7G01 - Some Enchanted Evening (May 13, 1990)

Summary: Homer gives Marge the romantic night of her dreams while the kids deal with a notorious burglar posing as a babysitter.

References to Time:
- Bart and Lisa are in school
- Marge is 34 years old
- Marge misses the romance Homer had when they were younger and dating
- It's meatloaf night
- Maggie can walk
- Marge and Homer had chaperones on their dates as teens
- 11 years ago, Homer hit Marge's head when crossing the threshold (presumably on their wedding night)

References to Other Episodes:
- None really, seeing as how it's the first episode produced. But there is a bowling ball with "HOMER" engraved on it. It isn't green like the one he infamously gave Marge, but the lights are dim so it could be the same one.

SLH Presence:
- SLH is not present
- Dr. Marvin Monroe is alive (He dies in the future)
- Homer's job does not look like his safety inspector job (He gets that job in Homer's Odyssey)
- Bart makes prank calls to Moe (He stops in the episode New Kid on the Block)
- No Olmec head in the basement (The family receives it in Blood Feud)

Minimum Time Spanned: One day exactly (most likely a Friday)

Canon: It's the first episode, so no reason to suspect anything as non-canon yet, save for the appearance of the house (see Review)

Favorite Moment: After unsuccessfully trying to knock out the babysitter with a bowling ball, Bart points out to her, "Seeing as no one was hurt, I think it'd be really silly to dwell on this."

Review: Although this was the first episode produced, it was the last shown of the season. They used the extra time with the episode cleaning up a lot of the animation so that it fit with the rest of the episodes (such as the layout of the house or the look of the characters). However, they did not do this to all of the scenes, so the episode alternates between good animation and bad animation, making for a disjointed episode. The story itself is okay, and has a few charming moments. The episode is not great when put up against what the series was going to turn into, but you can see the start of something good within the episode. Since it has the unfortunate position of being first, I shall give it the benefit of the doubt. B