Dad Behavior

Homer begins to use the app for all his unwanted tasks, and solicits a Chore Monkey called Blake, who is an ex-hostage negotiator, to argue with Marge in his place.

Homer attempts to spend time with Grampa, who has been informed that he's impregnated a fellow (unnamed) resident of his retirement home, and is nervous since he believes that Simpson men do not make good fathers.

Bart and Kirk head to Itchy and Scratchy Land, only to find that Homer and Milhouse are also visiting the theme park.

The two pairs of characters begin a go-kart race, but after Kirk crumbles under the pressure and brakes suddenly, Bart flies out of the kart and hits a stop sign.

[4] Interviewed about his role in the episode, Matt Leinart stated that he had been a long time fan of the show, and that it was "one of those bucket list things.

After discovering Chore Monkey, Homer sings a parody of the chorus of the Steely Dan song Dirty Work.

After smearing engine oil over Milhouse's face in the shape of a mustache, Homer remarks that he looks like Tony Stark.

Music played during the episode's race sequence and end credits was composed by Alf Clausen and Greg Prechel, and is an homage to the songs from the Fast and the Furious franchise.

[6] In an article on Queer Theory that analyses the episode, Jonathan Hay relates the episode's unconventional opening credits sequence and Grampa's jubilation at realizing he is not a father to Lee Edelman's concept of reproductive futurity, as proposed in his 2004 monograph 'No Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive'.

[8]Tony Sokol of Den of Geek scored the episode 4.5 out 5 stars stating: The episode is very funny, very clever and ends on a classic sequence...Although The Simpsons play out the family jealousies a lot, this one kept it fresh...Tonight’s highlight was the rising orchestral tension in the scene where Abe finds out about the baby’s lineage.

Lucy Morris of Digital Spy felt that the couch gag was bleak, and a strange departure from the show's usual opening sequences.

She noted however that Bart finally getting control of the TV remote was a welcome "silver lining" to the numerous traumatic deaths of his immediate family members within the couch gag.

[1] Caroline Westbrook of Metro also felt that the sequence was "pretty darned grim", but noted that it was not the series' first significantly weird couch gag.

[11] However, this was a significant decrease from the previous episode, "Havana Wild Weekend", which acquired a 3.1 rating, and was watched by 7.13 million people.