The Simpsons (TV Series) Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore (2004) User Reviews

Just another good episode from the greatest post-classic season

[killbill500 · 7/10 · 18 November 2007]

I have mixed feelings about this episode. While it's not magnificently excellent, it is in no way awful. It's just....pretty good. I just think for the most part, it could've been made better, and it really needed that extra something for dealing with such a difficult, tender subject like what they dealt with here.

This episode was quite an emotional, heartwarming, feel-good episode. Bart losing his best friend in the world, and then making best friends with his sister. Then Milhouse returns, leaving Lisa feeling sad. But Bart didn't forget their relationship. I found that rather pleasing.

Now the ending was a bit of a letdown. It was leading on to a climax of a mainly emotional episode, but then this silly, unfunny scene came along and ruined the feeling and vibe this episode seemed to be giving out in the first place. It's not the absolute worst ending of an episode I've ever seen, but it just REALLY did not need to be included.

A good classic Simpsons episode, didn't need the joke ending or Homer's side story though.

[opalpika1328 · 8/10 · 10 August 2022]

This episode dealt with Bart being upset over Milhouse moving away to Capital City and changing who he used to be, and finding a new best friend in Lisa until Milhouse came back. At first when going to a field trip, Milhouse was acting weirder than he usually is, but the reason for that was because his mom was moving away to Capital City and taking him with her. Bart tries replacing him with Ralph, which doesn't work out, and when he finally sees Milhouse again, he finds out that he hangs out with a very bad crowd. Milhouse even humiliated Bart in front of his new friends calling him a "Springfield baby". Bart watches an old tape on when him and Milhouse were together, and was sad about it. Marge then recommends that he helps Lisa wash the car, which ends up with them playing together and becoming close with one another. They play together in school and even found a secret cave. However, this didn't last long, because Milhouse came back, his father now has rights to him but loses his pants. Lisa then is crushed when Bart told Milhouse about the cave that was supposed to be a secret, however Bart makes it up to her with his own homemade Capital City Monopoly cards, with the last one being "Good for one Hug", which had Bart hugging Lisa, which is where the episode SHOULD have ended, not with some lady telling some joke with some Family Guy-esque cutaway. Also Homer's side story that had him being a hobo panhandling to get special gifts for Marge wasn't needed either. Other than those things, this was a very good classic Simpsons episode.

Hobos, Besties, Marge, and Milhouse

[Michael_Arm · 7/10 · 3 January 2022]

Great episode of the Simpsons and displays the creativity of the writers. Pairing Lisa and Bart as BFFS since Milhouse moved out of town with his mom. To afford Marges anniversary gift Homer takes up panhandling as a crazy hobo.

Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore

[studioAT · 5/10 · 12 February 2020]

Milhouse moving away means that Lisa and Bart end up as best friends, which proves to be a sweet storyline in a decent episode.

The B plot involving Homer is forgettable, but the main one more than makes up for it.

The previous reviewer felt the ending was rushed, but I liked how it linked back to the first scene at the museum. However, in the old days of the show they probably would've just left it on a sentimental moment, rather than feeling the need to go for a joke. How times change

Another good episode.