"The Way We Weren't" is the twentieth episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.
Through the wall, the girl asked Homer to see her later that night, but he accidentally stabbed himself in the eye and wore an eyepatch to the date.
Homer gave Marge a heart-shaped rock, and they parted ways and agreed to meet again the following night.
[1] Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide did not like the change in continuity, saying "[t]hough I don't expect stellar continuity from The Simpsons, the way it blatantly disregards established history can become obnoxious; 'Weren't' dances all over all sorts of previously determined concepts, and that makes it less enjoyable.
They acknowledged the difficulty of writing flashback episodes but thought there was not a major change in continuity.
[4] The portrayal of Comic Book Guy in the flashback is cited as an example of the typical characteristic of male fans.
Mel Stanfill writes, "Beyond insufficient capacity for violence, lack physical fitness is treated as a fundamental fan trait.
...Certainly much of the humor of the Simpsons' Comic Book Guy comes from how he waddles and wobbles, his constant eating, or jokes like him sweating through his jumpsuit with half a jumping jack at fat camp".