Mother and Child Reunion

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	Season 32 Episode
← 703 "Panic on the Streets of Springfield"	704 "Mother and Child Reunion"	"The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A." 705 →

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"Mother and Child Reunion"

Episode Information Episode number: 704 Season number: S32 E20 Production code: QABF14 Original airdate: May 9, 2021 Title screen: Plopper web slings across the screen a la Spider-Man Couch gag: Marge is hatching eggs on a nest. Homer jumps in the nest, breaking the eggs, and gets a taste of the egg yolk Guest star(s): Werner Herzog as himself George Stephanopoulos as himself Nate Silver as himself Showrunner: [[Al Jean]] Written by: J. Stewart Burns Directed by: Jennifer Moeller

[[Category:Episodes showrun by Al Jean]]

"Mother and Child Reunion" is the twentieth episode of season 32 of The Simpsons and the seven hundred and fourth episode overall. It originally aired on May 9, 2021. The episode was written by J. Stewart Burns and directed by Jennifer Moeller. It guest stars Werner Herzog as himself, George Stephanopoulos as himself and Nate Silver as himself.

"Mother and Child Reunion" was dedicated in memory of Olympia Dukakis, who died on May 1.

Synopsis

"Lisa makes a shocking college decision, wounding Marge. It leads to a very surprising place."

Plot

The Simpson family goes to Werner Herzog's Magic Shop to buy a magic set for Lisa's birthday. When Bart stucks Homer in a straitjacket, Marge asks them if they'll ever stop, to which Herzog asks if they wanna see the future. He takes them to the back where he reads them the future with tarot cards.

Lisa will become president, Homer will stop drinking, and Bart will become a fine person, and there'll be years of trouble between Marge and Lisa, after deciding where she'd go to college.

It's the day she decides where to go, after Bart decides to become a master of Fruit Ninja, and Milhouse asks her out to the prom, with the help of his father. Bart have her remind how every time she could have had fun, she was studying, and she got accepted in all colleges.

Marge set up a meeting with the family for her choice, but she reveals in the end that she's not going to any college, breaking Marge's future expectations that she had already prepared.

Production

It was previously called "Senior Moment" and had the production code QABF09, before it switched it with "Manger Things".

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  As Senior Moment and QABF09

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  As Mother and Child Reunion and QABF14

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Promo videos

• Preview: Celebrating Moms And Future Moms at YouTube
• Preview: Mother's Day Comedy at YouTube
• The Dignity Of Work at YouTube
• Who Can Stop Lisa Now? at YouTube

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