YMMV / The Simpsons S 19 E19 Mona Leaves-a

• Alternate Character Interpretation: In regards to Mona's demise, since she dies offscreen, it is possible she may have died out of old age, or, on a somewhat more grim note, feeling that Homer would never love her again, likely killed herself to put her final plan against Burns in motion.
• Fanon Discontinuity: Mona Simpson dies (and it's left up in the air whether it was a natural death or a suicide) and exploits her son's grief to send him onto a mission that may get him and his family hurt or even killed in order to give the finger to Burns one last time. Understandably, not a lot of people love this episode (or at least this one particular twist).
• Hilarious in Hindsight: The idea of a relative using the order to spread their ashes to achieve a goal becomes a lot more funny when God of War (PS4) had a near identical plot to this episode.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: The reason many fans despise this episode is due to how they've felt this could've been better if it was just Homer climbing the mountain to spread his mother's ashes. It could've been an emotional episode too if Homer reflected and compared his parenting skills to hers. Instead, it turns into a James Bond parody with Mona orchestrating one last scheme against Burns.
• The Woobie: Homer, hands down. He's understandably tired of his mother not being able to be part of his life because she can't stop her vendetta against Mr. Burns and even uses her son in those schemes from time to time. It hurts even more when he tells her this and it winds up being the last thing he ever said to her...and then it turns out that she still put her vendetta over her son. Much as Homer has changed, this is simply something he truly does not deserve: having the one parent who did love him be revealed to be just as bad, if not worse, than his abusive father.