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[[Homer]] sleeps during a meltdown at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|nuclear plant]], which leads him to be hospitalized. A spinal tap reveals that [[Homer]] suffers from narcolepsy and gives him a medical excuse to prevent him from doing activities because of his disease, but he starts using his excuse to simply sleep and escape doing anything at all. [[Marge]] gets irritated and tells him to get his narcolepsy medication at a pharmacy.
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At the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]], [[Homer]] sleeps through a meltdown. When he goes to [[Springfield General Hospital|hospital]] afterwards, [[Dr. Hibbert]] diagnoses Homer with narcolepsy, an illness which causes Homer to sleep frequently. Homer starts to use narcolepsy to get out of everything that he would have to put effort in, until he needs to pick up his prescription. Homer goes to [[Oedipus Rx]] to get his prescription, but there are several old people in front of him who take too long. Homer then falls asleep on the floor before he goes to [[Moe's Tavern]], without the medication.
  
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At the pharmacy, there were four old people in front of [[Homer]]. Realizing that would take a while, he leaves to [[Moe]]'s and returns home smelling like beer. This angers [[Marge]], who decides to take [[Homer]] to a family therapist. But, instead of helping them, the therapist tell them to spend a little time apart followed by a divorce. So [[Homer]] leaves the house and starts living at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|nuclear plant]].
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[[Marge]] gets annoyed at Homer when he returns and the two of them go to [[Dr. Zilowitz]] as she's the only therapist they hadn't been to yet. Dr. Zilowitz suggests that they try a trial separation, which they reluctantly agree to. Homer starts living at the power plant and eventually starts to get happier as he knows that Marge always takes him back. [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] then reveal to Homer that Marge changed her relationship status to "it's complicated". When Homer's getting drunk at Moe's, he gets a call from the pharmacy and goes to pick up his prescription. [[Candace]] flirts with Homer and the two of them go out on a date. Homer gets drunk and high on his medication and he and Candace sleep together. The next morning, Homer is horrified and calls Marge. [[Selma]] answers the phone and tells Homer that Marge is on a date with someone else. Homer then decides to carry on dating Candace.
  
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[[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] tell [[Homer]] that [[Marge]] changed her status to "It's complicated" and her name on the voice mail back to [[Marge]] Bouvier (her maiden name). [[Homer]] then goes back to [[Moe's]] and receives a call, but instead of [[Marge]], it's the pharmacist calling because of his medications. While getting his meds, the pharmacist (whose name is [[Candace]]) takes [[Homer]] on a date and dopes him, which leads [[Homer]] to make the one drunken mistake he never made: sleep with someone other than [[Marge]].
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Homer continues to date Candace, meeting up with her friends and going to Moe's together. Eventually, Candace wants Homer to meet her father. They go to [[The Gilded Truffle]] where they meet {{ap|Roger|Every Man's Dream}}. Roger tells Homer not to worry about the age difference as he is also dating someone much younger than him, Marge. Homer is shocked at this revelation but decides to try and stay calm through the meal. After the meal, Roger proposes to Marge and she accepts. Candace then gets mad and tells her father that she and Homer will also get married and she's already pregnant.
  
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From then, [[Candace]] and [[Homer]] start going out on dates and doing activities as a couple, and [[Candace]] decides to present [[Homer]] to her father, who is also with a new girlfriend: [[Marge]]. [[Homer]] tries to convince her that the pharmacist's father is not a great man, but he proposes to [[Marge]], which she accepts as soon as her divorce with [[Homer]] is done. At this moment, [[Candace]] reveals to [[Homer]] that she's pregnant, but [[Homer]] wakes up back at the therapist's room, meaning all of this was a dream.
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This revelation shocks Homer who then wakes up in Dr. Zilowitz's office. Dr. Zilowitz says that she would never suggest a separation and Homer realizes that it was all a dream. He and Marge decide to work things out and Homer stops drinking for all of March. With Homer's love, [[Lisa]] had stopped eating meat and [[Maggie]] started talking. As Maggie sings, Homer realizes that something was wrong and woke up again in a bar with Candace. Homer realizes that this was actually reality and runs home to see Marge. However, he sees that the family is eating a meal with Roger so he breaks down outside the house. [[Lisa]] comes out and tells Homer that he'll always have her, before she goes back in to play chess with Roger.
  
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His dream convinces [[Homer]] to became a better man for a month. He succeeds, even convincing Lisa to eat meat and Maggie to talk (or sing), but [[Homer]] wakes up at a bar during a date with [[Candace]]. Seeing everything he has lost, [[Homer]] runs back to [[742 Evergreen Terrace]] and finds [[Marge]] having a dinner with the pharmacist's father, which made him so depressed that he starts crying on the front yard. At this moment, [[Lisa]] opens the door saying that nothing could separate them, as they share the same blood, but she enters the house again, because her "new father" invites her to play chess and go pony shopping later.
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Marge then wakes up, revealing that everything was part of her dream, and takes Homer to Dr. Zilowitz again. As Dr. Zilowitz is about to give them a solution to their marriage, it's revealed that the therapy is actually a tattoo on [[Hannah Horvath]]'s back, meaning "don't get drunk in Brooklyn".
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At this moment, [[Marge]] wakes up, revealing that everything was part of her dream, and takes [[Homer]] to the family therapist again, but before she tells them the solution to their marriage, It's revealed that the therapy is actually a tattoo on [[Hannah Horvath]]'s back, meaning "Don't get drunk in Brooklyn".
 
  
 
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Revision as of 12:15, May 13, 2022

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Donut Homer.png This episode is considered non-canon and the events featured do not relate to the series and therefore may not have actually happened/existed.

The reason behind this decision is: The episode is dreams within dreams eventually being revealed to be a story told by Hannah Horvath's tattoos.

If you dispute this, please bring it up on the episode's talk page.

"Every Man's Dream"
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Episode Information
Episode number: 575
Season number: S27 E1
Production code: TABF14
Original airdate: September 27, 2015
Title screen: The Simpsons family climb down from a zip line and Homer gets stuck in the middle.
Couch gag: Several albums of the Beatles gets parodied by the Simpsons family and on Flabby Road they get ran over by a red Double-decker bus.
Guest star(s): Lena Dunham as Candace and Hannah Horvath
Allison Williams as Candace's friend 3
Zosia Mamet as Candace's friend 2
Jemima Kirke as Candace's friend 1
Laura Ingraham as Janet Zilowitz
Adam Driver as Adam Sackler
Showrunner: [[Al Jean]]
Written by: J. Stewart Burns
Directed by: Matthew Nastuk
[[Category:Episodes showrun by Al Jean]]


"Every Man's Dream" is the first episode of season 27 of The Simpsons and the five-hundred and seventy-fifth episode overall. It originally aired on September 27, 2015. The episode was written by J. Stewart Burns and directed by Matthew Nastuk. It guest stars Lena Dunham as Candace and Hannah Horvath, Allison Williams as Candace's friend 3, Zosia Mamet as Candace's friend 2, Jemima Kirke as Candace's friend 1, Laura Ingraham as Janet Zilowitz and Adam Driver as Adam Sackler.

Synopsis

"Homer is diagnosed with narcolepsy — but instead of returning home with his prescription medication — he returns home drunk. He and Marge visit a marriage counselor and have a trial separation, during which Homer begins dating a 20-something."


Plot

At the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, Homer sleeps through a meltdown. When he goes to hospital afterwards, Dr. Hibbert diagnoses Homer with narcolepsy, an illness which causes Homer to sleep frequently. Homer starts to use narcolepsy to get out of everything that he would have to put effort in, until he needs to pick up his prescription. Homer goes to Oedipus Rx to get his prescription, but there are several old people in front of him who take too long. Homer then falls asleep on the floor before he goes to Moe's Tavern, without the medication.

Marge gets annoyed at Homer when he returns and the two of them go to Dr. Zilowitz as she's the only therapist they hadn't been to yet. Dr. Zilowitz suggests that they try a trial separation, which they reluctantly agree to. Homer starts living at the power plant and eventually starts to get happier as he knows that Marge always takes him back. Lenny and Carl then reveal to Homer that Marge changed her relationship status to "it's complicated". When Homer's getting drunk at Moe's, he gets a call from the pharmacy and goes to pick up his prescription. Candace flirts with Homer and the two of them go out on a date. Homer gets drunk and high on his medication and he and Candace sleep together. The next morning, Homer is horrified and calls Marge. Selma answers the phone and tells Homer that Marge is on a date with someone else. Homer then decides to carry on dating Candace.

Homer continues to date Candace, meeting up with her friends and going to Moe's together. Eventually, Candace wants Homer to meet her father. They go to The Gilded Truffle where they meet Roger. Roger tells Homer not to worry about the age difference as he is also dating someone much younger than him, Marge. Homer is shocked at this revelation but decides to try and stay calm through the meal. After the meal, Roger proposes to Marge and she accepts. Candace then gets mad and tells her father that she and Homer will also get married and she's already pregnant.

This revelation shocks Homer who then wakes up in Dr. Zilowitz's office. Dr. Zilowitz says that she would never suggest a separation and Homer realizes that it was all a dream. He and Marge decide to work things out and Homer stops drinking for all of March. With Homer's love, Lisa had stopped eating meat and Maggie started talking. As Maggie sings, Homer realizes that something was wrong and woke up again in a bar with Candace. Homer realizes that this was actually reality and runs home to see Marge. However, he sees that the family is eating a meal with Roger so he breaks down outside the house. Lisa comes out and tells Homer that he'll always have her, before she goes back in to play chess with Roger.

Marge then wakes up, revealing that everything was part of her dream, and takes Homer to Dr. Zilowitz again. As Dr. Zilowitz is about to give them a solution to their marriage, it's revealed that the therapy is actually a tattoo on Hannah Horvath's back, meaning "don't get drunk in Brooklyn".

Production

  • Script for the episode

Reception

The episode was watched by 3.28 million viewers.[1]

International airdates

Country Date Channel Note
Hispanic America.gif Latin America April 10, 2016 Fox Latin America
Ukraine flag.png Ukraine December 19, 2016 NLO TV [2]

Gallery

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  • Candace

  • Candace's friends

References

  1. ↑ SpoilerTV.com
  2. ↑ Vsetv.com


Promo videos


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Every Man's Dream • 'Cue Detective • Puffless • Halloween of Horror • Treehouse of Horror XXVI • Friend with Benefit • Lisa with an "S" • 'Paths of Glory • Barthood • The Girl Code • Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles • Much Apu About Something • Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4 • Gal of Constant Sorrow • Lisa the Veterinarian • The Marge-ian Chronicles • The Burns Cage • How Lisa Got Her Marge Back • Fland Canyon • To Courier with Love • Simprovised • Orange Is the New Yellow
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