It really was a boring episode wasn't it? I must not be the only one to feel that the writing is going to hell on the show am I.
As compared to what? American Idol? Survivor? Whatever the hell that wife swapping show was? Big Brother? Or my personal favourite, the show that follows property inspectors around? :P
Bad Simpsons is still infinitely superior to damn near everything else on TV these days. Networks only ever cancel good shows, so I guess the Simpsons crew decided to dumb it down, heh heh. That makes me fear for the future of Scrubs. It's too good. It's days are surely numbered :(