The Simpsons (TV Series) At Long Last Leave (2012) User Reviews

A Complete dedication to a show that has now surpassed 500 episodes

[lesleyharris30 · 9/10 · 28 August 2012]

At Long Last Leave is a terrific Simpsons episode,but its not just any old episode,its the series landmark 500th episode,thats one big number,and congratulations the everyone working so hard on The Simpsons for making this happen.I don't know where I would be today without my favourite animated family.The story to the episode was a great way to celebrate the 500th,because its kind of something you've been waiting to see the town of Springfield do for a a while,eliminating the Simpsons.The opening to the show was amazing,with Milhouse on the chalkboard,giving Bart a break,and the couch gag,going through every other couch gag to the show ever had from the beginning.

The entire town of Springfield (except Ned Flanders),agrees to kick The Simpsons out of Springfield.The family are devastated,but they eventually find peace in a quiet place called The Outlands.

500th

[athomed · 5/10 · 27 August 2012]

I don't think this was the best way to mark The Simpsons' 500th episode milestone. There have been far superior episodes this season, such as The Book Job and Holidays of Future Passed. At Long Last Leave was a bit of a let-down. They did a couple cool things, like the alternate beginning theme and Homer and Marge sneaking around Springfield, but other than that there were very few smiles to be had.

The plot utilized in the episode has been tread in different variations plenty of times in previous Simpsons episodes - to greater effect. Even the idea of Springfield having a secret meeting was eerily similar to the classic Malcolm in the Middle episode where the town has a block party every time Malcolm's family goes out of town. I would have liked to have seen some more originality. How many times before have we watched the Simpson family adapt to a new way of life? You'll find that this episode and The Simpsons Movie have a lot in common. What way is that to mark the occasion of reaching 500 episodes? With all that said, it still is a fantastic achievement. I don't think the core of the show is too tired to reach 600 episodes; I think that the writers have settled for what's easy too often since the turn of the millennium.

Here's to many more episodes, and here's to hoping they're better than this one.

Well this sucked a lot

[sulphuria-creatura · 4/10 · 21 February 2012]

I'm a fan, not a huge fan but The Simpsons will always be on my 'love list', not matter how many crummy episodes. And yeah, sure, almost every series has at least a few bad episodes and with a series like The Simpsons (23 seasons and counting) it is to be expected not every episode will be an 8 or higher. But, well, I just can't accept a milestone episode being below a 6, and this episode was just that.

Short summary: The Simpson family discovers a secret town meeting is taking place about kicking them out because of all of their shenanigans over the years, and this of course happens. They discover some sort of off the grid semi-redneck community between Springfield and Shelbyville and try to settle down there. Marge soon admits to missing Springfield and Homer sneaks her and himself in. They get caught and are about to get kicked out again, but Marge takes the high road by saying she's not looking for people who don't take them for who they are, and they go back to the community. Soon (the next scene) people from Springfield are starting to show up there and the community starts to look like Springfield. The end.

The problem with this is that it has been done already, by themselves and a lot better if I may add. I'm not even that glad they didn't turn this into a 'remember-that-time' episode, which could have been a lot better than this garbage, if done correctly. This was just a quick attempt by the writers to whip up an episode that portrayed Springfield is willing to forgive the Simpsons... because... Eh, to be honest, I don't know. I really couldn't tell you why Springfield UNANIMOUSLY voted the Simpsons out of their town, then apparently cared again when they found out Marge and Homer didn't want to stay where they were not welcome (now that's a shocker), and subsequently all came after them.

This is beyond sappy, this is bad writing, and a great example of it. Most of the characters either admitted earlier in this episode to being glad to get rid of The Simpsons or are known not to care for them anyway. I could go on and on about the many plot holes in this story, but I'm not.

This was the 500th episode and it really, REALLY, sucked. And you know what? That made me mad. Enough so to write a review for this single episode. I didn't expect fireworks, I would even expect an episode this bad once in a while (they do have their ups and downs), but I simply didn't expect such a blatantly bad episode as their 500th.

One other thing though. They knew it was this bad. The subtitle "500th episode; the most meaningless milestone of all", and the title-card at the end (yes there's a title-card) saying "Thanks for 500 shows. All we ask is that you go out and get some fresh air before logging onto the internet and saying how much this sucked." kind of say it all. And just so you know, I did not respect their wishes on the title-card. Simply because they choose to not respect my wishes to put at least some effort into the 500th episode, instead of making this trash, admitting it's trash and have the guts to ask us not to go and call it trash.

4/10, and I believe I'm being generous

Worst episode ever in history of the series

[arielsiere · 3/10 · 4 November 2022]

At Long Last Leave also known as the 500th episode of the series when i watched the couch gag then Homer strangles Bart once again, everything starts when everyone in Springfield including Mayor Quimby was tired of the negative effect of the Simpsons family and then the family get kicked out of their city, so they meet a society named The Outlands Bart starts writting and says that he loves the breakdown of society when everyone got home Homer wanted to watch tv, so without getting caught Homer and Marge go back to their house but they get caught again by the mayor and the citizens what a mess, everyone in Springfield including the mayor were treating Homer and his family badly throughout the entire episode, the same country music is also heard during the end credits and in the Gracie Films logo Cletus sings The Outlands one last time.