Mothers and Other Strangers - Revision history

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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|A therapy session for [[Homer]] on [[Mother's Day]] sends him down memory lane, recalling the last time he sees [[Mona Simpson|his mother]] during his teenage years. A younger Homer and [[Grampa]] go on a trip to find Mona. However, the [[FBI]] are also on their tail.}}
+{{Synopsis|A therapy session for [[Homer]] on [[Mother's Day]] sends him down memory lane, recalling the last time he sees [[Mona Simpson|his mother]] during his teenage years. A younger Homer and [[Grampa]] go on a trip to find Mona. However, the [[FBI]] are also on their tail.}}
 == Plot ==

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-'''"Mothers and Other Strangers"''' is the ninth episode of [[season 33]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the seven hundred fifteenth episode overall. It originally aired on November 28, [[2021]]. The episode was written by [[Al Jean]] and directed by [[Rob Oliver]]. It guest stars [[Rachel Bloom]] as {{ap|Annette|therapist}} and [[Glenn Close]] as [[Mona Simpson]].
+'''"Mothers and Other Strangers"''' is the ninth episode of [[Season 33|broadcast season 33]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the seven hundred fifteenth episode overall. It originally aired on November 28, [[2021]]. The episode was written by [[Al Jean]] and directed by [[Rob Oliver]]. It guest stars [[Rachel Bloom]] as {{ap|Annette|therapist}} and [[Glenn Close]] as [[Mona Simpson]].
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 == Production ==
-An outtake cut shows teenage [[Homer]] and [[Grampa]] singing about drinking on top of the car.<ref name="AlJeanTwitter">Al Jean's Twitter (account closed)</ref>
+An outtake cut shows teenage [[Homer]] and [[Grampa]] singing about drinking on top of the car.<ref>[https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/1465107305742012420 Al Jean's Twitter - "Drinking To Shrink The Problems cut scene"]</ref>
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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|Teenage [[Homer]] and [[Grampa]] go on a road trip to ease their sorrow.}}
+{{Desc|A therapy session for [[Homer]] on [[Mother's Day]] sends him down memory lane, recalling the last time he sees [[Mona Simpson|his mother]] during his teenage years. A younger Homer and [[Grampa]] go on a trip to find Mona. However, the [[FBI]] are also on their tail.}}
 == Plot ==
-[[Bart]] is browsing scenes on TV, when he stumbles upon ''[[Muttflix]]'', peaking [[Santa's Little Helper]]'s interest, and he invites [[She Biscuit]] over since it's [[Mother's Day]].
+[[Bart]] is browsing scenes on TV when he stumbles upon ''[[Muttflix]]'', catching [[Santa's Little Helper]]'s attention, and he invites [[She Biscuit]] over since it's [[Mother's Day]].
-[[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] gift [[Marge]] mugs they made from school, gifting her the same gift they gave her previously, while [[Maggie]] gives her a baby's kiss, while teasing them for their lame gifts.
+Bart and [[Lisa]] gift [[Marge]] mugs they made at school, giving her the same gift they gave her previously, while [[Maggie]] gives her a baby's kiss and teases them for their lame gifts.
-Meanwhile they notice that [[Homer]] is sad over hearing it's Mother's Day. After gifting Marge a framed picture of the kids, he continues crying remembering his mother, [[Mona Simpson|Mona]].
+Meanwhile, they notice that [[Homer]] is sad upon hearing it's Mother's Day. After giving Marge a framed picture of the kids, he continues crying, remembering his mother, [[Mona Simpson|Mona]].
-Lisa suggests him to use the app ''[[Nutz]]'' for therapy on his loss and they bring him back 30 years ago to the day that [[Abe]] got notes from Mona that she's wanted by the [[FBI]] and was leaving them, and to avoid having to explain it, Grampa told a 9-year old Homer she was dead.
+Lisa suggests he use the app ''[[Nutz]]'' for therapy to cope with his loss, and they take him back 30 years to the day [[Abe]] received notes from Mona saying she's wanted by the [[FBI]] and is leaving them. To avoid having to explain it, Grampa told 9-year-old Homer that she was dead.
-After learning how to drive at 16, after having a crash while driving with [[Hans Moleman]] and meeting a just hired [[Wiggum]], he received a post card from [[Utah]] from Mona, while being monitored by FBI and Wiggum was checking donuts at [[Lard Lad Donuts]].
+After learning how to drive at 16, and crashing while driving with [[Hans Moleman]]—and meeting a newly hired [[Wiggum]]—Homer receives a postcard from [[Utah]] from Mona, while the FBI monitors him and Wiggum checks donuts at [[Lard Lad Donuts]].
-In the present, Homer gets a better consultant on his case and returns to memory to the time he confronted his father about the truth on her death, with Grampa informing him of the truth, realizing he never gave her what she needed, to leave him.
+In the present, Homer gets a better consultant on his case and returns to the memory of when he confronted his father about the truth of her death. Grampa confesses the truth, realizing he never gave her what she needed—to leave him.
-But Homer wasn't satisfied and one day departed from home to go to Utah and find out once and for all, with Abe on the backseat and followed by the FBI. After bonding over the drive, they stop at the [[Latter Days Inn]], where the waitress identifies Mona over the picture that Abe shows her and they start driving again.
+But Homer isn't satisfied and one day leaves home to go to Utah to find out once and for all, with Abe in the backseat and the FBI following them. After bonding during the drive, they stop at the [[Latter Days Inn]], where a waitress identifies Mona in the picture Abe shows her, and they resume driving.
-They arrive at [[Texxon]], where they spot Mona, but the moment she was coming to meet them, she spot the FBI agents and excaped, they start chasing her but Abe gets stuck and Homer decides to help him out since he never left him. Mona manages to escape in the van of a hippy and leaves for [[San Francisco]].
+They arrive at [[Texxon]], where they spot Mona, but as she approaches them, she sees the FBI agents and escapes. They try to chase her, but Abe gets stuck, and Homer chooses to help him since he never left him. Mona escapes in a hippie's van and heads to [[San Francisco]].
-Back in the present, Grampa tells them they never found her again. Satisfied over the therapy working, Homer uninstalls the app, getting the therapist fired over concluding the problem too quickly and tells another untold story.
+Back in the present, Grampa tells them they never found her again. Satisfied with the therapy, Homer uninstalls the app, getting the therapist fired for resolving the case too quickly, and tells another untold story.
-When Bart was born, Homer had trouble cutting the umbilical cord and tore it off. That night, in the room with Marge, while she was asleep, a doctor come in the room to look for the baby, and reveal it was really Mona, checking his new born grandson, and as she's leaving she kisses Abe goodbye too.
+When Bart is born, Homer struggles to cut the umbilical cord and ends up tearing it off. That night, while Marge sleeps, a doctor enters the room to check on the baby and is revealed to be Mona, visiting her newborn grandson. As she leaves, she kisses Abe goodbye too.
-In closure, with Santa's Little Helper bringing a dead bird to his mother and the closure of the past being achieved, Homer brings the family to dinner at [[The Gilded Truffle]] where he ate like it was a buffet, to the point the restaurant had to change their sign to avoid bankruptcy.
+In closure, with Santa's Little Helper bringing a dead bird to his mother and the past now resolved, Homer brings the family to dinner at [[The Gilded Truffle]], where he eats like it's a buffet—so much so that the restaurant changes its sign to avoid bankruptcy.
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 |couchgag= The [[Simpson family]] is placed all together in the shape of the couch, with grunts they separate and run out of the room.
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