Did a light hearted family show like The Simpsons really need to introduce a dark storyline like this? Were the ratings at the time struggling and in need of a jolt? What was the thinking behind the whole thing.
So what was the point of killing off Maude Flanders?
Julian Stewart
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Mason Thomas
How are you supposed to take it seriously when she dies to a t-shirt canon
Michael Murphy
Formerly alive
Henry Wilson
Grow up you fucking idiot
Liam Morales
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FLAAAAAAAAAAAAANDERRRRRRRRRRRS
Daniel Sanchez
Nathaniel Stewart
Grow up you feeding idiot
Wyatt Brown
It was a ratings stunt, like most episodes.
Andrew Fisher
Sneed
Dylan Flores
seething roastie
Carter Davis
The only sensible answer
Ian Collins
They killed (murder) Frank Grimes so whats your problem?
Logan Reed
Grimes was in one episode, Maude is a regular.
Jose Brooks
Sneed
Nathaniel Smith
>It was a ratings stunt, like most episodes.
False, they killed off Maude because the voice actress demanded more pay for her menial role. The producers decided to just kill her off and let her go.
Evan Sullivan
formerly
Brayden Campbell
yes and it was arguably the darkest moment in the entire series
Oliver Bennett
Formerly Homer Simpson
Alexander Hernandez
It was and still is a test of faith for Flanders.
Yeah that episode showed how stupid Homer truly is but that everyone just tolerates it. He skates by on the it and his dumb luck.
Michael Perry
They had to make room for Sneed.
Christian Hughes
that's actually a reason for this. the actor who played her wanted expenses covered for travel. they wouldn't do it, so she left. hence they wrote her off the show
Andrew Williams
Huh didn't realize he was so based
Wyatt Rogers
underrated and redpilled
Zachary Young
>that episode showed how stupid Homer truly is but that everyone just tolerates it.
no it was how everyone lived in clown world Except grimey grimes. Logic only applied to him which is almost even clownier than a normal clown world
Julian Perry
Dead meme
Wyatt Nguyen
Joshua Sanchez
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Brayden Brown
Based
Cringe
Jackson Flores
Based
Connor Rogers
based
Sebastian Torres
Either redditor s.o.y boy or roastie
Carter Fisher
>Were the ratings at the time struggling and in need of a jolt?
Yes. There were a bunch of associated press articles too with the headline 'Maude's with God'. Ratings were on a downslide and Fox was desperate.