The Simpsons 14×22: Moe Baby Blues
After Moe inadvertently saves Maggie’s life, the two begin to develop a bond, to the annoyance of Homer and Marge.
The Simpsons 14×21: The Bart of War
When Marge sees Bart and Milhouse incited to violence after watching an episode of South Park, she tries to turn them onto some good television on the PAX television network. They run out of the room and find themselves outside and bored. After tying a thread to a housefly, that lands itself inside of the Flanders home, Bart and Milhouse find themselves inside the home, unsupervised. They cause some damage and find Ned’s collection of Beatles memorabilia. They drink from cans of a 40-year-old novelty beverage and start to get sick. Ned and the boys return to their home to find the house “slightly askew,” and they flee to their panic room and call the police. The police arrive and capture the boys and Bart pleads that his parents not be called. The parents are called and as part of Bart’s punishment he is sentenced to spending all his time under the supervision of a parent. He is also no longer allowed to play with Milhouse, who Marge believes incites Bart into his bad behavior. Bart joins the “Pre-Teen Braves” and Homer becomes the tribe leader. When Homer fails in his leadership skills, Marge takes over. Marge takes the boys on a nature walk and they meet a Native American who shows them a field that is in need of restoration. The “Pre-Teen Braves” return to the field to begin their clean-up effort, only to discover that the “Calvary Kids” that Milhouse and his father are a members of have already done the job. The two groups go to war and try to outdo each other in doing good. When the opportunity to become batboys at an Isotopes game is on the line, the two sides redouble their efforts for their candy sales. The “Pre-Teen Braves” lace the “Calvary Kids” candy bars with laxatives and believe they are going to win. Only the senior citizens, in a need of relief from constipation, buy the “Calvary Kids” a win. At the Isotopes game, the “Calvary Kids” are delayed from arriving and the “Pre-Teen Braves” take their place singing their version of the national anthem. The crowd becomes angered by the version of the anthem that is being sung and when the real “Calvary Kids” arrive, a fight breaks out between everyone in the crowd. When the image of Marge crying is shown on the Jumbotron, the fighting ends and the sweet soothing hymn of the national anthem of Canada is sung by all present. In the end, Bart and Milhouse sum it up by saying that they’ve learned that: “War is not the answer–except to all of America’s problems.”
The Simpsons 14×20: Brake My Wife, Please
At the Springfield Aquarium, Marge accompanies the kids on a school field trip. Lisa spots penguins flying and after Bart has shown off his “flawless pearls,” which results in him being taken the hospital, where a lack of insurance card keeps him prisoner. Homer has the insurance card, but is nowhere to be found. As a solution, Homer gets a mobile phone and a few extra unnecessary accessories, which only leads to him not paying attention to where he is driving. That is until it is much too late and he drives off of a pier. Judge Harm takes his license away and Homer is no longer able to drive. Marge picks up the slack and starts becoming “Stresserella.” Homer walks to Moe’s, but much to Moe’s dismay he decide to keep on walking and starts getting healthy. Homer walks to work and is the only employee to arrive, everyone else is caught in a traffic jam. Marge is frazzled from all her driving, meanwhile Homer sings and walks about the virtues of walking when he is stuck by a car; the driver of the car was Marge. Marge, who cares so much for Homer, tries to help in his recovery, but Homer perceives that she might be trying to kill him. It leads to fight, which in turn leads them to see a marriage counselor. After Marge leaves, the counselor suggests that Homer perform one unselfish act of love to win Marge back, in other words take her to dinner. Homer decides to one up that suggestion and invites everyone in Springfield (except the Flanders family) to a backyard barbeque in Marge’s honor. Homer joins Jackson Browne in a duet to sing his praises of Marge.
The Simpsons 14×19: Old Yeller Belly
Bart’s tree house is destroyed and the Amish are called in to rebuild it. Because the Amish are master electricians, Bart’s new tree house catches fire at its grand opening. Everyone makes it to safety, with the exception of Homer, who is trapped. He looks to the family dog for help, but Santa’s Little Helper (SLH) is a coward and only saves himself. It’s up to Snowball II to save Homer’s life. Snowball II is made a hero in Homer’s eyes and SLH is thrown out of the house. The dog park is turned into a cat park and renamed for Snowball II. SLH doesn’t look very good in the eyes of his fellow dogs either. Kent Brockman asks Homer about his cat and any other pets he may have and Homer makes the bold statement that “I have no dog.” Bart and Lisa look to help SLH regain his status as family dog. Their efforts fail. A passing photographer spots SLH drinking beer from a can that he is balancing on his nose. The photo appears in the paper and the owner of Duff Brewery decides its time to replace Duffman with a dog. The family signs a contract for the brewery’s new spokesdog “Suds McDuff.” The new campaign is a hit. The family stands to make lots of money, until SLH’s original owner from the dog track comes to lay claim to his dog. He uses a tape of Homer’s own words against him as proof of his continued ownership of the dog. SLH is being exploited by his original owner. The family comes up with a plan to get their dog back. They find the actor who played Duffman (Barry Duffman) and plan to have him rescue a drowning Homer, when it becomes obvious to the crown that “Suds McDuff” is a cowardly dog. The plan doesn’t work, when Duffman turns out to be as cowardly as his replacement. The shark that tried to attack Homer becomes “wasted” on the Duff beer that came out of the keg that Homer was floating on. As a result, the shark becomes the company’s new mascot. With his gravy train at an end, SLH’s original owner returns the dog back to the family.
The Simpsons 14×18: Dude, Where’s My Ranch?
It’s Christmastime and the family is out caroling. When they carol outside of a lawyer’s house, he informs them they can’t sing the song they’re singing without paying a royalty. This inspires Homer to decide to write his own Christmas carol, but when Flanders tries to help and begins annoying him, Homer is instead inspired to write an anti-Flanders song. Homer plays his new song at Moe’s where a passing David Byrne overhears it and offers to produce and record it. The song “Everybody Hates Ned Flanders” becomes a national hit and is even covered by William Shatner. To get away from the over-exposure of the hit song, the family decides to take a vacation to a dude ranch. At the Lazy I ranch, Comic Book Guy looks for an Internet connection and Lisa is annoyed to find out that the ranch was built on cruelty to animals and oppression of indigenous people. Lisa wants to go home, until sometime later when she meets Luke Stetson, a junior wrangler who shares her views. Homer and Bart meet some indigenous people who tell them that they’ve lost their land to a natural beaver dam. Homer gets them to agree to build a fair casino, if he helps them get back their land. Lisa overhears that Luke already has a girlfriend named Clara and her heart is broken. Lisa encounters Clara and gives her false directions to the dance. Homer and Bart manage to outsmart the beavers and indigenous people are able to reclaim their land. At the dance, Lisa finds out that Clara, her competition is actually Luke’s sister. Lisa gets Bart to help her find Clara, who they rescue with the help of some beavers. The family is set to return to Springfield, when they hear a new David Byrne produced song on the radio “The Moe Szyslak Connection” and decide they can afford another week at the ranch.
The Simpsons 14×17: Three Gays of the Condo
After yet another Homer and Marge fight, Homer ends up sharing a condo with two homosexuals - who introduce him to a whole new world of gay discos and manicures. But will his fabulous new lifestyle prevent him from patching things up with Marge?
The Simpsons 14×16: ‘Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky
Principal Skinner introduces the students of Springfield Elementary to Declan Desmond, a documentary filmmaker. Desmond is there to do a documentary on the school. The children see an example of his work in the form of his documentary on Krusty Burger called “Do You Want Lies With That?” He starts filming his documentary by focusing on school bullies. Bart is being featured on camera for his role as a school bully, when he is humiliated by Nelson, the bigger bully. Principal Skinner tries to divert Desmond’s attention by focusing on Lisa. Desmond easily spots the ruse and gives Lisa some advice that she should pick a path and follow it. Bart searches for a way to become cool again. When Nelson shows off a hood ornament he’s stolen, Bart decides he needs to do the same, only bigger. Lisa looks for career direction and finds inspiration at an astronomy exhibit. Lisa gets Homer to buy her a telescope, only she soon discovers that light pollution from the town obscures her view. Bart tries to regain his position, as Desmond watches. He then finds Lisa is circulating a petition to reduce Springfield’s light pollution. It works and lights are put down, yes the stars have come out, but so have the criminals. Nelson and company steal more hood ornaments. Bart targets the ornate (Emmy award looking) hood ornament of Fat Tony’s car. Mayor Quimby caves into pressure from the townspeople and restores the lights of Springfield, to the point where it’s daytime at night. Bart and Milhouse were almost able to steal Fat Tony’s hood ornament, when the lights go on. 24 hours of “daylight” begin to take their toll on the townspeople. Bart is still scoping out Fat Tony’s hood ornament, he only needs the cover of darkness to pull of his crime. Since he and Lisa want the same thing, they team up to get Homer to go into power plant and overload the city’s lights. Springfield is back in the dark when the townspeople come to protest the lack of lights. Fortunately for Bart and Lisa a meteor shower begins and that distracts everyone. In the end, Declan Desmond’s documentary “American Boneheads: A Day in the Life of Springfield Elementary” is shown.
The Simpsons 14×15: C.E.D’oh
On St. Valentine’s Day Marge is too tired in participating in the lovemaking that Homer was so looking forward to. Dejected, Homer leaves the house and stumbles across a billboard for some extension courses. When he is thrown out of the “Strip for Your Wife” class led by Dr. Hibbert, he stumbles into “Successmanship 101″ class. He gets the book for the class and with it he decides to change the direction of his life. Homer goes into work with a new attitude, but when he presents his ideas for improvements to Mr. Burns, they are all rejected unread. Later when Homer overhears that Mr. Burns actually has a canary named as the plant’s legal owner. With this information and some encouragement from his family Homer decides upon a plan. With Bart’s help, Homer releases the bird, which leaves the plant with no owner. In rare sign of intelligence, Homer outwits Mr. Burns and is able to take over the vacancy left by the canary. His first act in his new job is to fire Mr. Burns. Now Homer is in charge of the power plant and besides learning about the “door shutting thing” he soon learns how difficult it is to be at the top. He misses out on quality time with his family. Mr. Burns returns for a visit and shows Homer the people he missed out on being with throughout his life, Mr. Burns then tries to kill Homer by drugging him and sealing him in a tomb. He isn’t fast enough as Homer recovers and easily escapes. As a wrap up to his latest escapade Homer (and everyone) celebrate “HOMER’S 305th EVERYTHING IS BACK TO NORMAL BBQ.”
The Simpsons 14×14: Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington
Krusty gets elected to Congress in part to help get the flight path for Springfield Airport diverted from directly over Homer’s house, but falls in line with the conservatives once he’s there.
The Simpsons 14×13: A Star Is Born-Again
Ned dates a once-famous starlette in a sendup of “Notting Hill”.
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