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"Brother from Another Series" is the sixteenth episode of Season 8 and first aired on February 23, 1997. The episode was written by Ken Keeler and directed by Pete Michels. Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce guest star.

Bart suspects a sinister motive when Sideshow Bob reunites with his estranged bother Cecil, who promptly places Bob in charge of supervising the building of Springfield's Hydroelectric Dam.

Plot

Krusty the Clown appears performing live from the Springfield Prison, where he talks to the criminal Sideshow Bob, who tells him what he's done since he was arrested for his first crime. After framing Krusty for armed robbery, he tried to murder Selma Bouvier, rigged the mayoral election, tried to blow up the town with a nuclear bomb, and tried to kill Krusty. Bob then states that when he had free time, he has tried to kill Bart Simpson, causing a viewer Bart to fly into a state of panic. After singing in the prison's church, Bob is declared a changed man by Reverend Lovejoy and is released from prison. While the whole town supports this, Bart still thinks Bob is a criminal and is determined to show Springfield this, claiming that Bob is pure evil. Bob stays with his brother Cecil (who is Springfield's chief hydrological and hydronamical engineer). The brothers had not spoken for ten years, due to Bob becoming Krusty's sidekick instead of Cecil (who had wanted the part since he was 5).

Cecil plans to build a dam on a river (which flows into Springfield). Bob is enraged by his lazy employees and Bart, who is continuously following Bob around due to his beliefs that he is evil. Bart even ruins Bob's date with Mrs. Krabappel, where Bob says that "You only get one chance with Edna Krabappel." During the construction of the dam. Bob complains about his workers (Cletus and a bunch of people like him), and Bart (who is spying on him at work), and curses the dam, wishing it "would burst and bury this cursed town!"

Bart persuades Lisa to help him uncover Bob's plot. They go through Bob's trash, and they are caught. They search in his trailer, where they find a briefcase full of stolen money. Bob discovers them in his trailer, and chases them through Springfield Dam until they reach the turbine room, where the kids question him about the money. He denies any knowledge of it. Cecil shows up and reveals the money is his: He embezzeled the money by cutting back on construction, and he plans on framing Bob for it. He then locks Bart, Lisa and Bob in the turbine room and prepares to blow up the dam.

Bob helps Bart and Lisa (Bart is reluctant at first but then decides Bob isn't evil) escape. Just before Cecil attempts to blow up the dam, Bart jumps on his back, but is thrown of the cliff. Bob saves him by swinging on the dynamite cord. As Cecil tries to blow up the dam a second time, Bob cuts the wire, preventing its destruction. The two plummet to their death, until Bob lands groin first onto a drainage pipe painfully saving their lives.

The police arrive and Cecil is arrested. Bob gloats over his victory and how he's gained the respect of Bart and Lisa, but then Chief Wiggum arrives, believing Bob was involved "as usual", arresting him as well even though Officer Lou said he wasn't, which nearly got him busted down to sergeant, which he already was.

The dam breaks and floods the town, but no major damage is done. In the jail cell, Bob and Cecil bicker over who gets the top bunk. Bob wins when he pushes Cecil onto the floor. Cecil then asks him when they get their menus.

Behind the Laughter

One part of the episode parodies Fraiser, in which Kelsey Grammer starred.

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