Homerland

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"Homerland" (stylized HOMƎRLAND) is the five hundred and thirty-first episode of The Simpsons and first episode of the twenty-fifth season.

Synopsis

Lisa becomes suspicious when Homer appears to have been "turned" after a Springfield Nuclear Power Plant convention, and enlists the services of intense, jumpy FBI agent Annie Crawford to help her unravel the truth.

Plot

Act I

Homer, Lenny and Carl have been out of town for three days to attend a Nuclear Power Plant convention and Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie are waiting at the airport terminal to greet them when their plane touches down. Lenny and Carl emerge from the plane's exit gate and, to the Simpsons' dismay, inform them that Homer is missing.
At home, Marge enlists the help of Patty, Selma and Chief Wiggum to help find Homer - with no luck. Just then, an eerily calm and subdued Homer walks through the door and says "Hello, everyone. I overslept, lost my cellphone and missed my flight" in a monotone voice. As Marge hugs him tight, she tells him that she is "glad that everything is back to normal", before a series of flashbacks and flashforwards occur, including a drunken Homer being kidnapped by a mysterious black van after leaving the convention, being brainwashed and blowing up the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and destroying the town. "Yes, back to normal," Homer replies in a trance-like state.

Act II

Later that day, at dinner, the family begins to notice things aren't right with Homer; he refuses to strangle Bart, adding "that kind of small-scale violence solves nothing", turns-down his favorite meal of pork-chops coated in Cheeto dust in favor of a salad, and even uses a napkin to eat it with. After dinner, at Moe's Tavern, Homer asks for a glass of water instead of his usual order of Duff, to the shock of his beer-drinking-friends.
The next morning, Lisa over-hears Chief Wiggum and Apu discussing a terrorist-threat to Springfield at the Kwik-E-Mart. Lisa asks Wiggum about the threat and he informs her that someone in town has been "turned" and are now working for terrorists. After returning home, Lisa spots Homer from the garage doorway kneeling down on a prayer mat and praying towards Mecca in the Middle East. She sneaks into the garage and hides behind some cardboard boxes, where she sees Homer mark an 'X' on a blue-print of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. She runs into the house to tell Marge, who, to Lisa's annoyance, takes no notice.
That night, Lisa creeps downstairs and calls the FBI. She gets through to bipolar, pill-popping Agent Annie Crawford who lets Lisa know that she's on her way to Springfield. Lisa hangs up and is startled when she turns around to find Homer standing behind her. Lisa gets freaked out when Homer starts speaking in-tongue about missing her when "this is all over" and "seeing her on the other side."

Production

The episode was written by Stephanie Gillis and directed by Bob Anderson. Kristen Wiig guest stars as FBI agent Annie Crawford.

During production, the episode was under the code of RABF20.

Music editing for the episode was completed on 25th August 2013.

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  The script for the episode

Reception

The episode gathered 6.37 million viewers, however, the ratings may be lower than they should have been, because several FOX networks were down or had technical difficulties during the show.

Gallery

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External links

• Promo video for "Homerland" at YouTube
• Promo video for "Homerland" at YouTube
• Promo video for "Homerland" at YouTube
• "Swag" song from "Homerland" at YouTube
• Promo clip of "Homerland"

References

← Season 24 Season 25 Episodes Season 26 →

Homerland • Treehouse of Horror XXIV • Four Regrettings and a Funeral • YOLO • Labor Pains • The Kid Is All Right • Yellow Subterfuge • White Christmas Blues • Steal This Episode • Married to the Blob • Specs and the City • Diggs • The Man Who Grew Too Much • The Winter of His Content • The War of Art • You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee • Luca$ • Days of Future Future • What to Expect When Bart's Expecting • Brick Like Me • Pay Pal • The Yellow Badge of Cowardge