The Simpsons has abruptly killed a veteran Springfield character, and stated the loss of life won’t be reversed.
The collection’ newest episode, Sashes to Sashes, sees aged Springfield resident Alice Glick collapse on the church organ she was typically seen enjoying.
Glick has made dozens of minor appearances inside The Simpsons through the years, starting within the present’s second season which aired again in 1991. Alas, after 34 years, the organist has performed her final — and in accordance with the present’s co-executive producer Tim Lengthy, the loss of life is last.
“In a way, Alice the organist will stay perpetually, by means of the attractive music she made,” Lengthy informed EW, in a report that states the event was everlasting. “However in one other, extra essential sense, yep, she’s lifeless as a doornail.”
The loss of life comes simply months after The Simpsons aired the high-profile demise of Marge Simpson (albeit in an episode set sooner or later), one thing which kickstarted a confrontation over what precisely within the collection is now handled as canon.
As followers pointed to cases the place characters have been killed off for good (together with Maude Flanders, Edna Krabappel and Larry the barfly), the collection’ co-showrunner Matt Selman railed in opposition to the concept The Simpsons had a set canon.
“It is a f***ing paradox,” Selman informed EW beforehand. “Folks suck it up anyway. Our present remains to be very talked-about in each America and internationally. I’m not apprehensive about messing with the timeline.”
Within the case of organist Alice Glick, the matter isn’t helped by the truth that she had been seen dying beforehand — again in 2011 episode Replaceable You, the place she was killed by a robotic pet and is later seen in heaven. The fan-run Simpsons wiki now considers that episode non-canonical, with the reason is that Glick seems in quite a few episodes afterwards.
Now in its thirty seventh season, the present has additionally simply added a contemporary member to the Simpsons household clan. In the identical episode, Marge reveals her previously-secret aunt Beatrice Bouvier, performed by Carrie Coon.
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