Both the main and sub plots were totally about prostitution, and not very subtly. South Park's "Wing" (ep 128 from season 9) already covered the obvious idea of talent agents being like pimps and likened therapists to escorts. Neither one of these ideas are original, but set them in a "Sound of Music" spoof, and it makes for a pretty funny episode.

The sub plot with Bart seeing the therapist was great. The school pays for 5 sessions, during which Bart gets emotionally attached to his (female) therapist. After the last session, he is very disappointed and behaves in a way that in other circumstances would be like a stalker client. Since Bart really wants another session so much, Marge comes up with enough cash for him to see her one more time. As if to sway a viewer suspicious about the parallel up at this point, Marge tells Bart: "This is all we can afford. But if this doesn't work, then later when you are an adult, you can pay a woman to make you happy for an hour!" I found the humor and subject matter closer to South Park than the usual lighter Simpsons style. Maybe they are hitting back against the pot shots South Park takes at them for being too much like "Dennis the Menace" sometimes?

I agree this isn't the strongest episode they've done, but it still had me laughing quite a bit.

Typical Bruckheimer action show with somewhat predictable crap happening. But this is television isn't it? I almost dropped it from my TiVo schedule after the pilot but subsequent episodes started giving us a lot more character depth. The pilot is a pretty lousy first impression for the show.

Characters have token religions, races and creeds. It seems that it sort of tries to either distance itself or explain the current bushwhacking administration but not very successfully.

The men are real men and while the women may be in places of power or authority, they are clearly there to support their men.

If Bruckheimer teamed up with O'Reilly, I think this is what we would get.

If you watch the spoof movie "Team America" first, things will make more sense..