Pretty short comments this week... I enjoyed the episode as just kind of a general-style thing. We've seen Marge try to find friends and activities before; it's a little strange when she or Lisa suddenly has no friends, but despite that, this time it worked out pretty well. The Lisa and Milhouse plot was charming, and does indeed seem like something of a good setup for episode HABF02 in a few weeks. There were many funny (plot-related) jokes that I'm not mentioning... the ending was a nice recall/resolution of the first Moe joke, too (see, it can be done!).
DYN: ...the mayor's wife sounds like Tress MacNeille again, and not Maggie Roswell? ...a decent joke was almost but not quite made (with the line "No tea. Security!")? ...Homer seems to know that the Cheery Red Tomatoes are a gang early on?
...the title implies that they'd wear red hats, but these are definitely more pink? ...Milhouse finally got Lisa to like him and then blew it? ...Marge's folders say "clipables" and "manson"? ...Bart makes rather few appearances?
Previous episode references FABF22: Lisa's scarf also seen here 2F32: Faberge eggs GABF01: Ending the episode in a hot air balloon
Other comments According to my figures, this week's episode featured the 200th couch gag! (Care to back me up on that, Don?) I didn't include the montages in 9F21 and 3F31 as separate couch gags, nor did I count minor variations (visually, e.g. between 2F01 and 2F14; audio changes, as in DABF20/EABF19/GABF13 and FABF08/GABF05; or shortening, as with couches such as--I believe--2F17's and EABF01's). The reason for that should be clear. Of course, the couch two weeks ago (GABF20) would have been more fun for the celebration, but it's not like the actual numbering is all that important.