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10-11-2022, 08:27 PM
https://www.looper.com/1047941/rare-times-the-simpsons-actually-made-sequel-episodes/
BY WILL FANCHER/OCT. 11, 2022 8:00 AM EDT
Most sitcoms operate with a soft reset button. No matter how wild a plot might be in any particular episode, the status quo of the series is always restored by the episode's end, and/or the events are simply ignored in subsequent episodes. Gilligan and the rest of the castaways are never any closer to getting off the island from one episode to the next, and no matter how many disasters he causes in the Winslow home, Steve Urkel is always welcomed back in the next week. "The Simpsons" is extremely faithful to the reset-button concept: not only has Springfield, USA gone mostly unchanged since the show first broadcast in 1989, but its characters haven't aged. Bart Simpson remains an eternal 10-year-old boy; in real life, he'd be in his early 40s by now.
But every so often the show will reach back into its storied history and make an episode that directly follows up on a previous episode, years or even decades later. Some of these are quick nostalgia grabs, others check in on a beloved (or controversial) guest character from years past, and still others have kept one particular storyline going long after its natural end date. Here are the rare times "The Simpsons" actually made sequel episodes.
BY WILL FANCHER/OCT. 11, 2022 8:00 AM EDT
Most sitcoms operate with a soft reset button. No matter how wild a plot might be in any particular episode, the status quo of the series is always restored by the episode's end, and/or the events are simply ignored in subsequent episodes. Gilligan and the rest of the castaways are never any closer to getting off the island from one episode to the next, and no matter how many disasters he causes in the Winslow home, Steve Urkel is always welcomed back in the next week. "The Simpsons" is extremely faithful to the reset-button concept: not only has Springfield, USA gone mostly unchanged since the show first broadcast in 1989, but its characters haven't aged. Bart Simpson remains an eternal 10-year-old boy; in real life, he'd be in his early 40s by now.
But every so often the show will reach back into its storied history and make an episode that directly follows up on a previous episode, years or even decades later. Some of these are quick nostalgia grabs, others check in on a beloved (or controversial) guest character from years past, and still others have kept one particular storyline going long after its natural end date. Here are the rare times "The Simpsons" actually made sequel episodes.