Yes, we gave part two of The Simpsons' "Who Shot J.R."-inspired cliffhanger to the Simpsons' youngest child; Mrs. K was often a foreground character but the story arc usually focused on another character learning a lesson; and "Holidays of Future Passed" is both, but there are fewer flash-forwards overall, so we figured that was the way to go.

Here's a bit more insight on how we made the difficult decision of assigning shows to just one category or another: Clip shows, "The Simpsons Go To", Treehouse of Horror and other themed episodes were given top priority. Of course some of these may focus on Bart ("Bart vs. Thanksgiving") or Lisa ("I Love Lisa") but their holiday theme carried the day.

Where no such factors were present, we focused on which character seemed to be central, or had the most screen time (not that we did this with a stopwatch, mind you). Where this was not obvious, we went with the character who learns a lesson at the end—the character whom the story arc finally settled upon. This was not so easy, especially in the series' madcap later seasons, where cohesive stories were arguable at best, sometimes arguably elusive.

Occasionally, we went with the character who kicks off a story not focused on any character ("Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade") and occasionally a one-off character who dominated where no one member of the family does is chosen (hence we gave "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" to Shary Bobbins but Frank Grimes didn't get "Homer's Enemy"—that was still a Homer episode).

In many cases, a show could be conceived as both (such as "The Italian Bob", which is both a Sideshow Bob and a Simpsons Go To episode). Same with "Holidays of Future Passed". Typically, we chose the less common designation, figuring this was the more notable.

And if you disagree with anything above, please know that we anticipated your objections ahead of time, considered alternatives, and asked ourselves: "Can't someone else do it?"

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