This time, though, it involves a community of like-minded, out-of-their minds Springfieldians.
And a missing 150-year-old turtle.
Did someone kidnap Leonard?
Is this all part of a larger, insidious plot?
Or maybe someone doesn’t want the mystery to be solved?
“The truth is different these days,” Homer explains at one point.
“It’s more of a hunch you’re willing to die for.”
“What if the turtle was taken by a billionaire to transfuse his blood for longevity?'”
That’s a scary thing."
Selman says the creators wanted to have “empathy for why people feel so connected to these groups.”
Obviously we’re making fun of conspiracy-theory social-media fervor.
In addition, the episode winks atthe show’s perceived ability to foretell the future.
“We confront that notion head-on,” he teases.
