This is one of the most touching episodes of "The Simpsons" I have ever seen. Homer's mother turns out not to be dead after all and he is reunited with her. But she is a wanted criminal on the run and Mr Burns wants her head on a silver platter...
All the cast do their usual great work, and Glenn Close makes a good guest appearance as Homer's Mom. But it's the ending that gets me the most - the writers and director made the right choice of not ending with any jokes at all, just with a still shot of Homer on his own watching the stars after saying goodbye to his mum. The music for this gets me every time and I start to blub like a little baby. The should have entered this for that year's Emmy 'cos it would have won fair and square! 8/10
All the cast do their usual great work, and Glenn Close makes a good guest appearance as Homer's Mom. But it's the ending that gets me the most - the writers and director made the right choice of not ending with any jokes at all, just with a still shot of Homer on his own watching the stars after saying goodbye to his mum. The music for this gets me every time and I start to blub like a little baby. The should have entered this for that year's Emmy 'cos it would have won fair and square! 8/10