OK, even though I personally think that show Jumped the Shark around 5 years ago (Maggie shoots Mr. Burns) I really feel like an idiot. I guess my mind was just not into thinking they would play that. I assumed it was Martino or Dunseth or something like that.
It jumped the shark and got better is what it did. The writers are almost trying to get the show some negative publicity with the references they have been trying over the past 2 years.