12 Incredible TV Episodes (That Fans HATED)
3. Dancin' Homer - The Simpsons
It’s hard to understand why Simpsons fans despise the early instalment Dancin Homer when the simple story of the family patriarch’s rise to fame as the eponymous sports mascot is a pretty perfect distillation of the show’s early, uneven, but deeply likeable and promising early seasons.
No, the show isn’t working at its mile-a-minute Homer at the Bat pace yet, but without the Gatling gun barrage of constant jokes the emotional beats hit harder and the charming character comedy, such as Homer’s tentative friendship with Burns, works even better.
It’s a quieter and more grounded tone than the show eventually opted for, but this is a pretty great episode nonetheless.