12 Incredible TV Episodes (That Fans HATED)
7. Moe Goes From Rag To Riches - The Simpsons
Every once in a while, a long-running series will try something truly strange—and they’ll almost always be lambasted for it by their supposed fans.
Where the more risqué and experimental likes of TBS hit American Dad may be able to pull off stunts like an episode recreating the Pulitzer prize winning play August: Osage County, the venerable institution of The Simpsons is attacked for trying to leapfrog out of its comfort zone.
Case in point: Moe Goes from Rags to Riches, a surreal Jeremy Irons-starring instalment of the show which illustrates the bizarre backstory of the eponymous dishrag doesn’t deserve any of the outsized hate it gets, being far funnier than most of the show’s later season instalments.