Cape Feare
"Cape Feare"
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Episode Information
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"Cape Feare" is the second episode of The Simpsons' season five. Its plot, a parody of the horror film Cape Fear, revolves around the return of Sideshow Bob, who is paroled from prison and tries to murder Bart Simpson this time.
Synopsis
Bart Simpson receives threatening letters and becomes paranoid. Sideshow Bob is released from prison. He reveals that it was him that wrote the death threats.So the family gets put on the Witness Relocation Program.Little do they know that Sideshow Bob is in the underside of their car. He then follows the Simpsons to the town of Terror Lake,where they become The Thompsons. Sideshow Bob comes out of the boot,only to get hit in the face by nine rakes. Bart sees him and warns Homer and Marge.
He gets inside their new houseboat to murder Bart in his room. While on their houseboat, Bart, as a last request, convinces Bob to sing the entire score of the HMS Pinafore. When he tries, in the meantime, they float by Springfield, where Bob is arrested by the police and is sent back to jail. After Bob is sent to jail again,the Simpsons return to Evergreen Terrace and everything is back to normal.
Reception
In 2003, Entertainment Weekly named this the third greatest episode in the history of the show. It won Outstanding Dramatic Score in a Series-1994. Al Jean described Cape Feare as his most favourite Sideshow Bob episode and his most favourite Simpsons episode.
