The Simpsons has a historical past of killing off beloved characters. Some solely had choose appearances, like “Bleeding Gums” Murphy. Others had been staples, as with Edna Krabappel. There have been even shock fan favorites like Moe’s barfly Larry, whose dying final season sparked outrage from die-hard Simpsons aficionados. And now Marge Simpson — solely, she’s not really lifeless, regardless of the suggestion that folks learn into within the season 36 finale which aired final month.
However let’s recap first. In “Estranger Issues” — which wrapped up an already unorthodox season that pretended to guide off with a collection finale — we get one of many present’s many jumps into the longer term. It’s there that we study that Marge Simpson is in heaven (with Ringo Starr, no much less), watching down on Bart and Lisa as they mend their relationship. Followers had been so shocked and angered by the sheer considered the dying of Simpsons matriarch Marge that these behind the scenes at the moment are insisting that what they noticed is just not essentially canon, if the present has one in any respect. As The Simpsons EP Matt Selman put it, “Clearly for the reason that ‘The Simpsons’ future episodes are all speculative fantasies, they’re all totally different each time. Marge will most likely by no means be lifeless ever once more. The one place Marge is lifeless is in a single future episode that aired six weeks in the past.”
So why is there a lot concerning the “dying” of Marge Simpson so many weeks after the episode aired? 4 fingers, it appears, could be pointed on the media, who must be not proud in how they dealt with the story by means of clickbait techniques. “Right here’s my take: Web sites want site visitors, and headlines equal site visitors. After which you may clarify that the headline was deceptive on the very finish of the article. Each single media outlet that ran this story knew that on no account was Marge lifeless. All of them knew it, however they ran the headline anyway.”
And so the twisted world of Marge Simpson will proceed, as all of us knew could be the case anyway. Because it stands, The Simpsons is renewed as much as season 40, which ought to take it to 2029 because it tries to close the 1,000 mark. (“Estranger Issues” was episode 790, so there’s nonetheless a methods to go for the residents of Springfield to see 1,000.)
What did you consider how The Simpsons dealt with Marge’s non-canonical dying? Do you see any main characters being killed off within the close to future?