The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A.

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"The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A." is the 21st and penultimate episode of the thirty-second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 705th episode overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on May 16, 2021. The episode was directed by Michael Polcino, and written by Carolyn Omine. In this episode, Homer meets a British secret agent.

Plot[]

In 1971, Head of the British Intelligence Agency, Terrance, is sent to America after a Russian spy named the grey fox. 50 years pass and Terrance has finally found a clue of where the Grey fox is which is in Springfield retirement home. After posing as the residencies new resident, he meets Homer and his friends at bar and he bonds with them by telling them about his past life and how his father was an oafish fool who screwed up every mission he was on and made a laughing stock of his reputation.

Later on, Terrance soon begin to suspect that Homer’s father Abe may be the grey fox and interrogates Homer. He then realizes that Abe may be the grey fox after Terrance reveals that Homer somehow keeps his job even though he screws it up all the time and also how Abe hates America.

The two then spy on Abe and see him take a package from two Russian looking man and Terrance asks Homer to trick Abe into Terrances company. However Homer cannot bring himself to bring Abe in and so Terrance (now having gone insane) kidnaps both Homer and Abe by gunpoint and plans to execute them both in the dessert. Meanwhile Marge, Bart, and Lisa go to the retirement home to find Abe and Homer when they meet Terrance’s daughter who tells them that Terrance kidnaps them. The family head to the dessert with Chief Wiggum and arrest Terrance.

Abe felling sorry for Terrance as he did not accomplish anything in his entire life that he decides to pretend to be the grey fox thus making Terrance feel proud.

Later on, Homer and Lisa hear a Russian voice in Maggie’s room and believe she may be in concerts with them, until they learn that the voice was her see’ and say that came from Russia.

Reception[]

Critical reception[]

Tony Sokol of Den of Geek gave the episode 3.5 stars out of 5, stating "“The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A.” feels like the kind of movie Homer would fall asleep at. The British spy film references come too respectfully, and the laughs have to squeeze through too stiff an upper lip. It’s not that it’s too clever, as opposed to funny, which has plagued some episodes. It pulls its punchlines when they should be hot enough to cut 007 to a size .035."^[1]

Jesse Bereta from bubbleblabber.com gave the episode a 7/10, stating “Unfortunately, there is not much excitement going on for an episode that should be action-packed. Once the story gets rolling, it is more about convincing Homer that his father is a spy more than any actual spy work. It would have been fun to see this long-running series try to inject some action like we would not usually see. They managed to accomplish some great stuff back when Hank Scorpio came to Springfield. Regardless, it was a fun episode that tried something different. Sure, we have seen plenty of Grampa Simpson’s old war days, but not much after that, aside from raising Homer. Alternatively, there was much room throughout this story to expand or do something unexpected. Unfortunately, the episode follows much of the same formula you would expect. Though it is a pleasing addition to a diverse season 32.”^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• "The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A." at IMDb