main plot, but barely having enough to warrant it being that.
The Skinner plot had loads of potential, it could have been a great Bart and Skinner episode, but instead it minimizes this plot to make room for a story that was more so a series of sketches.
Fine, but forgettable. Grampy Can Ya Hear Me is a good Simpsons, but it suffers due to how much better it could have been if it was handled with a bit more care.
Grampa gets a hearing aid and starts to hear what people have been saying about him. Meanwhile, Principal Skinner receives unsettling news.
The episode suffers with a similar issue that several episodes have had this season, in which it pushes a story with much more potential in to a corner, making it a subplot, and giving a lesser, more two dimensional plot, in this case being Grampa getting a hearing aid, and that's about it, in to the main plot, but barely having enough to warrant it being that.
The Skinner plot had loads of potential, it could have been a great Bart and Skinner episode, but instead it minimizes this plot to make room for a story that was more so a series of sketches.
Fine, but forgettable. Grampy Can Ya Hear Me is a good Simpsons, but it suffers due to how much better it could have been if it was handled with a bit more care.
Grampa gets a hearing aid and starts to hear what people have been saying about him. Meanwhile, Principal Skinner receives unsettling news.