That’s true. But this episode actually didn’t set off my “not another retcon!” alarm the way some others have (like the one where Homer and Marge actually met at summer camp, which was WAY too much for me to accept). Unless I’m forgetting something, the only thing we had to accept in this one was that Mona cheated on Abe. Past episodes have established that he was such an ass that I had no problem with that, and Homer really wouldn’t have known about that.
Okay, except for the bit about him being at Homer and Marge’s wedding. I thought that was a hallucination caused by oxygen deprivation.
I had a much longer discourse on all the retcons/flashbacks they’ve done, but I shortened it. Suffice to say, even what you said bugged, because that conflicts with the episode in which we were told that Mona was the classic suppressed housewife until she abruptly broke out of the mold and became an activist.
Sigh. Someone around here (may not be an active poster nowadays, for all I know) has/d “714 Evergreen Terrace” as their location. They once asked, “What subject has been discussed the most on SDMB?” Another poster replied, “I believe your location has spawned the most threads.”
My favorite part was when Homer was playing catch with the question mark. The ball goes astray and breaks a window, then an exclamation mark comes out shaking his fist. Hilarious.
Didn’t the episode that introduced her indicate she had been cheating on Abe? The two hippies, who Abe knew from before she left, went on about how she was great in the sack. She could have been with them AFTER she left, but since she was on the run, it seems probable that she was with them before.
Did anyone else think of that Halloween episode where Homer recalls his father’s wedding day advice about what to do if you ever find yourself time traveling?
