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"Homer Is Where the Art Isn't"

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"Homer Is Where the Art Isn't" is the 12th episode of season 29. It aired on March 18, 2018.

The episode was dedicated in memory of Stephen Hawking, who died on March 14, aged 76.

Synopsis

"When Homer is accused of stealing a million-dollar painting, only a detective from the 1970s can clear his name, or send him to jail. It's a classic impossible mystery."

Plot

At Gavelby's Auction House, Homer and Mr. Burns lose to Megan Matheson a bidding for the painting Joan Miró's The Poetess, which Homer is obsessed of. Once the painting arrives at her home, Megan finds out that it has been stolen. The detective Manacek is called to solve the case.

Manacek goes to Megan's due to insuring the painting for double the price she paid, 30 milion dollars. She denies the accusation and send Manacek to Mr. Burns'. He shows he can't stand losing a bid to a woman, but dismisses the accusation too and sends Manacek to the final suspect, Homer, due to the obsession he showed about it.

Homer demonstrates to him how much he wants the painting at the Power Plant, and in the evening, Marge shows up at Manacek's apartment, Brick Townhomes, to convince him Homer is innocent, but he says they'd only talk at dinner, so Marge invites him home.

After dinner, Homer panics when they start talking, and Bart and Marge explain how Homer becomes obsessed with it at the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, even dreaming about it at night.

When the museum closed up due to being out of funds, Springfielders protested, while Mayor Quimby explained the cuts, including the cut of 1/3 of the police department, with Eddie having been fired. The scene returns to the start of the episode where the bids took place, and Homer tries to steal it.

After the story, Homer excapes from home, but Manacek finds him at the museum, where he tells him he's innocent because he finds him too dumb to steal anything.

Manacek next reveals that Megan was in fact the thief, having exchanged the guards by twins aired by her, to simulate the steal. But then reveals it was already stolen by Mr. Burns, when he built an identical auction house next to the original, and stole it from the vault.

After Mr. Burns was arrested at his manor, Manacek reveals the painting is nothing other than Lisa's plastic bag, so it wouldn't go to milionairs' houses hidden away from people who loves them, like Homer. At the end, the painting is located at the Springfield Arena Football Arena, previously known as Buzz Cola Dome.

Production

This was the final episode written by the late Kevin Curran.^[1]

A deleted scene for the episode was going to have Sideshow Mel say that they want a female Doctor Who, with the crowd agreeing and chanting with him.^[2] The joke was changed in the episode to a protest about too many Pokey restaurants, as on July 16, 2017, Jodie Whittaker was announced to be the Thirteenth Doctor.^[3][4]

In another deleted scene, Manacek was going to say a Polish proverb: "Even a toothless goat can still eat a thin can, but don't expect it to make you a Christmas sweater with the governor's yarn?".^[5] Another scene where Homer and Marge got in trouble at a school assembly was cut to make room for the Full Manacek.^[6]

The episode was to feature The Rich Texan, but was replaced with Megan Matheson character, because Jim Brooks told Matt Selman he hated the Rich Texan.^[7]

Originally the episode was set to air on March 11, 2018^[8], on that day "3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage" was set to air instead, but then the episode was switched back and pushed one week later.

Gallery

Promo videos

• Bill Hader Guest Stars at YouTube
• Homer Is Obsessed With A Painting at YouTube
• Bart Moons Homer at YouTube
• Wiggum Does Not Like Manacek at YouTube
• Detective Manacek Hits On Marge at YouTube

References