‘Simpsons’ B-Stories That Were Better Than the Main Plots
The show’s superfans select their favorite B-sides
Just like Simpsons writers’ room way underestimated how much more their audience would love a B-story than whatever was going on in the foreground.
In fact, sometimes The Simpsons — after all, 750 total episodes means roughly 1,500 total plotlines; so a couple of the Scottie Pippens are inevitably going to outshine the Michael Jordans every now and then.
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Over on the Simpsons subreddit, the show’s superfans recently sorted through their favorite B-plots that, in their opinions, blow the main story out of the water. Somewhat unsurprisingly, the trend seems to be that, whenever the main plot is a Lisa episode, the B side is better. Here are their picks…
