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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|[[Homer]] has a car accident and loses his driver's license, which means that [[Marge]] now has to do all of the family's driving. Homer comes to enjoy walking instead of driving, but the extra responsibility stresses out Marge. This leads up to Marge accidentally hitting Homer with the car, putting a strain on their marriage.}}
+{{Synopsis|[[Homer]] has a car accident and loses his driver's license, which means that [[Marge]] now has to do all of the family's driving. Homer comes to enjoy walking instead of driving, but the extra responsibility stresses out Marge. This leads up to Marge accidentally hitting Homer with the car, putting a strain on their marriage.}}
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 == Reception ==
 As of March [[2018]], the episode has a 6.8 rating on {{W|IMDb}}<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701073/ IMDb - "Brake My Wife, Please"]</ref> and a 7.7 rating on {{W|TV.com}}.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/the-simpsons/brake-my-wife-please-201913/ TV.com - "Brake My Wife, Please"]</ref>
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-'''"Brake My Wife, Please"''' is the twentieth episode of [[season 14]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the three hundred eleventh episode overall. It originally aired on May 11, [[2003]]. The episode was written by [[Tim Long]] and directed by [[Pete Michels]]. It guest stars [[Jackson Browne]] as {{Ch|Jackson Browne|himself}}, [[Steve Buscemi]] as {{Ch|Steve Buscemi|himself}}, and [[Jane Kaczmarek]] as [[Judge Constance Harm]].
+'''"Brake My Wife, Please"''' is the twentieth episode of [[Season 14|broadcast season 14]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the three hundred eleventh episode overall. It originally aired on May 11, [[2003]]. The episode was written by [[Tim Long]] and directed by [[Pete Michels]]. It guest stars [[Jackson Browne]] as {{Ch|Jackson Browne|himself}}, [[Steve Buscemi]] as {{Ch|Steve Buscemi|himself}}, and [[Jane Kaczmarek]] as [[Judge Constance Harm]].
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 A lot of the designs for the [[Springfield Aquarium]] were based on the {{W|Aquarium of the Pacific}} in {{W|Long Beach, California}}.<ref name="Michels commentary">{{Com|Michels, Pete|Brake My Wife, Please|Fourteenth|(2011).}}</ref> After this episode, appearances of characters butts, especially Bart's, were slowly reduced in the show due to Fox not wanting them in the show.<ref name="Al Jean commentary">{{Com|Jean, Al|Brake My Wife, Please|Fourteenth|(2011).}}</ref> Jackson Browne was not the producers first choice for guest star in this episode. Their first choice was [[Jon Bon Jovi]], who had been dying to do ''The Simpsons'', but he didn't like the script, in particular the joke about his latest album not being that popular.<ref name="Michels commentary"/> They also had a line about referring to {{W|Bon Jovi}} guitarist {{W|Richie Sambora}} as a giant meatball which never made it as a result.<ref name="Al Jean commentary"/>
-[[Steve Buscemi]] was a little sad about his short ''Simpsons'' appearance because he thought that once he did the show, that would be it and he wouldn't be invited back again.<ref name="Tim Long commentary">{{Com|Long, Tim|Brake My Wife, Please|Fourteenth|(2011).}}</ref> However, he later came back to voice [[Dwight Diddlehopper]] in the [[season 19]] episode "[[I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]". Originally, Jackson Browne was storyboarded with a guitar. However, the soundtrack had piano rather than guitar so the animators had to change it.<ref name="Michels commentary"/>
+[[Steve Buscemi]] was a little sad about his short ''Simpsons'' appearance because he thought that once he did the show, that would be it and he wouldn't be invited back again.<ref name="Tim Long commentary">{{Com|Long, Tim|Brake My Wife, Please|Fourteenth|(2011).}}</ref> However, he later came back to voice [[Dwight Diddlehopper]] in the [[Season 19|broadcast season 19]] episode "[[I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]". Originally, Jackson Browne was storyboarded with a guitar. However, the soundtrack had piano rather than guitar so the animators had to change it.<ref name="Michels commentary"/>
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-'''"Brake My Wife, Please"''' is the twentieth episode of [[season 14]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the three hundred eleventh episode overall. It originally aired on May 11, [[2003]]. The episode was written by [[Tim Long]] and directed by [[Pete Michels]]. It guest stars [[Steve Buscemi]] as {{Ch|Steve Buscemi|himself}}, [[Jackson Browne]] as {{Ch|Jackson Browne|himself}} and [[Jane Kaczmarek]] as [[Judge Constance Harm]].
+'''"Brake My Wife, Please"''' is the twentieth episode of [[season 14]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the three hundred eleventh episode overall. It originally aired on May 11, [[2003]]. The episode was written by [[Tim Long]] and directed by [[Pete Michels]]. It guest stars [[Jackson Browne]] as {{Ch|Jackson Browne|himself}}, [[Steve Buscemi]] as {{Ch|Steve Buscemi|himself}}, and [[Jane Kaczmarek]] as [[Judge Constance Harm]].
 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|[[Homer]] has a car accident and loses his driver's license, which means that [[Marge]] now has to do all of the family's driving. Homer comes to enjoy walking instead of driving, but the extra responsibility stresses out Marge. She becomes increasingly accident-prone (starting with running over Homer in the car), and Homer is on the receiving end of all of her accidents. This puts a strain on their relationship, but a visit to a [[Dr. Brentano|marriage counselor]] sorts everything out.}}
+{{Desc|[[Homer]] has a car accident and loses his driver's license, which means that [[Marge]] now has to do all of the family's driving. Homer comes to enjoy walking instead of driving, but the extra responsibility stresses out Marge. This leads up to Marge accidentally hitting Homer with the car, putting a strain on their marriage.}}
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-'''"Brake My Wife, Please"''' is the twentieth episode of [[season 14]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the three-hundred and eleventh episode overall. It originally aired on May 11, [[2003]]. The episode was written by [[Tim Long]] and directed by [[Pete Michels]]. It guest stars [[Steve Buscemi]] as {{Ch|Steve Buscemi|himself}}, [[Jackson Browne]] as {{Ch|Jackson Browne|himself}} and [[Jane Kaczmarek]] as [[Judge Constance Harm]].
+'''"Brake My Wife, Please"''' is the twentieth episode of [[season 14]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the three hundred eleventh episode overall. It originally aired on May 11, [[2003]]. The episode was written by [[Tim Long]] and directed by [[Pete Michels]]. It guest stars [[Steve Buscemi]] as {{Ch|Steve Buscemi|himself}}, [[Jackson Browne]] as {{Ch|Jackson Browne|himself}} and [[Jane Kaczmarek]] as [[Judge Constance Harm]].
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-'''"Brake My Wife, Please"''' is the twentieth episode of [[season 14]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the three-hundred and eleventh episode overall. It originally aired on May 11, [[2003]]. The episode was written by [[Tim Long]] and directed by [[Pete Michels]]. It guest stars [[Steve Buscemi]] as {{ch|Steve Buscemi|himself}}, [[Jackson Browne]] as {{ch|Jackson Browne|himself}} and [[Jane Kaczmarek]] as [[Judge Constance Harm]].
+'''"Brake My Wife, Please"''' is the twentieth episode of [[season 14]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the three-hundred and eleventh episode overall. It originally aired on May 11, [[2003]]. The episode was written by [[Tim Long]] and directed by [[Pete Michels]]. It guest stars [[Steve Buscemi]] as {{Ch|Steve Buscemi|himself}}, [[Jackson Browne]] as {{Ch|Jackson Browne|himself}} and [[Jane Kaczmarek]] as [[Judge Constance Harm]].
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 At the counseling session, Brentano has Homer and Marge each make a list of people who are important to them. Marge notices that she's not on Homer's list, as it contains only different variations of his own name. Saddened, she walks out of the session. Brentano confronts Homer and tells him that his selfishness is the problem, and then recommends that Homer do one unselfish thing to win her back.
-Homer decides to throw a big barbecue in Marge's honor, and invites the whole town to come. When Marge returns home in a bad mood from running driving errands, she is surprised and overjoyed to receive an enthusiastic welcome from everyone. Homer and {{ch|Jackson Browne}} then sing a duet dedicated to Marge. After the food is served, Marge tells Homer that she loves him and wants to kill him, but with kisses. After dinner, Homer decides he wants some private time with Marge and turns on the sprinklers in the yard to get all the barbecue guests to leave.
+Homer decides to throw a big barbecue in Marge's honor, and invites the whole town to come. When Marge returns home in a bad mood from running driving errands, she is surprised and overjoyed to receive an enthusiastic welcome from everyone. Homer and {{Ch|Jackson Browne}} then sing a duet dedicated to Marge. After the food is served, Marge tells Homer that she loves him and wants to kill him, but with kisses. After dinner, Homer decides he wants some private time with Marge and turns on the sprinklers in the yard to get all the barbecue guests to leave.
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-'''"Brake My Wife, Please"''' is the 311th episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the twentieth episode of [[Season 14]]. It originally aired on May 11, [[2003]]. It was written by [[Tim Long]] and directed by [[Pete Michels]]. [[Steve Buscemi]], [[Jackson Browne]] and [[Jane Kaczmarek]] guest-starred as {{ch|Steve Buscemi|himself}}, {{ch|Jackson Browne|himself}} and [[Judge Constance Harm]], respectively.
+'''"Brake My Wife, Please"''' is the twentieth episode of [[season 14]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the three-hundred and eleventh episode overall. It originally aired on May 11, [[2003]]. The episode was written by [[Tim Long]] and directed by [[Pete Michels]]. It guest stars [[Steve Buscemi]] as {{ch|Steve Buscemi|himself}}, [[Jackson Browne]] as {{ch|Jackson Browne|himself}} and [[Jane Kaczmarek]] as [[Judge Constance Harm]].
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