That felt really solid. The hipsters and so on were really getting annoying, but that was the point after all. Am I surprised in the least to see a Matt Selman exec credit (his 4th if I'm not missing any)? No. The sense of danger at the overtaking of the town (and its being played for drama, if lightly) was well-done in particular. I'm still not crazy about the clouds-only opening style, but considering the episode was at the current max length and there was plenty in it already, I'll let that one slide.
DYN: ...it's rated TV-14 (DLV)? (I was going to assume it was for the breastfeeding scenes, but wouldn't those be S? Maybe D.) ...there was a *lot* of post-animation line replacement? ...Homer grew his hair back awfully quickly after he broke up with the cool family?
Previous episode stuff AABF06: Seems Homer also has a taste for music sold at car washes 3F21: Theme of Homer wanting to be cool (though done very differently, including the kids' reactions) 1F13: Star Trek fight music played 9F15: Burns' old-timey electricity reminiscent of the atom-splitting scene in that ep
Meta The discussion of The Onion made me think of the show's habit of jokey headlines, though (unlike in EABF12) this was not mentioned.
Don: Episode did start on time for me.