Why Simpsons episode that fans called ‘the worst ever’ was shelved for 2 years

After nearly two decades of waiting, The Simpsons Movie 2 has finally been announced.

Fans of America’s most dysfunctional family have been waiting for news on the film since the first movie ended with Maggie saying ‘sequel’.

Despite that tease, however, it’s been 18 years since The Simpsons graced the silver screen.

That said, the team behind the popular animated series has clearly had a sequel in mind, as they shelved one episode back in 2012 because the plot was so ‘cinematic’ that they thought it would make a good movie.

Here’s the problem, though.

When the episode was released in 2014, it was so bad that fans branded it one of the worst episodes in the series’ history. Titled The Man Who Came to Be Dinner, the season 26 episode sees the Simpson family get abducted by the aliens K