Undercover Burns
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"Undercover Burns"
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Episode Information
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"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.
Homer refuses to eat at home and to go at work on a Saturday, where the place is completely transformed to be workers friendly. When they mentions that Fred might get rid of Smithers soon, he unveils to Homer the truth, and that he's going too far.
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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
Preview: Where Can You Find The Funny? at YouTube- Preview: All-New Episodes Starting This Sunday at YouTube
- Preview: A Shocking New Night Of Premieres at YouTube
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