Disney+ just released their final “exclusive” episode of The Simpsons — for this season at least. “Yellow Planet,” a parody of National Geographic-type nature documentaries, features a number of familiar Simpsons characters as animals, but not in an Island of Doctor Moreau way.

Now that all three episodes have finally been released, we can’t help but wonder: What was the point of this exactly?

After this strategy was officially announced last August, some folks theorized that the specials were a way for Disney to dip its toe into releasing The Simpsons via streaming, rather than broadcast television. But the series was recently renewed for four more seasons on Fox, so that clearly isn’t going to happen.

It should be said that Disney+ was already releasing some exclusive Simpsons content in the form of several synergistic shorts, which found Lisa palling around with Billie Eilish, Maggie visiting the Star...