Homer's Odyssey I'm not too fond of the title, to start with. (Though I admit my cheesy reference to it isn't so brilliant either.) But despite the pun, and the, from what I see it's complete irrelevance to the plot, it's not too bad.
What I see forming here is the beginning of something that I've seen on The Simpsons (and on some other shows as well, every once in a while) but is hardly ever picked up on, which is the gradual transformation between two nearly totally different subjects. For example in this we go from Bart going on a trip to the Power Plant to Homer campaigning for safety in front of said Plant, via unemployment and attempted suicide.
It's better that that technique was used as no particular part of the story strikes me as being great, just too fairly well-written though imperfect stories strung together. Though the acting is on quite a high par (perhaps only surpassed in season 1 by Krusty Gets Busted in terms of skill.) and Homer doesn't seem like the inconsiderate oaf of later seasons, which while that side has it's moments I like Homer's more caring side.
The animation's still pretty poor noticeably the crowd which whilst chattering remains completely still, but overall it's a very fine episode just with a few little problems that would be fixed over time.
What I see forming here is the beginning of something that I've seen on The Simpsons (and on some other shows as well, every once in a while) but is hardly ever picked up on, which is the gradual transformation between two nearly totally different subjects. For example in this we go from Bart going on a trip to the Power Plant to Homer campaigning for safety in front of said Plant, via unemployment and attempted suicide.
It's better that that technique was used as no particular part of the story strikes me as being great, just too fairly well-written though imperfect stories strung together. Though the acting is on quite a high par (perhaps only surpassed in season 1 by Krusty Gets Busted in terms of skill.) and Homer doesn't seem like the inconsiderate oaf of later seasons, which while that side has it's moments I like Homer's more caring side.
The animation's still pretty poor noticeably the crowd which whilst chattering remains completely still, but overall it's a very fine episode just with a few little problems that would be fixed over time.