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 == Production ==
-The episode was supposed to air in [[Season 29|broadcast season 29]] but it was postponed to season 30, as "[[Flanders' Ladder]]" was set to be the season 29 finale.<ref name="AlJeanTwitter">Al Jean's Twitter (account closed)</ref><ref>[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20180425fox15/ The Futon Critic.com]</ref> The episode is a satire of ''{{W2|The Amazing Race|U.S. TV series}}''. Marge and Homer are a couple who go on the show and immediately lose.<ref>[http://www.slashfilm.com/the-simpsons-showrunner-interview-2/2/ /Film - "'The Simpsons' Showrunner Al Jean Addresses Disney Merger, Composer Shake-up and Returning Characters &#91;Interview&#93;"]</ref><ref name="AlJeanTwitter"/>
+The episode was supposed to air in [[Season 29|broadcast season 29]] but it was postponed to season 30, as "[[Flanders' Ladder]]" was set to be the season 29 finale.<ref name="AlJeanTwitter">Al Jean's Twitter (account closed)</ref><ref>[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20180425fox15/ The Futon Critic.com]</ref> The episode is a satire of ''{{W2|The Amazing Race|U.S. TV series}}''. Marge and Homer are a couple who go on the show and immediately lose.<ref name="AlJeanTwitter"/><ref>[http://www.slashfilm.com/the-simpsons-showrunner-interview-2/2/ /Film - "'The Simpsons' Showrunner Al Jean Addresses Disney Merger, Composer Shake-up and Returning Characters &#91;Interview&#93;"]</ref>
 [[Matt Selman]] claims that the inspiration of the episode was feeling bad for the first person to be kicked off ''{{W|Top Chef}}'' every year.<ref>[https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/1049090105237889025 Matt Selman on Twitter - "Inspiration"]</ref> The ''Who's Afraid of the Virginia Woolf?'' parody came from co-writer [[Renee Ridgeley]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/1049091936949157888 Matt Selman on Twitter - "Virginia Woolf"]</ref> The producers tracked down [[George Segal]] to voice {{ap|Nick|Heartbreak Hotel}} a week before the episode aired because he had said that ''Virginia Woolf'' was his favorite movie he was ever in.<ref>[https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/1049092710999646208 Matt Selman on Twitter - "George Segal"]</ref>

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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|[[Marge]] and [[Homer]]'s marriage is tested when they travel to a tropical island to compete for a million dollars on Marge's favorite [[The Amazing Place|reality competition show]]. After getting eliminated in the first round, Marge finds out that it was all Homer's fault.}}
+{{Synopsis|[[Marge]] and [[Homer]]'s marriage is tested when they travel to a tropical island to compete for a million dollars on Marge's favorite [[The Amazing Place|reality competition show]]. After getting eliminated in the first round, Marge finds out that it was all Homer's fault.}}
 == Plot ==

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-'''"Heartbreak Hotel"''' is the second episode of [[season 30]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred forty-first episode overall. It originally aired on October 7, [[2018]]. The episode was written by [[Renee Ridgeley]] and [[Matt Selman]] and directed by [[Steven Dean Moore]]. It guest stars [[Rhys Darby]] as [[Tag Tuckerbag]] and [[George Segal]] as {{ap|Nick|Heartbreak Hotel}}.
+'''"Heartbreak Hotel"''' is the second episode of [[Season 30|broadcast season 30]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred forty-first episode overall. It originally aired on October 7, [[2018]]. The episode was written by [[Renee Ridgeley]] and [[Matt Selman]] and directed by [[Steven Dean Moore]]. It guest stars [[Rhys Darby]] as [[Tag Tuckerbag]] and [[George Segal]] as {{ap|Nick|Heartbreak Hotel}}.
 == Synopsis ==
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 == Production ==
-The episode was supposed to air in [[season 29]] but it was postponed to season 30, as "[[Flanders' Ladder]]" was set to be the season 29 finale.<ref name="AlJeanTwitter">Al Jean's Twitter (account closed)</ref><ref>[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20180425fox15/ The Futon Critic.com]</ref> The episode is a satire of ''{{W2|The Amazing Race|U.S. TV series}}''. Marge and Homer are a couple who go on the show and immediately lose.<ref>[http://www.slashfilm.com/the-simpsons-showrunner-interview-2/2/ /Film - "'The Simpsons' Showrunner Al Jean Addresses Disney Merger, Composer Shake-up and Returning Characters &#91;Interview&#93;"]</ref><ref name="AlJeanTwitter"/>
+The episode was supposed to air in [[Season 29|broadcast season 29]] but it was postponed to season 30, as "[[Flanders' Ladder]]" was set to be the season 29 finale.<ref name="AlJeanTwitter">Al Jean's Twitter (account closed)</ref><ref>[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20180425fox15/ The Futon Critic.com]</ref> The episode is a satire of ''{{W2|The Amazing Race|U.S. TV series}}''. Marge and Homer are a couple who go on the show and immediately lose.<ref>[http://www.slashfilm.com/the-simpsons-showrunner-interview-2/2/ /Film - "'The Simpsons' Showrunner Al Jean Addresses Disney Merger, Composer Shake-up and Returning Characters &#91;Interview&#93;"]</ref><ref name="AlJeanTwitter"/>
 [[Matt Selman]] claims that the inspiration of the episode was feeling bad for the first person to be kicked off ''{{W|Top Chef}}'' every year.<ref>[https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/1049090105237889025 Matt Selman on Twitter - "Inspiration"]</ref> The ''Who's Afraid of the Virginia Woolf?'' parody came from co-writer [[Renee Ridgeley]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/1049091936949157888 Matt Selman on Twitter - "Virginia Woolf"]</ref> The producers tracked down [[George Segal]] to voice {{ap|Nick|Heartbreak Hotel}} a week before the episode aired because he had said that ''Virginia Woolf'' was his favorite movie he was ever in.<ref>[https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/1049092710999646208 Matt Selman on Twitter - "George Segal"]</ref>

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 In a black-and-white setting, Marge and Homer meet the couple eliminated in the fifth week, where Marge tries to make Homer jealous. The next day, a twist allows a couple to re-enter the show—but only if they switch partners with another couple (#DeadWeightDrop)—to compete in #MangoTango. Marge chooses {{ap|Nick|Heartbreak Hotel}}.
-However, Marge is the one who messes up this time by forgetting to salt the rims of the glasses, and they are sent back home. Homer then plays Marge’s earlier speech about his mistake on a loop. They end the day watching [[Anger Watkins]] and [[Skip Angry]] on ''[[Anger vs. Angry]]''.
+However, Marge is the one who messes up this time by forgetting to salt the rims of the glasses, and they are sent back home. Homer then plays Marge's earlier speech about his mistake on a loop. They end the day watching [[Anger Watkins]] and [[Skip Angry]] on ''[[Anger vs. Angry]]''.
 == Production ==

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+|prodcode= [[Production season XABF|XABF15]]
 |airdate= October 7, [[2018]]
-|guests= [[George Segal]] as {{ap|Nick|Heartbreak Hotel}}<br>[[Rhys Darby]] as [[Tag Tuckerbag]]
+|guests= [[Rhys Darby]] as [[Tag Tuckerbag]]<br>[[George Segal]] as {{ap|Nick|Heartbreak Hotel}}
 |showrunner1= Matt Selman
 |writer= [[Renee Ridgeley]]<br>[[Matt Selman]]
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-'''"Heartbreak Hotel"''' is the second episode of [[season 30]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred forty-first episode overall. It originally aired on October 7, [[2018]]. The episode was written by [[Renee Ridgeley]] and [[Matt Selman]] and directed by [[Steven Dean Moore]]. It guest stars [[George Segal]] as {{ap|Nick|Heartbreak Hotel}} and [[Rhys Darby]] as [[Tag Tuckerbag]].
+'''"Heartbreak Hotel"''' is the second episode of [[season 30]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred forty-first episode overall. It originally aired on October 7, [[2018]]. The episode was written by [[Renee Ridgeley]] and [[Matt Selman]] and directed by [[Steven Dean Moore]]. It guest stars [[Rhys Darby]] as [[Tag Tuckerbag]] and [[George Segal]] as {{ap|Nick|Heartbreak Hotel}}.
 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|[[Marge]] and [[Homer]]'s marriage is tested when they travel to a tropical island to compete for a million dollars on Marge's favorite [[The Amazing Place|reality competition show]].}}
+{{Desc|[[Marge]] and [[Homer]]'s marriage is tested when they travel to a tropical island to compete for a million dollars on Marge's favorite [[The Amazing Place|reality competition show]]. After getting eliminated in the first round, Marge finds out that it was all Homer's fault.}}
 == Plot ==
-The [[Simpson family]] is watching TV, watching the finals of ''[[The Amazing Place]]'', hosted by [[Tag Tuckerbag]], and [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] insist to [[Marge]] and [[Homer]] to go participate in the next season, and when she had enough, after telling her kids to "can it", she shows them their tryout for the show in the past.
+The [[Simpson family]] is watching TV, watching the finals of ''[[The Amazing Place]]'', hosted by [[Tag Tuckerbag]], and [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] insist that [[Marge]] and [[Homer]] participate in the next season. When Marge has had enough, after telling her kids to "can it," she shows them their tryout for the show from the past.
-[[Lisa]] edits out a video from them, and at [[Springfield Squidport]], the tryouts are held and Bart and Lisa brings them their parents' tryout, unknown to them, with Marge opening all the rejection letters. At home, Marge opens the mail and finds out with Homer that they were selected.
+[[Lisa]] edits a video of them, and at [[Springfield Squidport]], the tryouts are held. Bart and Lisa bring their parents' tryout video—without them knowing—while Marge continues opening rejection letters. At home, Marge opens the mail and finds out with Homer that they were selected.
-Unfortunately for them, at the first trial, #SuitcaseStowaway, they lose and get #Shelliminated, only to find out they can't leave till the 6 weeks of the show are recorded, so no one will know at home who won, and they'll stay at the [[Courtyard by Airport]] hotel, having to hide from everyone the truth, even Bart and Lisa.
+Unfortunately, during the first trial, #SuitcaseStowaway, they lose and get #Shelliminated. They then find out they can't leave until the six weeks of the show are recorded, so no one back home knows who won. They're forced to stay at the [[Courtyard by Airport]] hotel and must hide the truth from everyone, including Bart and Lisa.
-While Marge is destroyed from being away from home, Homer is happy on all the accommodations they give them. Homer manages to change her mind, while the kids are digging out a pool at home, but when they find the post production room, Marge discovers Homer found her stuff but instead of winning, he ate a chocolate bar and gets mad.
+While Marge is devastated from being away from home, Homer is thrilled by all the accommodations. He eventually manages to cheer Marge up, while the kids dig out a pool at home. But when Marge finds the post-production room, she discovers that Homer found her things but, instead of using them to win, he ate a chocolate bar—causing her to get angry.
-In a black and white setting, Marge and Homer meets the 5th week eliminated couple, where Marge makes Homer jealous, just before the next day, a couple can re-enter the show, but only if they switch partners with another couple, the #DeadWeightDrop, to compete in #MangoTango, and Marge chooses {{ap|Nick|Heartbreak Hotel}}.
+In a black-and-white setting, Marge and Homer meet the couple eliminated in the fifth week, where Marge tries to make Homer jealous. The next day, a twist allows a couple to re-enter the show—but only if they switch partners with another couple (#DeadWeightDrop)—to compete in #MangoTango. Marge chooses {{ap|Nick|Heartbreak Hotel}}.
-Marge however is the one that screws up next, forgetting to salt the rims of the glasses, and they get back home, where Homer repeats Marge's screw up speech on loop. Afterwards they end the day watching [[Anger Watkins]] and [[Skip Angry]]'s Anger vs. Angry.
+However, Marge is the one who messes up this time by forgetting to salt the rims of the glasses, and they are sent back home. Homer then plays Marge’s earlier speech about his mistake on a loop. They end the day watching [[Anger Watkins]] and [[Skip Angry]] on ''[[Anger vs. Angry]]''.
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	Marge however is the one that screws up next, forgetting to salt the rims of the glasses, and they get back home, where Homer repeats Marge's screw up speech on loop. Afterwards they end the day watching [[Anger Watkins]] and [[Skip Angry]]'s Anger vs. Angry.		Marge however is the one that screws up next, forgetting to salt the rims of the glasses, and they get back home, where Homer repeats Marge's screw up speech on loop. Afterwards they end the day watching [[Anger Watkins]] and [[Skip Angry]]'s Anger vs. Angry.
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