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"Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment"

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"Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" is the 13th episode of the second season of The Simpsons. This episode tells the story of Homer buying stolen cable and the resulting situation with Lisa feeling moral conflict, as well as Bart watching an adult movie channel. It is one of the few Simpsons episodes that have won an Emmy.

Synopsis

After seeing Ned Flanders reject an offer to get an illegal cable hook-up, Homer chases after the cable man and wants to be hooked up for free. He likes the new channels he gets, which the family watches with him. Lisa, however, feels suspicious. Following a Sunday School lesson regarding the existence and nature of Hell, Lisa becomes terrified of violations of the Ten Commandments, the adherence to which she is assured will keep one's soul safe from Hell. She fears that because Homer violated the Eighth Commandment (thus "Thou Shalt Not Steal" according to the division by the Anglican and Reformed Churches), he will go to Hell when he dies. She additionally opposes other examples of common and harmless thievery, including her mother's tasting of grapes in a grocery store which she has not paid for. Lisa pays a visit to Reverend Lovejoy at church, where he suggests that Lisa cannot turn her father into the police (as she must Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother), and instead encourages Lisa to not watch anything on Homer's cable hook-up, setting a good example.

Homer invites his friends from the power plant, as well as Apu, Moe, and Barney to watch "The Bout to Knock the Other Guy Out!", on pay-per-view. (Mr. Burns and Waylon Smithers show up as well). Meanwhile, Bart has set up posters on the back door for his showing of an adult channel for 50 cents (although his age requirement is 8), but is caught a few seconds later by Homer. Homer's conscience eventually bothers him, moreso in the form of his daughter's distress than a moral objection to stealing cable, and he gives into Lisa's protests, begrudgingly choosing not to watch the fight. Marge and Maggie joins them as well. Bart, on the other hand, decided to go back to see the fight, but Homer stops him for good. He sits the fight out and when it is over, he hesitantly (and unprofessionally) cuts his cable hook-up, despite Bart's objection. He accidentally (somehow) cuts the electricity to all of Springfield in his random wire-cutting before finally cutting the cable wire.

Appearances

Characters

Biblical characters

• Hezron, Carver of Graven Images (only appearance)
• Homer the Thief (only appearance)
• Zohar the Adulterer (only appearance)
• Moses (only appearance)
• Davey and Goliath (voice only)
• Devil

Simpson family

• 222px-Homer Simpson 2006.png

  Homer Jay Simpson

• Marge.png

  Marjorie J. Bouvier Simpson

• Maggie.png

  Margaret Simpson

• 

  Bartholomew Jojo Simpson

• Lisa Simpson2.png

  Lisa Marie Simpson

• 200px-SantasLittleHelper.png

  Santa's Little Helper

• Snowball2pic-1-.jpg

  Snowball II

• Abe.jpg

  Abraham J. Simpson

Flanders family

• 

  Nedward Flanders, Jr.

Religious workers

• 222px-Reverend Lovejoy.png

  Timothy Lovejoy

• Ms. Albright.jpg

  Ms. Albright

=Springfield Elementary School students

• Martin.jpg

  Martin Prince, Jr.

• Richard2.jpg

  Richard

• 

  Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten

• Jimbo.gif

  James Jones

• Ralph Wiggum.jpg

  Ralph Wiggum

• Nelson Muntz.jpg

  Nelson Muntz

• Dolph.jpg

  Dolphin Starbeam

• Kearney Zzywicz.gif

  Kearney Zzywicz, Jr.

• Wendell Borton.gif

  Wendell Borton

• Howard.jpg

  Howard

Actors

• 

  Troy McClure (first appearance)

Doctors

• Drnick.png

  Nick Riviera

Springfield Nuclear Power Plant staff

• 

  Lenford Leonard

• 

  Carlton Carlson

• C-smithers.gif

  Waylon Smithers, Jr.

• Montgomery Burns.png

  Charles Montgomery Burns

Moe's Tavern patrons and staff

• 222px-Barney Gumble.PNG

  Bernard Gumble

• 

  Momar Szyslak

• Sam2.png

  Sam

• Larry.png

  Larry

Kwik-E-Mart staff

• Apuu.png

  Apu Nahasapeemapetilon

Springfield Retirement Castle elderly

• Jasper.png

  Jasper Beardley

Springfield Elementary School staff

• 209px-The Simpsons-Jebediah Springfieldt.png

  Otto Mann

Policemen

• Lou.gif

  Lou

• Eddie.jpg

  Eddie

Wrestlers

• Drederick Tatum.gif

  Drederick Tatum (first appearance)

• Watson (first appearance)

Vehicles

• Cable Van
• Pink Sedan

Locations

Real places

• Mt. Sinai

Residential

• 742simphouse.jpg

  742 Evergreen Terrace

Religious premises

• Churchh.jpg

  First Church of Springfield

Retail

• Grocery Store

• 

  Moe's Tavern

• Kwikemart.jpg

  Kwik-E-Mart

Industrial

• Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.gif

  100 Industrial Way

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