I'm rather fond of Lisa episodes in general, and this one was pretty good as they go. (Oh, and I'm also a grad student in math after being a math major as an undergrad, and there are plenty of female faculty and students in our department.) Lisa's own storyline was enjoyable and made sense, though I must wonder why her only academic focus was on math. It was a little annoying that generalizations of boys and girls persisted throughout, but maybe that was the point; on the other hand, given that, I am not inclined to make my usual request for more exploration of the subject at hand. I wouldn't say it could even be called a B story, but I rather enjoyed the timing of Homer's struggles with Marge and SLH here. The only real groaner moment I remember was when "Bart Jr." made his subtitled joke; what is that, post-postmodern? It wasn't funny. (However, the I&S musical was pretty fun.) So, this could have been better, but I enjoyed the basic idea.
DYN: ...Lisa didn't bother coming up with a name beforehand? ...Jake Boyman sounds rather like Milhouse? ...it's implied that Homer is in fact not smarter than a dog? (Compare statements from the producers about Homer's intelligence vs. various canines over the years.)
Previous episode references 7F09: Itchy & Scratchy + Marge + squirrel = comedy GABF12: In the future, *only* girls learn math and science 1F12: Cathy Guisewite mentioned by name AABF18: Burning bookmobile (cf. book-burning mobile)
Goofs Lisa's room is in the wrong spot at the end of act 2.
Extra note I saw that commercial for "Hoot" between acts 2 and 3; we all know from the Futurama canon that owls are destined to become big pests, so why are those silly kids trying to save them?