Mr. Lisa's Opus
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"Mr. Lisa's Opus"
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Episode Information
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"Mr. Lisa's Opus" is the eighth episode of broadcast season 29 of The Simpsons and the six hundred twenty-sixth episode overall. It originally aired on December 3, 2017. The episode was written by Al Jean and directed by Steven Dean Moore. It guest stars Kat Dennings as Valerie, Valerie Harper as Ms. Myles, Kipp Lennon as Leon Kompowsky, Norman Lear as himself, and Jon Lovitz as Artie Ziff.
Synopsis[edit]
- An older Lisa reflects on her past while writing her Harvard College admission essay. She remembers the past birthdays that disappointed her, as well as her coping with Bart being a problem, and writes about how they shaped her into the woman she is today. Meanwhile, Ned helps Homer with his alcoholism.
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Past[edit]
Seven years ago, Lisa wakes up Marge and Homer, who admires how awesome she is, offending Bart, who stabs Homer in the leg with a pencil. In the present, Lisa is writing her Harvard College admission essay and begins reflecting on her past.
She starts with her 7th birthday, showing how Marge gets Maggie addicted to pacifiers. The family and Ms. Myles, her teacher, forget her birthday, and Ms. Myles even sends her to the Principal after she gets upset when they celebrate Hubert Wong's birthday instead. Homer comes to get her and finally remembers it's her birthday. When they arrive home, they find that Ned hasn't forgotten and gifts her a tricycle. The family celebrates her birthday with a "cake" made of a bowl of milk and cereal with some candles in it.
Future[edit]
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Homer is now working out on an exercise bike and begins to experience medical trouble. Lisa shows how Marge and Homer's marriage is strained, nearly falling apart when Lisa turns 14. This time, the family remembers her birthday and brings in Leon Kompowsky to sing new verses of "Happy Birthday, Lisa", while Homer presents a cake that reads "Happy twelfh twelvth 12th birday", upsetting her.
Lisa returns home from school on the bus and, while placing some packages in Marge's closet, finds a letter in a suitcase stating that Marge has left him to open a bed and breakfast with the other kids. A tablet also plays a message from Artie Ziff mocking him. However, it turns out Marge hasn't left yet.
At dinner, Marge becomes angry at Homer for drinking in front of the kids and tells him to go to Moe's Tavern if he wants to drink. She then goes to the kitchen to cry, and Lisa prepares to take action. At the tavern, Moe now has artificial spider-like legs. Lisa arrives to tell Homer that Marge is going to leave him and makes him promise to stop drinking. He calls his sponsor for help—it's Ned. With Ned's help, Homer succeeds in quitting, and the marriage is saved.
Harvard College sends a drone to Lisa with her acceptance letter, destroying similar drones from other colleges. She moves into her dorm but feels unhappy on her first day. Bart cheers her up before leaving with the rest of the family. Lisa meets her new roommate, who helps make college life better.
A montage of scenes from Lisa's life plays, returning to the first scene. Homer, Lisa, and Marge then sing a new version of "Those Were the Days", and Norman Lear enters the house, saying he'll see them in court. A final tour of Springfield is shown, ending with the Duff Blimp displaying "Stay tuned for 'Simpson and Son'."
Production[edit]
It was previously announced that the episode could have shown a timeline where Lisa is married to a woman, but was cancelled.[1]
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