While I really like the settle press and media critique that this episode bears (hehe), the overall story is rather dull and additionally this episode looses more and more of its initial fun the more you re-watch it. This would make it totally balanced at neither good nor bad, but I do have a lot of fun watching Maggie in this one, and to the extend that it's possible for a cartoon baby, I feel like this is the first one that gives some well deserved focus on one of the last members of the famiily. Therefore: 6/10
Shout by Mista LukaBlockedParent2022-01-01T09:55:19Z
“The Call of the Simpsons” is unfortunately a mediocre episode of The Simpsons. It’s a shame because the plot for this episode could have produced some genuinely good material. Instead, it's quite boring and the ending was pretty silly. I did like the scenes with Maggie and the bears though, as short as they were.
Overall, this is an episode that could have been much better.