With Lisa's Sax, Lisa the Skeptic, Lisa the Simpson, Lost Our Lisa, and with maybe Girly Edition counting as a Lisa episode, season 9 is Lisa's busiest season since season 6 (which had Lisa's Rival, Lisa on Ice, Lisa's Wedding and 'Round Springfield). It's fitting, then, that Lisa is on the cover of the season 9 DVD. The Lisa episodes in season 9 are as good as ever, including Lost Our Lisa which I think is underrated.
Lisa tricks Homer into letting her take a bus to a museum, despite her young age. However, Lisa gets on the wrong bus (which reflects how bus routes often are confusing in real life) and winds up lost in the Springfield area. She doesn't find much help from either the hillbillies or the Russian Springfielders, but when Homer goes looking for her, he finds her. Lisa says she regrets taking the risk of taking the bus, but Homer tells her it's okay to take risks, and the two go to the (now closed) museum.
This episode captures Lisa lost and alone. On top of that, it has nice twists regarding the balloons and a prayer- to Superman. Arguably, the part where Homer's head gets caught in a bridge is too unrealistic, but I wouldn't give that too much importance since it's really a small part of the episode. The message that risks are fine adds a good moral to the story, and the music of the Orb of Isis is, as Lisa says, "beautiful." One of the last classic Simpsons episodes.
Lisa tricks Homer into letting her take a bus to a museum, despite her young age. However, Lisa gets on the wrong bus (which reflects how bus routes often are confusing in real life) and winds up lost in the Springfield area. She doesn't find much help from either the hillbillies or the Russian Springfielders, but when Homer goes looking for her, he finds her. Lisa says she regrets taking the risk of taking the bus, but Homer tells her it's okay to take risks, and the two go to the (now closed) museum.
This episode captures Lisa lost and alone. On top of that, it has nice twists regarding the balloons and a prayer- to Superman. Arguably, the part where Homer's head gets caught in a bridge is too unrealistic, but I wouldn't give that too much importance since it's really a small part of the episode. The message that risks are fine adds a good moral to the story, and the music of the Orb of Isis is, as Lisa says, "beautiful." One of the last classic Simpsons episodes.