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"Brake My Wife, Please" is the twentieth episode of Season 14.

Synopsis

Homer has a car accident and loses his driver's license, which means that Marge now has to do all of the family's driving. Homer comes to enjoy walking instead of driving, but the extra responsibility stresses out Marge. She becomes increasingly accident-prone (starting with running over Homer in the car), and Homer is on the receiving end of all of her accidents. This puts a strain on their relationship, but a visit to a marriage counselor sorts everything out.

Plot

During a school field trip to Springfield Aquarium, Principal Skinner spots some unusually large pearls in a giant clam. The "pearls", however, turn out to be Bart mooning everyone. After pulling the prank, Bart tries to get out of the water, but in short order is grabbed by an octopus, punched in the stomach by a sea turtle and pounded on the head by a hammerhead shark. Following the aquatic assault, Bart goes to the hospital to have his injuries treated.

At the hospital, Marge realizes that Homer has the family's health insurance card, but she can't find him anywhere. This prompts Dr. Hibbert to postpone treating Bart, instead chaining him to a radiator and leaving him there until the card is presented. When Homer finally shows up with the card, he says he was sidetracked by watching TV at the video store, and Marge demands that he get a cell phone. Fortuitously, cell phone saleswoman Lindsey Naegle happens on the scene and sells him one on the spot.

The next day, Homer goes to an electronics store to buy a hands-free set for his new cell phone. However, he is enthralled by the variety of automotive accessories which plug into the cigarette lighter, so he ends up buying a bunch of them, including a DVD player, a snow cone maker, a deep fat fryer and a fog machine. With his car stuffed full of accessories, Homer drives around town using them all at once (and talking on his cell phone as well), paying no attention whatsoever to the road. As a result, Homer drives onto a pier, then off of the end and into the ocean. The Coast Guard pulls Homer's car out of the water, but Homer has to go to court for his reckless driving. Judge Constance Harm revokes Homer's driver's license in a thoroughly decisive manner: she cuts up the license, guillotines the pieces, feeds the remaining shards to a pair of dogs, and then orders the court officers to "Burn their poop!"

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Homer can not drive anywhere now meaning Marge has to do all the driving such as pick up Homer's dry cleaning in Shelbyville and drive Lenny and Carl around. While Homer walks to Moe's Tavern he realizes that he likes walking. Whilst Homer enjoys walking Marge is finding driving stressful and because of this accidentally runs Homer over. As Homer is in hospital Dr. Hibbert informs Marge that because Homer has a broken pelvis he will have to rely on her to do everything for him. Marge brings him in a bowl of pea soup but,when Homer finds it to hot, she accidentally spills it on him. Then, while Homer is walking out of the hospital with the aid of a cane, Marge gets annoyed she has to drive him home and 'accidentally' kicks his cane causing him to fall over. Homer now begins to suspect Marge is trying to hurt him. She tries to deny that she doesn't hate him but keep's fumbling over her word's until she scream's "I hate you!" at him. They argue and end up going to see a marriage counselor. When one of the task is to make a list of people who are important to you, Marge realizes she is not on Homer's list as it just contains different variations of his name and she walks out sadly. The counselor recommends that Homer does one unselfish thing to win her back. He decides to have a barbecue for Marge and invites the whole town. When Marge returns home in a bad mood from driving she walks into the backyard and is welcomed by everyone. Homer and Jackson Browne sing a duet dedicated to Marge. After the barbecue Marge tells Homer she loves him and wants to kill him...with kisses! Everyone toasts her. After dinner Homer wants some privacy with Marge and ends the episode by turning the sprinklers on and ending the barbecue.