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"Homer's Odyssey" is the third episode of season 1. It originally aired on January 21, 1990. The episode was written by Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky and directed by Wes Archer. This episode was the third to be produced, despite being the first to be written. Otto Mann, Chief Wiggum, Jasper Beardley and Waylon Smithers, Jr. make their first appearances. Blinky makes a brief cameo.

Homer is fired from his job as technical supervisor at the Springfield nuclear plant. Unable to provide for his family, he contemplates ending it all - until he discovers a new life path as a campaigner for safety.