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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|[[Grampa]] makes a confession to [[Homer]] while on his deathbed. He tells Homer that after [[Mona Simpson|Mona]] left him, he threw away the recipes she left to Homer. After Grampa's recovery, he comes to realize that this issue will not be easy to reconcile.}}
+{{Synopsis|[[Grampa]] makes a confession to [[Homer]] while on his deathbed. He tells Homer that after [[Mona Simpson|Mona]] left him, he threw away the recipes she left to Homer. After Grampa's recovery, he comes to realize that this issue will not be easy to reconcile.}}
 == Plot ==

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-'''"Forgive and Regret"''' is the eighteenth episode of [[season 29]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred thirty-sixth episode overall. It originally aired on April 29, [[2018]]. The episode was written by [[Bill Odenkirk]] and directed by [[Rob Oliver]]. It guest stars [[Glenn Close]] as [[Mona Simpson]].
+'''"Forgive and Regret"''' is the eighteenth episode of [[Season 29|broadcast season 29]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred thirty-sixth episode overall. It originally aired on April 29, [[2018]]. The episode was written by [[Bill Odenkirk]] and directed by [[Rob Oliver]]. It guest stars [[Glenn Close]] as [[Mona Simpson]].
 This episode marks the show as TV's longest running primetime scripted series, surpassing ''[[Gunsmoke]]'', which had 635 episodes.

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 Shortly afterward, Dr. Hibbert announces that Grampa has recovered thanks to a new drug that blocks the hormone responsible for triggering merciful death during extreme pain. This revelation upsets Homer, who realizes his forgiveness was premature. In a fit of rage, he destroys a box of cotton balls, costing him $75,000.
-Homer refuses to reveal what Grampa confessed but says he can’t look at him the same way again. Wanting to avoid him, he heads to Moe's, only for Grampa to show up as well. They sit at opposite ends of the bar. Moe tries to help by suggesting they use the jukebox and the [[Love Tester]] machine together, but it doesn't resolve their tension.
+Homer refuses to reveal what Grampa confessed but says he can't look at him the same way again. Wanting to avoid him, he heads to Moe's, only for Grampa to show up as well. They sit at opposite ends of the bar. Moe tries to help by suggesting they use the jukebox and the [[Love Tester]] machine together, but it doesn't resolve their tension.
-Lisa suggests taking them to [[The Escape Zone]] to calm down. There, they’re "trapped" in a Medieval Dungeon setting to encourage reconciliation. However, Grampa, aware of the gimmick, tricks Homer into inserting a sword into a hole, which electrocutes him.
+Lisa suggests taking them to [[The Escape Zone]] to calm down. There, they're "trapped" in a Medieval Dungeon setting to encourage reconciliation. However, Grampa, aware of the gimmick, tricks Homer into inserting a sword into a hole, which electrocutes him.
 Back at the [[Springfield Retirement Castle]], the argument continues. Homer decides to tell the family what Grampa revealed: when Homer was a child, Grampa was building model World War II airplanes. After Homer accidentally broke some, Grampa became furious and let [[Mona Simpson|Mona]] take care of him. She gave Homer a box full of her recipes. After Mona left the family, Grampa threw the box and everything associated with her off a cliff, then lied to Homer, claiming she had taken the box with her.
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 At lunch, the family discusses confronting Grampa at the Retirement Castle. Lisa suggests giving him the silent treatment, but when they arrive, he is gone. He leaves a letter saying he went to [[Springfield Forest]] to retrieve what he threw away.
-They find him climbing down a mountain, and Homer follows using the same rope. Both fall, but a tree breaks their fall. They find the box, and as Grampa cuts his section of the rope to retrieve it, Homer tells him he loves him and begs him not to do it. Grampa is happy to hear it. Luckily, Mona’s old bed is at the bottom to break his fall—but the box is empty.
+They find him climbing down a mountain, and Homer follows using the same rope. Both fall, but a tree breaks their fall. They find the box, and as Grampa cuts his section of the rope to retrieve it, Homer tells him he loves him and begs him not to do it. Grampa is happy to hear it. Luckily, Mona's old bed is at the bottom to break his fall—but the box is empty.
 At [[The Timberlog Diner]], the family eats together again. Homer realizes the pie tastes just like the one Mona used to make. The owner explains that she found the recipes that flew out of the discarded box and saved the diner using them. She returns the recipes to Homer, and he and Grampa share a heartfelt hug.

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 |titlescreen=In a {{W2|Western|genre}} setting, the opening is a parody of [[Gunsmoke]]'s. The series' main character {{ap|Matt Dillon|Gunsmoke}} says to [[Maggie]] "Can't let you do it, can't let you break my record" then engages her in a {{W|Fast draw}}, Maggie shoots first, killing him, referencing how the show surpasses Gunsmoke's previous record with this episode.
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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|[[Grampa]] makes a confession to [[Homer]] while on his deathbed. After his recovery, he comes to realize that this issue will not be easy to reconcile.}}
+{{Desc|[[Grampa]] makes a confession to [[Homer]] while on his deathbed. He tells Homer that after [[Mona Simpson|Mona]] left him, he threw away the recipes she left to Homer. After Grampa's recovery, he comes to realize that this issue will not be easy to reconcile.}}
 == Plot ==
-At [[Moe's Tavern]], [[Homer]] tries to win a bet on eating 30 pickle eggs from [[Moe]]'s jar, but loses once he spits them all out. Enraged, he rears the [[Pink Sedan|car]] on a lightpole. A man that watched the scene approaches him and offers $500 in exchange for his car. He agrees and tells [[Marge]] once home that he sold the car, showing them what become of it: brought to the [[Springfield Demolition Derby]].
+At [[Moe's Tavern]], [[Homer]] tries to win a bet by eating 30 pickle eggs from [[Moe]]'s jar but loses when he spits them all out. Enraged, he crashes the [[Pink Sedan|car]] into a light pole. A man who witnesses the scene approaches him and offers $500 for the car. Homer agrees and, once home, tells [[Marge]] that he sold it—revealing its fate: it was taken to the [[Springfield Demolition Derby]].
-The person gave Homer tickets to the show, and Marge drives the [[Simpson family|family]] to it. When [[Grampa]] starts blabbing, Homer blocks him using a divider, and when Marge starts too, he does the same.
+The man gives Homer tickets to the show, and Marge drives the [[Simpson family|family]] there. When [[Grampa]] begins rambling, Homer silences him with a divider; he does the same to Marge when she starts talking.
-At the derby, after showing the new and improved [[Truckasaurus]], Truckasaurus II, it gets destroyed immediately, and a video in memorial of those lost in the past week at the derby was shown. The derby starts, and Homer's car and Car-Rak Obama, the affordable healthcare mobile. But at the last moment, Grampa felt sick, with heart attack symptoms, and Homer took him to the hospital, while Car-Rak Obama's head flew next to them, signifying Homer's car victory.
+At the derby, after introducing the new and improved [[Truckasaurus]], [[Truckasaurus II]], it is immediately destroyed. A memorial video plays, honoring those lost at the derby over the past week. The derby begins, featuring Homer's car and Car-Rak Obama, the affordable healthcare mobile. Just as it starts, Grampa experiences symptoms of a heart attack, prompting Homer to rush him to the hospital. As they leave, Car-Rak Obama's head flies next to them, symbolizing Homer's victory.
-[[Dr. Hibbert]] informs Homer that Grampa's conditions are bad, and he wants to see him one last time. At his deathbed (right next to [[Old Jewish man]], separated only by another one of the dividers), he asks for forbidness for something really bad he did in the past. Homer, seeing it was his last wish, agrees to.
+[[Dr. Hibbert]] informs Homer that Grampa's condition is serious and that he wants to see him one last time. On his deathbed—right next to the [[Old Jewish man]], separated by another divider—Grampa asks for forgiveness for something terrible he did in the past. Homer agrees, honoring what he thinks are Grampa's last wishes.
-However, shortly after, Dr. Hibbert informs the family that Grampa recovered thanks to a new drug that stops the hormone that brings a merciful death when the body is in too much pain. This fact reveals Homer hasn't forgiven him, and in his anger, he destroyes a box of cotton balls, costing him $75.000.
+Shortly afterward, Dr. Hibbert announces that Grampa has recovered thanks to a new drug that blocks the hormone responsible for triggering merciful death during extreme pain. This revelation upsets Homer, who realizes his forgiveness was premature. In a fit of rage, he destroys a box of cotton balls, costing him $75,000.
-Homer refuses to tell what Grampa did, but doesn't want to look at him the same way again, so he wants to go to Moe's but Grampa does too. In the end they end up at opposite sides of the bar table. Moe convinces them to try the jukebox and the [[Love Tester]] machine together but that doesn't help either.
+Homer refuses to reveal what Grampa confessed but says he can’t look at him the same way again. Wanting to avoid him, he heads to Moe's, only for Grampa to show up as well. They sit at opposite ends of the bar. Moe tries to help by suggesting they use the jukebox and the [[Love Tester]] machine together, but it doesn't resolve their tension.
-Lisa has the idea of taking them to [[The Escape Zone]] to calm them down, and they get "trapped" into a Medieval Dungeon setting to reconcile, however Grampa apparently knowing the trick, tricks Homer into sticking a sword into a hole, eletrecuting him in the process.
+Lisa suggests taking them to [[The Escape Zone]] to calm down. There, they’re "trapped" in a Medieval Dungeon setting to encourage reconciliation. However, Grampa, aware of the gimmick, tricks Homer into inserting a sword into a hole, which electrocutes him.
-Grampa is brought back to the [[Springfield Retirement Castle|Retirement Castle]] and the fight was not over, so Homer decides to tell the others what Grampa revealed to him: while Homer was growing up, Grampa worked on making model World War II airplanes. When Homer destroyed some by mistake, Grampa was mad and let [[Mona Simpson|Grandma]] take care of him, giving Homer a box full of her recipes. After Mona left them, he threw the box and everything from her down a cliff, while telling Homer she left with the box.
+Back at the [[Springfield Retirement Castle]], the argument continues. Homer decides to tell the family what Grampa revealed: when Homer was a child, Grampa was building model World War II airplanes. After Homer accidentally broke some, Grampa became furious and let [[Mona Simpson|Mona]] take care of him. She gave Homer a box full of her recipes. After Mona left the family, Grampa threw the box and everything associated with her off a cliff, then lied to Homer, claiming she had taken the box with her.
-At lunch, the family discusses going to the Retirement Castle and yell at him for what he has done, and Lisa suggested the silent treatment too, but once they get to his room, he was gone. He wrote them a letter saying he was going to retrieve the stuff he throw away at [[Springfield Forest]], where their house was.
+At lunch, the family discusses confronting Grampa at the Retirement Castle. Lisa suggests giving him the silent treatment, but when they arrive, he is gone. He leaves a letter saying he went to [[Springfield Forest]] to retrieve what he threw away.
-They reach him while he was climbing down the mountain, and Homer goes down it to help him, but he tied himself to the same rope as Grampa's and they fall, but the fall is blocked by a tree. They find the box, and to retrieve it Grampa cuts his part of the rope off, after Homer says he loves him and not to do that, he was happy to hear it. Luckily Mona's bed was there to secure his landing, but the box was empty.
+They find him climbing down a mountain, and Homer follows using the same rope. Both fall, but a tree breaks their fall. They find the box, and as Grampa cuts his section of the rope to retrieve it, Homer tells him he loves him and begs him not to do it. Grampa is happy to hear it. Luckily, Mona’s old bed is at the bottom to break his fall—but the box is empty.
-At [[The Timberlog Diner]], they ate all together as a family once again, and Homer finds out that the pie they were eating was the same as the one his mother made. The owner found the recipes that flew from the box thrown off the cliff and saved the diner thanks to them. The owner gives back the recipes to Homer and him and Grampa hug.
+At [[The Timberlog Diner]], the family eats together again. Homer realizes the pie tastes just like the one Mona used to make. The owner explains that she found the recipes that flew out of the discarded box and saved the diner using them. She returns the recipes to Homer, and he and Grampa share a heartfelt hug.
-At the end, Homer buys his car from a used cars seller, and discovers he left [[Snowball II]] inside of it while the derby was going, and the cat scratches his face off.
+At the end, Homer buys back his car from a used car lot and discovers he left [[Snowball II]] inside during the derby. The cat jumps on him and scratches his face.
 == Production ==

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 == Production ==
-It was scheduled to be episode 634th, but "[[King Leer]]" aired as 634th instead.<ref name="AlJeanXABF09">[https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/875407913807863812 Al Jean on Twitter - "XABF09 Script"]</ref><ref name="FutonLeer">[http://thefutoncritic.com/listings/20180321fox15/ The Futon Critic]</ref>
+It was scheduled to be episode 634th, but "[[King Leer]]" aired as 634th instead.<ref name="AlJeanTwitter">Al Jean's Twitter (account closed)</ref><ref name="FutonLeer">[http://thefutoncritic.com/listings/20180321fox15/ The Futon Critic]</ref>
 The long opening sequence parodying the one from Gunsmoke was cut, only showing the part till the title screen.<ref>"Gunsmoke Opening Parody"</ref>

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 |titlescreen=In a {{W2|Western|genre}} setting, the opening is a parody of [[Gunsmoke]]'s. The series' main character {{ap|Matt Dillon|Gunsmoke}} says to [[Maggie]] "Can't let you do it, can't let you break my record" then engages her in a {{W|Fast draw}}, Maggie shoots first, killing him, referencing how the show surpasses Gunsmoke's previous record with this episode.
 |guests= [[Glenn Close]] as [[Mona Simpson]]
-|showrunner= [[Al Jean]]
+|showrunner1= Al Jean
 |writer= [[Bill Odenkirk]]
 |director= [[Rob Oliver]]