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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|The [[Sea Captain]] finds a treasure he's been searching for all his life, but it's taken from him by the townspeople, who extended the boundary of the town to encompass the treasure. [[Marge]] convinces the people of Springfield to build a [[Springfield STEM Academy|S.T.E.M. school]] with the money.}}
+{{Synopsis|The [[Sea Captain]] finds a treasure he's been searching for all his life, but it's taken from him by the townspeople, who extended the boundary of the town to encompass the treasure. [[Marge]] convinces the people of Springfield to build a [[Springfield STEM Academy|S.T.E.M. school]] with the money.}}
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-'''"The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson"''' is the twelfth episode of [[season 31]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred seventy-fourth episode overall. It originally aired on February 16, [[2020]]. The episode was written by [[J. Stewart Burns]] and directed by [[Matthew Nastuk]]. It guest stars [[John Legend]] as {{Ch|John Legend|himself}}, [[Chrissy Teigen]] as {{Ch|Chrissy Teigen|herself}}, and [[Zach Woods]] as [[Zane Furlong]].
+'''"The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson"''' is the twelfth episode of [[Season 31|broadcast season 31]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred seventy-fourth episode overall. It originally aired on February 16, [[2020]]. The episode was written by [[J. Stewart Burns]] and directed by [[Matthew Nastuk]]. It guest stars [[John Legend]] as {{Ch|John Legend|himself}}, [[Chrissy Teigen]] as {{Ch|Chrissy Teigen|herself}}, and [[Zach Woods]] as [[Zane Furlong]].
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-{{Desc|The [[Horatio McCallister|sea captain]] finds a treasure he's been searching for all his life, but it's taken from him by the townspeople, who extended the boundary of the town to encompass the treasure. [[Marge]] convinces the people of Springfield to build a [[Springfield STEM Academy|S.T.E.M. school]] with the money.}}
+{{Desc|The [[Sea Captain]] finds a treasure he's been searching for all his life, but it's taken from him by the townspeople, who extended the boundary of the town to encompass the treasure. [[Marge]] convinces the people of Springfield to build a [[Springfield STEM Academy|S.T.E.M. school]] with the money.}}
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 Lisa, Bart, and Zane reveal they only found one job left for humans: elder care. They tell the students this, joking that STEM now stands for Sponge Bathing, Toileting, Elderly, and Massage. The students give the school bad reviews, causing its servers to self-destruct.
-Zane gets Bart and Lisa out before the school explodes, and the students return to their [[Springfield Elementary School|old school]], now converted into a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Lisa reminds Bart that elder care is still the only job left, but they don’t even know how to do it.
+Zane gets Bart and Lisa out before the school explodes, and the students return to their [[Springfield Elementary School|old school]], now converted into a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Lisa reminds Bart that elder care is still the only job left, but they don't even know how to do it.
 Zane, now working for [[Postmates]], delivers hot wings to Homer and notes that nobody really knows where technology will lead. A vision of the future is shown with Bart and Lisa filling cups for a machine that has taken over the world, pondering how the algorithm never predicted that. [[Chalmers]] goes on a cruise aboard [[The Buckeye Belle]] to meet widows. On the ship, he speaks to a woman who lost her husband, saying he'd love to sketch her.

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 |snumber=12
-|prodcode= ZABF06
+|prodcode= [[Production season ZABF|ZABF06]]
 |airdate= February 16, [[2020]]
 |titlescreen=Snow falls on the screen
-|guests=[[John Legend]] as {{Ch|John Legend|himself}}<br>[[Chrissy Teigen]] as {{Ch|Chrissy Teigen|herself}}<br>[[Zach Woods]] as [[Zane Furlong]]
+|guests= [[John Legend]] as {{Ch|John Legend|himself}}<br>[[Chrissy Teigen]] as {{Ch|Chrissy Teigen|herself}}<br>[[Zach Woods]] as [[Zane Furlong]]
 |showrunner1= Matt Selman
 |writer= [[J. Stewart Burns]]
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-'''"The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson"''' is the twelfth episode of [[season 31]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred seventy-fourth episode overall. It originally aired on February 16, [[2020]]. The episode was written by [[J. Stewart Burns]] and directed by [[Matthew Nastuk]]. It guest stars [[John Legend]] as {{Ch|John Legend|himself}}, [[Chrissy Teigen]] as {{Ch|Chrissy Teigen|herself}} and [[Zach Woods]] as [[Zane Furlong]].
+'''"The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson"''' is the twelfth episode of [[season 31]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred seventy-fourth episode overall. It originally aired on February 16, [[2020]]. The episode was written by [[J. Stewart Burns]] and directed by [[Matthew Nastuk]]. It guest stars [[John Legend]] as {{Ch|John Legend|himself}}, [[Chrissy Teigen]] as {{Ch|Chrissy Teigen|herself}}, and [[Zach Woods]] as [[Zane Furlong]].
 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|The [[Horatio McCallister|sea captain]] finds a treasure he's been searching for all his life, but it's taken from him by the townspeople. [[Marge]] convinces the people of Springfield to build a S.T.E.M. school with the money.}}
+{{Desc|The [[Horatio McCallister|sea captain]] finds a treasure he's been searching for all his life, but it's taken from him by the townspeople, who extended the boundary of the town to encompass the treasure. [[Marge]] convinces the people of Springfield to build a [[Springfield STEM Academy|S.T.E.M. school]] with the money.}}
 == Plot ==
-[[Horatio McCallister]] is in a bar with [[Sea Captain's wife|his wife]] drinking when Germans enter the bar and asks for the other half of a map. Horatio and the woman use a candle to burn the German men and excape, blowing out the bar. Outside they set their destination for treasure hunting, [[Springfield]].
+[[Horatio McCallister]] is in a bar with [[Sea Captain's wife|his wife]] drinking when Germans enter the bar and ask for the other half of a map. Horatio and the woman use a candle to burn the German men and escape, blowing up the bar. Outside, they set their destination for treasure hunting: [[Springfield]].
-years later, the sea captain is on his boat, searching for the sunken treasure, living with his wife. Years pass by until finally he finds the big treasure, but his wife betrayed him, telling [[Quimby]] to extend the limits of Springfield to the area they found the treasure, thus it belongs to the town.
+Forty years later, the sea captain is on his boat searching for the sunken treasure, still living with his wife. Years pass until he finally finds the treasure, but his wife betrays him by telling [[Quimby]] to extend the limits of Springfield to include the area where they found it, making the treasure property of the town.
-At the [[Town Hall]], a debate on what to use the treasure for is held, and [[Marge]] suggests to use it for the kids, to build a STEM school (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), and calls {{Ch|John Legend}} for support singing the [[STEM]] song. The Springfielders agree on building the [[Springfield STEM Academy]].
+At the [[Town Hall]], a debate is held on how to use the treasure. [[Marge]] suggests using it for the kids by building a STEM school (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and calls {{Ch|John Legend}} for support by singing the [[STEM]] song. The Springfielders agree to build the [[Springfield STEM Academy]].
-[[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] meet the CEO [[Zane Furlong]]. Lisa and other smart kids get put in the "gifted" class. Bart for once is excited for the new school, with video game like learning. During "Career Day", Zane explains to the children's parents how their jobs are going to cease to exist in little time. Lisa starts to grow suspicious of what the kids not in the gifted class are doing.
+[[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] meet the CEO [[Zane Furlong]]. Lisa and other smart kids are placed in the "gifted" class. Bart, for once, is excited about school, as it includes video game-style learning. During "Career Day," Zane tells the parents that their jobs will soon cease to exist. Lisa grows suspicious about what the kids outside the gifted class are being taught.
-Eventually she realizes that they are being trained for mundane, minimum wage jobs. Homer tries to warn the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|Power Plants]] about the robots taking over their job. Lisa tries to tell the other students about it but Bart, who had finally found a school he enjoyed, stops her.
+Eventually, she realizes they are being trained for mundane, minimum wage jobs. Homer tries to warn the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|Power Plant]] employees about robots taking over their jobs. Lisa tries to tell the other students the truth, but Bart—who finally enjoys school—stops her.
-Lisa goes to the server room in the school to try and find out what is happening with the school's algorithms, only for Bart to stop her. Zane finds them arguing and the three of them look up what jobs would be for humans in the future.
+Lisa sneaks into the school's server room to investigate the algorithms, only for Bart to stop her again. Zane finds them arguing, and the three look up what jobs will be left for humans in the future.
-At the Nuclear Plant Homer stops [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] from using the machine, by demonstrating how men do it better and collapses due to too much stress. He gets up after a bit saying their job is safe, as humans can still do the job, while new robots are starting to work on [[Mr. Burns]] command in the background.
+At the Nuclear Plant, Homer stops [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] from using the machine by demonstrating how men can still do the job. He collapses from the stress but quickly recovers and claims their jobs are safe—while new robots begin operating under [[Mr. Burns]]' command in the background.
-Lisa, Bart and Zane reveal that they only found one job, elder care and they tell the students this, saying STEM stays for Sponge Bathing, Toileting, Elderly, Massage. All of the students give the school bad reviews, and cause the school's servers to self-destruct.
+Lisa, Bart, and Zane reveal they only found one job left for humans: elder care. They tell the students this, joking that STEM now stands for Sponge Bathing, Toileting, Elderly, and Massage. The students give the school bad reviews, causing its servers to self-destruct.
-Zane gets Bart and Lisa out and the school explodes, leaving the kids to return to their [[Springfield Elementary School|old school]], now repurposed as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, while Lisa reminds Bart that the only job would still be elder care, but they wouldn't know how to do it.
+Zane gets Bart and Lisa out before the school explodes, and the students return to their [[Springfield Elementary School|old school]], now converted into a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Lisa reminds Bart that elder care is still the only job left, but they don’t even know how to do it.
-Zane, who is now working for [[Postmates]], delivers Hot Wings to Homer and suggests nobody knows where technology would take them, then a vision of the future is shown with Bart and Lisa filling cups of drinks for the machine that took over the world, pondering that the algorithm didn't predict that. [[Chalmers]] goes on a cruise on [[The Buckeye Belle]] to try and get together with widows. On the ship, he talks to a woman who lost her husband, saying he'd love to sketch her.
+Zane, now working for [[Postmates]], delivers hot wings to Homer and notes that nobody really knows where technology will lead. A vision of the future is shown with Bart and Lisa filling cups for a machine that has taken over the world, pondering how the algorithm never predicted that. [[Chalmers]] goes on a cruise aboard [[The Buckeye Belle]] to meet widows. On the ship, he speaks to a woman who lost her husband, saying he'd love to sketch her.
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