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Eh. What's it building up to? Nothing. A cynical summation can work but
here it feels like a cheat of a rug-pull. And it doesn't even seem self-consistent, let alone consistent with the series; Homer wasn't an enervated zombie after work before (unless the idea is that he never
works hard enough anyway), and neither was Marge after a long day. How
much influencing do they even get done in the office with the stupid pie
tin hats on, and why don't they need the hats outside when they are
doing it? Not that I was too invested to begin with, being unfamiliar
with the target show, but it just seemed to fall flat as a spoof,
satire, commentary, anything. Would I have found this gutbustingly funny
if I did watch Severance?

And that's the other thing... yes, I'm about to pick on a single letter
in the title. SepErance, with an E? For just a title, it could work,
doing all it can to match Severance, and still being a reasonable
merging with the word separate. But they call it that in universe, and although there was ample opportunity (especially in the tone of the
episode) to explain it just that way, for example in a winky line that
it's like SEParating and sevERing but legally distinct from that other
word, that didn't happen. (There was time for Lisa to bluntly mention
that among similar shows, though!) Instead, it looks like the common misspelling of separate (and derived words), "seperate". Thus, unless
it's spelled separance in universe, calling the practice "seperance"
only seems to make sense if no one knows how to spell! (Or is THAT on
purpose? That lady at the desk certainly seems to pick weird word
endings, and does not know that the last syllable in tetrahedron is UNstressed, so maybe it's a very subtle character quirk. I have a hunch
it's not.)

Previous episode thing
5F12: Homer's job is reminiscent of (among other things, I'm sure) that
of the Bacardi lady Moe tries to talk to

Hat trick
This is the third new episode in a row with a dedication. Yikes!
Tonight's is for John Albarian, not a very familiar name, a onetime
producer?

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