diff --git a/pandas/core/indexes/accessors.py b/pandas/core/indexes/accessors.py
index 11b6cb2ca3ed4..cc8ecc0e64684 100644
--- a/pandas/core/indexes/accessors.py
+++ b/pandas/core/indexes/accessors.py
@@ -326,18 +326,15 @@ def __new__(cls, data):
         if orig is not None:
             data = Series(orig.values.categories, name=orig.name, copy=False)
 
-        try:
-            if is_datetime64_dtype(data.dtype):
-                return DatetimeProperties(data, orig)
-            elif is_datetime64tz_dtype(data.dtype):
-                return DatetimeProperties(data, orig)
-            elif is_timedelta64_dtype(data.dtype):
-                return TimedeltaProperties(data, orig)
-            elif is_period_arraylike(data):
-                return PeriodProperties(data, orig)
-            elif is_datetime_arraylike(data):
-                return DatetimeProperties(data, orig)
-        except Exception:
-            pass  # we raise an attribute error anyway
+        if is_datetime64_dtype(data.dtype):
+            return DatetimeProperties(data, orig)
+        elif is_datetime64tz_dtype(data.dtype):
+            return DatetimeProperties(data, orig)
+        elif is_timedelta64_dtype(data.dtype):
+            return TimedeltaProperties(data, orig)
+        elif is_period_arraylike(data):
+            return PeriodProperties(data, orig)
+        elif is_datetime_arraylike(data):
+            return DatetimeProperties(data, orig)
 
         raise AttributeError("Can only use .dt accessor with datetimelike values")
diff --git a/pandas/core/indexes/frozen.py b/pandas/core/indexes/frozen.py
index 329456e25bded..a6c39d049c50c 100644
--- a/pandas/core/indexes/frozen.py
+++ b/pandas/core/indexes/frozen.py
@@ -70,12 +70,7 @@ def difference(self, other):
     # TODO: Consider deprecating these in favor of `union` (xref gh-15506)
     __add__ = __iadd__ = union
 
-    # Python 2 compat
-    def __getslice__(self, i, j):
-        return self.__class__(super().__getslice__(i, j))
-
     def __getitem__(self, n):
-        # Python 3 compat
         if isinstance(n, slice):
             return self.__class__(super().__getitem__(n))
         return super().__getitem__(n)
diff --git a/pandas/io/common.py b/pandas/io/common.py
index ac8dee8467370..0bbac8a8b7c1c 100644
--- a/pandas/io/common.py
+++ b/pandas/io/common.py
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ def __next__(self):
 
 
 def _is_url(url) -> bool:
-    """Check to see if a URL has a valid protocol.
+    """
+    Check to see if a URL has a valid protocol.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
@@ -101,10 +102,9 @@ def _is_url(url) -> bool:
     isurl : bool
         If `url` has a valid protocol return True otherwise False.
     """
-    try:
-        return parse_url(url).scheme in _VALID_URLS
-    except Exception:
+    if not isinstance(url, str):
         return False
+    return parse_url(url).scheme in _VALID_URLS
 
 
 def _expand_user(
@@ -171,18 +171,16 @@ def _stringify_path(
 
 def is_s3_url(url) -> bool:
     """Check for an s3, s3n, or s3a url"""
-    try:
-        return parse_url(url).scheme in ["s3", "s3n", "s3a"]
-    except Exception:
+    if not isinstance(url, str):
         return False
+    return parse_url(url).scheme in ["s3", "s3n", "s3a"]
 
 
 def is_gcs_url(url) -> bool:
     """Check for a gcs url"""
-    try:
-        return parse_url(url).scheme in ["gcs", "gs"]
-    except Exception:
+    if not isinstance(url, str):
         return False
+    return parse_url(url).scheme in ["gcs", "gs"]
 
 
 def urlopen(*args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/pandas/io/parsers.py b/pandas/io/parsers.py
index a3ff837bc7f52..72f1adf0aad3d 100755
--- a/pandas/io/parsers.py
+++ b/pandas/io/parsers.py
@@ -1064,7 +1064,6 @@ def _clean_options(self, options, engine):
             )
 
             if result.get(arg, depr_default) != depr_default:
-                # raise Exception(result.get(arg, depr_default), depr_default)
                 depr_warning += msg + "\n\n"
             else:
                 result[arg] = parser_default
diff --git a/pandas/io/pickle.py b/pandas/io/pickle.py
index 4e390de87fc60..4b9a52a1fb8f3 100644
--- a/pandas/io/pickle.py
+++ b/pandas/io/pickle.py
@@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ def read_pickle(path, compression="infer"):
             # We want to silence any warnings about, e.g. moved modules.
             warnings.simplefilter("ignore", Warning)
             return pickle.load(f)
-    except Exception:  # noqa: E722
+    except Exception:
         try:
             return pc.load(f, encoding=None)
-        except Exception:  # noqa: E722
+        except Exception:
             return pc.load(f, encoding="latin1")
     finally:
         f.close()