Milhouse of Sand and Fog

General

Season 17 Episode

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"The Girl Who Slept Too Little"

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"Milhouse of Sand and Fog"

"Treehouse of Horror XVI"

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"Milhouse of Sand and Fog"

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Episode Information

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"Milhouse of Sand and Fog" is the third episode of season 17.

Synopsis

Milhouse's parents reconcile, but they don't pay attention to him anymore, so he and Bart leave one of Marge's bra on Luann's bed so she thinks Kirk slept with Marge.

Plot

Inspired by Flanders' suggestion of purposely exposing the boys to the chicken pox, Homer Simpson invites all the neighborhood kids over to the Simpson house for a "pox party" (at fifteen bucks a head). However, he ends up catching it himself, having no childhood immunity. One good thing comes of it, though: Milhouse's folks reconcile.

Or so it seems. However, Milhouse feels neglected because his parents aren't fawning over him as they once did, competing for his love. Milhouse schemes to break up his parents again, and enlists both Bart and a plot borrowed from The O.C. The boys leave a bra conspicuously located in Kirk's bed—unfortunately, it's one of Marge's. Luann thinks Marge is having an affair with her husband, and soon she has Homer questioning his wife's fidelity. An argument ensues, and Bart realizes he may have split up his own parents instead of Milhouse's.

Bart schemes to reunite them by pretending to fall off Springfield Gorge into a river, using a dummy—but Milhouse's poor eyesight queers the deal, and Bart ends up really taking the plunge. Homer leaps into the rapids and rescues Bart, and through a little trust, Marge saves them both from going over the falls. The Simpsons reconcile, once safely on the bank. Milhouse, not wishing to live in a world without his best friend, leaps over the cliff. Marge worriedly asks if he can swim. "What do you think?" asks Bart.

Broadcasting Information

USA/Canada

1st Air date: Sunday, September 25, 2005
2nd Air date: Sunday, December 4, 2005
3rd Air date: Sunday, February 12, 2006

UK

1st Air date: Sunday, November 6, 2005
2nd Air date: Friday, November 11, 2005
3rd Air date: Saturday, April 22, 2006
4th Air date: Tuesday, June 13, 2006
5th Air date: Sunday, August 6, 2006
6th Air date: Friday, August 25, 2006

Australia

1st Air date: Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Brazil

1st Air date: Sunday, July 30, 2006

← Season 16 Season 17 Episodes Season 18 →
The Bonfire of the Manatees • The Girl Who Slept Too Little • Milhouse of Sand and Fog • Treehouse of Horror XVI • Marge's Son Poisoning • See Homer Run • The Last of the Red Hat Mamas • The Italian Bob • Simpsons Christmas Stories • Homer's Paternity Coot • We're on the Road to D'ohwhere • My Fair Laddy • The Seemingly Never-Ending Story • Bart Has Two Mommies • Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife • Million-Dollar Abie • Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore • The Wettest Stories Ever Told • Girls Just Want to Have Sums • Regarding Margie • The Monkey Suit • Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play