The Sweetest Apu
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"The Sweetest Apu"
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Episode Information
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"The Sweetest Apu" is the nineteenth episode of broadcast season 13 of The Simpsons and the two hundred eighty-eighth episode overall. It originally aired on May 5, 2002. The episode was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Matthew Nastuk. It guest stars James Lipton as himself.
Synopsis[edit]
- Apu's unbearable life of work and eight kids drives him to have an affair with another woman, and when Manjula finds out, Apu has to do everything it takes to win her back.
Plot[edit]
Manjula brings the octuplets over to the Kwik-E-Mart to visit Apu, but he becomes upset after watching the kids completely trash the store. Apu fusses at his wife and begs her to take their kids and leave, while Homer and Bart enter the store and buy a beer keg for the American Civil War reenactment of the Battle of Springfield. After selling the keg, Apu confronts Homer and confesses that he is unable to handle his unloving wife and tiring kids. At that moment, Annette, the Squishee lady, enters the store and begins to refill the Squishee machine. Homer watches Apu and Annette have a little conversation, then hints to Apu that she may like him.
At the reenactment, Principal Skinner watches as Springfielders disobey him and hold a rather inaccurate battle, especially after the World War II veterans charge in with their tanks. After the battle, Homer brings the empty, dented keg back to Apu in an attempt to get the deposit. There, he hears a giggle coming from a closet and finds Apu making love with Annette. He then walks backward in shock all the way home to his bed.
Marge figures out what Homer saw by judging the movement of his pupils. They both decide not to tell Manjula, but while they are playing badminton, Homer and Marge act awkwardly around Manjula and Apu, trying not to give away Apu's adultery. Later, Homer and Marge confront Apu at Moe's and force him to try to break up with Annette. However, he cannot help it, as he is still obsessed with her sexy behavior.
That night, Manjula begins to suspect something when she notices Apu is not pressuring her for sex. She then watches the surveillance footage of the Kwik-E-Mart and discovers Apu's secret. She kicks him out of the house, and he is forced to stay at the same apartment complex as Kirk Van Houten. To help get them back together, Homer and Marge invite them both to dinner without telling either of them that the other one is coming. Their plan is unsuccessful, however, when Manjula demands a divorce.
While Manjula discusses her divorce with her lawyer, she realizes she still has feelings for Apu. She decides to cancel the divorce when she comes home and sees Marge teaching the octuplets their first words, which put together say, "Mommy, will you let daddy come back... cookie!" Manjula still has trouble forgiving him, so Marge suggests that she write down a list of things Apu can do to make it up to her and make him do them. Manjula agrees, and she and Marge go to Apu's apartment and arrive in time to prevent him from committing suicide.
Apu is then subjected to Manjula's list of tasks to win her back. He is forced to break up with Annette (Apu remarks that "that's a no-brainer"), lose weight, get a cartoon published in The New Yorker, change his name to Slime Q. Slimedog, wear a nametag that says said name, eat a lightbulb, and perform a Broadway show with an all-octuplet cast. In bed, Manjula, finally satisfied after Apu completes all of the tasks, kisses him while Homer watches from the window on a ladder. The couple continues, and Homer, traumatized, hops backward on the ladder all the way home without falling, mimicking what he did earlier.
Production[edit]
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