The Simpsons has wrapped up its 36th season with a season finale that has shocked viewers with the death of none other than the show’s beloved matriarch, Marge Simpson. The episode, which skips ahead 35 years, shows Bart and Lisa Simpson growing apart after Marge’s death, the circumstances of which are not explained. However, a forgotten video from Marge brings the two together to reconcile their differences and save Homer from being sent to a nursing home in Florida, which has become a prison for seniors. Fans expressed their outrage on social media. “WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY KILLED MARGE SIMPSON,” one wrote. “What the f--- do you mean ‘Marge’s death’ huh? You b------s killed MARGE?” an angry fan tweeted. While the world of Springfield defies standard rules of space and time, many Simpsons deaths are permanent, including those of Bleeding Gums Murphy, Maude Flanders, and Edna Krabappel, whose character was retired after the death of actor Marcia Wallace in 2013. However, far from losing fans, Marge’s mysterious future death seems to be renewing interest in the show, writes Screen Rant. The show, which has become bolder about killing off characters in recent years, may be correlated with a rise in show ratings, which in the past has been criticized as having jumped the shark.
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