Moms I'd Like to Forget
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- "We called ourselves the cool moms!"
- ―Marge Simpson
Moms I'd Like to Forget is the tenth episode of Season 22.
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Synopsis
When Bart discovers that a fifth grader has a scar identical to one Bart has, Marge tells him about a club of mothers she was in once where they set playdates for their kids; when she tries to reform the club, things turn out better for Marge than they do for Bart.
Plot
Springfield Elementary School's 4th grade class is playing a dodgeball match against the 5th grade class, whose only player left is a 5th grader. Bart manages to hit the 5th grader, winning the match, after which he daydreams of himself being at the Dodgeball Hall of Fame, the New York Stock Exchange and Planet Dodgeball. However, when the ball falls from the air, it hits Milhouse and the 5th grader catches it, so the winners are the 5th grade. This creates tension amongst the students and teachers of 4th and 5th grade.
During a fight between Bart and the 5th grader, they discover that they have a sword-shaped scar on their fists. Neither of them know why they have the same scar, so Bart asks Marge about it. Marge tells him that she used to be in a "Mother and me" class with Bart, and that she made a group with the other moms called "The Cool Moms".
Bart discovers that on July 4, 2003, he and his friends set off loads of fireworks, causing the sword forks to fly off Comic Book Guy's sandwich, making a sword scar on his hand. Bart and Milhouse plan to frame his friends for setting off fireworks, making the group break up again, but Marge does the deed herself.
Production
The episode was written by Brian Kelley and directed by Chris Clements
Reception
"Moms I'd Like to Forget" was viewed by an estimated 12.65 million households in its original broadcast.
Rowan Kaiser rated the episode with a C+ writing that if felt "The entire episode just seems to be hurtling towards a reset button: Of course Marge isn't going to end up with three new best friends, and of course Bart isn't going to have an entirely new crew to hang out with. The writers seem to know this, and the resolution is half-assed at best."
