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"I'm tired of living once."

―Homer

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm starting to regret saying YOLO."

―Marge

"YOLO"

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"YOLO" is the five hundred and thirty-fourth episode of The Simpsons and fourth episode of the twenty-fifth season.

Synopsis

Homer's down-in-the-dumps after he realizes you only live once, so Marge encourages him to embrace his YOLO spirit, and she invites his old pen pal to stay and cross items off his 'to-do/dream list' from when he was 10-years-old. Meanwhile, Springfield Elementary's cheating scandal is resolved, or seems to be, when Lisa institutes a new honor code.^[1]

Plot

Act I

Act II

Act III

Production

Music editor Chris Ledesma revealed on his Twitter that the episode was written by Michael Nobori.^[2]

On October 23, 2013, it was announced that Jon Lovitz would return to guest-voice Llewellyn Sinclair. This was further revealed in promotional photos released by FOX.^[3]

Reception

The episode gathered 4.2 million viewers and a 1.9 18-49 rating/share.^[4]

The episode received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. The A.V Club gave the episode a B rating and summed up, "It’s not groundbreaking, but it’s at least an improvement over the structural shrug that was last week’s denouement. And the tag, with Homer unexpectedly having accompanied Eduardo all the way back to Spain instead of dropping him off at the gate, is one of those lovely little moments where they show goes for a little heart—and gives the character his due." They gave praise to the episode's B-story "where most of the hard laughs come in" and were pleased "the creators expanded their canvas a little."^[5] Den of Geek generally enjoyed the episode and lauded the episode's reference to June Foray, a legend in the cartoon community and The Adventures of Bullwinkle and Rocky, describing Simpsons recreations as "always first rate and they do Jay Ward proud." They ultimately gave the episode a 3.5/5 rating.^[6] Bubble Blabber summed up their review with, "This episode definitely had its moments, and it had a very sweet ending, but the jokes in episodes like this, with an abundance of nostalgia, sometimes fall a little flat when they’re squished into a less silly plot. [...] Regardless, it’s still worthy of a few laughs, and luckily, some of them are pretty hearty." They awarded a 6/10 rating.^[7] Conversely, TV Fanatic gave a somewhat mixed-to-negative review. They criticized the episode's title as "an effort to remain current" and deemed the overall episode as "mindless and dull" - they gave the episode a 2.5/5 rating.^[8]

Fan reaction was mixed. On No Homers, the episode holds a 3/5 majority rating on a fan poll. Many fans labelled the episode as "bland" and "nothing special", with some, on the other hand, appreciating the episode's humor and opening couch gag.^[9]

Gallery

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References