Since airing, this episode has developed a repute on-line because the second the present formally started its downward slide. That is largely due to the third-act twist, which reveals that horse-riding jockeys are literally brain-eating elves. That sounds dumb, however it’s truly worse within the episode.
This half-hour of The Simpsons additionally consists of lots of bizarre, out-of-place meta jokes commenting on how “Saddlesore Galactica” is repeating previous storylines and jokes, which isn’t very humorous and likewise simply highlights how dangerous the episode truly is. Whereas I believe the present has had nice episodes and even seasons after this level—even when many individuals on-line suppose in any other case—I can’t deny that “Saddlesore Galactica” is probably going the tip of the present’s golden period.
