Portrait of a Lackey on Fire

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	Season 33 Episode
← 713 "A Serious Flanders (Part 2)"	714 "Portrait of a Lackey on Fire"	"Mothers and Other Strangers" 715 →

"Portrait of a Lackey on Fire"

Episode Information Episode number: 714 Season number: S33 E8 Production code: UABF01 Original airdate: November 21, 2021 Couch gag: Swiss Pocket Knife couch gag Guest star(s): Victor Garber as Michael de Graaf Christine Baranski as herself Christian Siriano as himself Showrunner: [[Matt Selman]] Written by: Rob and Johnny LaZebnik Directed by: Steven Dean Moore

[[Category:Episodes showrun by Matt Selman]]

"Portrait of a Lackey on Fire" is the eigth episode of season 33 of The Simpsons and the seven-hundred and fourteenth episode overall. It originally aired on November 21, 2021. The episode was written by Rob and Johnny LaZebnik and directed by Steven Dean Moore. It guest stars Victor Garber as Michael de Graaf, Christine Baranski as herself and Christian Siriano as himself.

Synopsis

"Smithers finds true love with a famous fashion designer (voiced by Victor Garber), but will his new relationship destroy Springfield?"

Plot

At Burns' manor, one of The Hounds gave birth and Homer is called to be a training dummy. After enough training, Mr. Burns is assigning them to some of his rich friends that need watchdogs, however refusing Smithers proposing to have fun with him.

Later, Homer finds him in a cage whimpering over not being loved so Homer helps him finding a man. Meanwhile, after delivering all the puppies but one, he leaves the last one, which is a softy that refuses to bite, licking people instead, to Homer, and a person that would love the puppy, Michael de Graaf, approaches him

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• 'The Simpsons' landmark gay episode keeps it in the family at YouTube

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Promo videos

• Watch Smithers meet his new boyfriend on The Simpsons at YouTube
• Talk To Me About Your Love Life at YouTube
• Italian Food For Everybody at YouTube

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The Star of the Backstage • Bart's in Jail! • Treehouse of Horror XXXII • The Wayz We Were • Lisa's Belly • A Serious Flanders (Part 1) • A Serious Flanders (Part 2) • Portrait of a Lackey on Fire • Mothers and Other Strangers • A Made Maggie • The Longest Marge • Pixelated and Afraid • Boyz N the Highlands • You Won't Believe What This Episode Is About – Act Three Will Shock You! • Bart the Cool Kid • Pretty Whittle Liar • The Sound of Bleeding Gums • My Octopus and a Teacher • Girls Just Shauna Have Fun • Marge the Meanie • Meat Is Murder • Poorhouse Rock