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The Worst Upcoming Episode

simpsons brand new episodeCheck out this sneak peek preview of an upcoming episode from next season:

When Bart’s love life heats up again on The Simpsons, it will involve an old flame or two. Actually, make that five. Not only will Zooey Deschanel guest-star on the animated comedy by reprising her role as Mary Spuckler — that adorable hillbilly daughter of Cleetus [sic.] whom Bart nearly married in season 19 — four other former girlfriends, voiced by Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Sarah Silverman, make cameos in the same episode, EW has learned.

This episode has it all: a hackneyed plot ripped off from romantic comedies, a bunch of guest stars returning to voice some of the blandest characters in the show’s history (Girlfriend #4, Girlfriend #7, et al.), a clip show-like premise that emphasizes not only how long the show’s been on but how repetitive and assembly line-produced it’s been, Bart having what sounds like a midlife crisis at the age of 10, and a country song performed by Zooey Deschanel, who apparently played one of Cletus the slack-jawed yokel’s daughter in some horrible-sounding episode I managed to avoid. Please end this show. [Entertainment Weekly]