“When are you going to wake up and smell your husband, Marge?” – Selma Bouvier
“Granted, you got some kids out of him, but when the seeds have been planted you throw away the envelope.” – Patty Bouvier
My apologies, but there isn’t going to be a Compare & Contrast this week. My stupid real job threw up a bolt-from-the-blue minor crisis this week that is just now finally squared away, and I don’t have the energy to get my brains back into an episode I’ve already largely forgotten. However, there was one thing that’s been bugging me about “Luca$”: what the hell was with Patty and Selma in that scene in the kitchen with Marge?
They’re sitting at the table watching Lisa and the would-be-competitive eater Lucas in the back yard. Patty jokes that he’s fat, Marge says she’s surprised Lisa likes him, Patty then says:
Really? Justin Blobber over there doesn’t remind you of anyone?
That leads to a quick cut of Homer yelling and complaining, which leads to Selma explaining the plot to everyone:
Women marry their fathers, Marge. So you just might be meeting your future ton-in-law!
Then they both happily cackle at Lisa’s fate. It doesn’t bother me that the twins are being mean to the kid, but by extension they’re also gleefully bagging on Lisa, which is just weird. Patty and Selma hate Homer, and who could blame them? (Would you want your baby sister married to him?) But they’ve always been fond, even proud, of Lisa. Here they’re basically saying to Marge: you married fat loser and so will your precious daughter, ha ha. They want Lisa to marry someone like Homer just to teach Marge a lesson or something, and it’s utterly contrary to everything we know about them.
Characters devolving into unrecognizable goo isn’t anything new for Zombie Simpsons. And it’s not like anyone put too much thought into that scene in the first place. But it goes to show how really empty and hollow this show has left so many once rich characters. Patty and Selma, for all their flaws, were always on Marge’s side. Here they’re not, and they’re attacking her through Lisa. It’s really bad, even for Zombie Simpsons.
