This episode was plenty funny, but a lot of the humor doesn't jibe with continuity. OFF has worked as a team many, many times. And Bart has driven cars many times, and Marge knew about it. The transition from the first plot to the second was very awkward. The swipe at Mormons was just a cheap shot. I give it a B-.
DYN... Brenda doesn't negotiate; she just immobilizes and captures the family? Maggie singing "We Are Family"? Marge calling them floozies to their faces? Amber smoking while sleeping? Amber & Abe having a church wedding? Ginger sleeping on Maude's side of the bed?
Refs to previous episodes
Viva Ned Flanders
self-references
280-some adventures (do we count the TU days?)
"end of our series"
"We had a good run."
goofs
Bart's development of Marvin Gardens is in violation of the rules of Monopoly. There can only be one hotel on a property (in which case there will be no houses) and the other properties in the set also have to have a hotel or four houses.
The police call was answered on an ordinary desk phone, with no ANI (automatic number identification), so how did Wiggum know where to go?
Why didn't they move the car *before* Homer went down the cliff?
It is indeed not the law in Nevada that multiple marriages are legal, and if Homer's marriage to Amber had been legal (which it wasn't), it wouldn't have been enough to get it off the books simply by Amber marrying Abe. But if the marriage had been legal, the judge was correct in extending "full faith and credit" to it, as required by Article IV, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
Misc.
People at the Republican meeting: Burns, Ralph Nader, Smithers, Dracula, the rich Texan, Rainier Wolfcastle, Krusty, Robert Dole.
Strom Thurmond, who is approaching 100 years old, has served as a U.S. Senator from South Carolina since December 24, 1954, except for a seven-month period in 1956 during which he resigned and was then elected to fill the vacancy caused by his own resignation.
"Singin' in the Rain" was written by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown for the film "Hollywood Revue of 1929."
"First Date" is an obvious parody of the series "Blind Date."
"Band on the Run" was a hit for Paul McCartney & Wings in 1973.
RU-486 is the controversial French abortion pill. (Actually, in Amber's situation, DES would be more appropriate.)
Is this the first we've seen of a beer other than Duff?
How many times has Marge said "This is the worst thing you've ever done"? I think she said it only a few weeks ago when Homer's rocket set the church on fire.