Starting with the high profile conclusion to the epic “who shot Mr Burns” saga, there was a huge amount of pressure on the show to see if it could live up to the hype of the thing it was parodying: the “who shot JR” from ‘Dallas’, and the show managed to deliver.
Moving on from that and into a fresh season, they managed to think up a wide variety on angle’s and topics to address this season. Everyone one of the major characters feels well served here and they all get their chance to shine.
Some of the stand out episodes for me were the laugh riot of ‘King-Size Homer’, the more thoughtful and contemplative ‘Summer of 4 Ft.2’, the pop culture exploration of ‘Radioactive Man’, and Kirk Douglas episode ‘The Day the Violence Died’.
This season had to follow season 6, which in my opinion is the best season the show has ever done, and there is very little noticeable drop in quality and therefore another very fine season of TV.
Rating = 4.5/5
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