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Undercover Burns

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Season 32 Episode
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"Undercover Burns"
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"Undercover Burns"
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Episode Information
Episode number: 685
Production code: ZABF19
Original airdate: September 27, 2020
Couch gag: The Simpsons try to sit on the couch but bonk on something. It's revealed that Nelson created the couch gag using a green screen, making them bonk on it.
Guest star(s): David Harbour as Fred Kranepool
Phil Rosenthal as Himself
Showrunner: [[Al Jean]]
Written by: David Cryan
Directed by: Bob Anderson
[[Category:Episodes showrun by Al Jean]]


"Undercover Burns" is the 1st episode, and season premiere, of season 32. It aired on September 27, 2020.

Synopsis

"Mr. Burns goes undercover as "Fred" at the nuclear power plant and becomes friends with Homer and the gang. Burns implements all sorts of amenities to improve his employees' lives, but a jealous Smithers plots to bring the old, bitter Burns back and destroy Fred."

Plot

At the Power Plant, it's the "Take your kids to work day". Lenny, not having a kids, hired two, but one of them desert him after having being called to another job for Krusty. As soon as the parents leave their kids in the care of Mr. Burns, he transforms it into a "Put your kids to work day", forcing them to work at the plant.

Lisa excapes the trap and follows Burns, accusing him, but Burns excapes into the bathroom, where Lisa refuses to stay since it's the men's. Burns checks the writing on the bathroom stalls and discovers they hate him. The same occurs in the ladies' bathroom, where a puppy version of him is burning.

To check on the malcontent, Burns plots to go undercover, and assembles a team. Inside his new robotic body, Burns as Fred Kranepool sits at the table with Homer, Lenny and Carl and tries to socialize with them, but as he tries to ask for anything bad, the back to work whistle sounds.

It's revealed that to call people back to work, Burns unleases the Hounds. After escaping to them, they invite Fred to Moe's, where Homer offers him a beer, and they tell Fred that all they ask from Burns is for friendship and respect.

Since Fred is sitting at Barney's sit, Barney has to use the new drive-through service on his Plow King's Plow. Afterwards, the three friends keep socializing, at the Luna Park, at Moe's, fishing and karaoking.

At Burns' manor, Smithers is worried, expecially when he tells him they're his friends. The family is also concerned after Homer keeps spending time with them.

At the Plant, Fred tells Smithers to back off, so after the bantery they ask Fred to talk to Burns for some respect. Fred reclutantly accept and starts enhacting a scene back and forth with his real voice. The scene was so convincing, heard from the guys at the door, that they convince Burns to "die out" his old self and become Fred permanently, to more concern by Smithers.

Gallery

Production

As of this episode, Alex Désert takes over voicing Carl Carlson, taking over the role from Hank Azaria. This is due to non-white characters in the show no longer being played by white actors.[1]

Promo videos

References


Season 32 Episodes
Undercover Burns I, Carumbus Now Museum, Now You Don't Treehouse of Horror XXXI The 7 Beer Itch Podcast News Three Dreams Denied The Road to Cincinnati Sorry Not Sorry A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas The Dad-Feelings Limited Diary Queen Wad Goals Yokel Hero Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars? Manger Things Uncut Femmes Burger Kings Panic on the Streets of Springfield Mother and Child Reunion The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A. The Last Barfighter