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Bart and Lisa get on the school bus, and Bart takes up the only remaining seat, refusing to let Lisa sit with him. Lisa goes to Otto for help, he replies,"Ya know, I can deal with your problem or I can rock out, but I cannot do both." With that, he puts a tape into his walkman and begins singing along with "We're an American Band". Lisa pulls on the cord for his headphones and the walkman falls onto the floor and breaks. Otto is completely upset about not having music and smashes his head into the windshield and cracks. Bart reassures him by saying that they will sing for him. Otto is annoyed by the children's version of old school songs and by the boring music on the radio. While driving, Otto sees Metallica, whose tour bus appears to have broken down. At first he thought it wasn't real and he was on drugs. Then a little dragon appears and tells him that, although he was indeed on drugs, they were really there. He stops to pick them up. Bart hijacks the bus and drives to school, and he misses his chance to rock with Metallica when the band hitches a ride with Hans Moleman who says he used to sleep with Lars's grandmother. Before leaving, Robert tells Otto to never listen to their music again, and they begin to play "Master of Puppets". A fuming Otto arrives to school and spanks Bart. Principal Skinner notices this act of corporal punishment and suspends Otto from driving the school bus (with pay). Otto cries "NOO!!" and Skinner confiscates his beaded seat cover and his gun. Because of this, the parents have to carpool the kids to school, now including an introverted kid named Michael. However, when Marge drives back to Michael's house, who forgot his math book, it is revealed his father is Fat Tony.
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[[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] get on the [[school bus]] to go to school. Lisa can't get a seat as Bart refuses to let her sit next to her so she tries to make [[Otto]] tell Bart to give her a seat. Otto tells Lisa to deal with her own problems and Lisa accidentally breaks Otto's tape player. When the kids start singing on the journey, Otto gets annoyed and stops the bus when he sees {{Chs|Metallica}} stuck at the side of the road. He offers Metallica a ride but Bart steals the school bus and drives to school. Metallica abandon Otto, telling him not to listen to their music from now on. Otto arrives at the school as Bart turns up and then smacks Bart. [[Principal Skinner]] sees this and suspends Otto.
  
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News of Michael's "family" spreads, and everyone tries to keep their distance from him. Lisa joins a lonely Michael at lunch, and they become friends. She comes to find Michael is a talented cook, which he claims to be his dream, rather than go into the family business. After school, Fat Tony drives the kids home, but on the way, goons working for the Calabrese family, Fat Tony's rivals, attack them. He manages to slip them, and when they arrive at the Simpson house, Michael invites the family over for dinner. At Fat Tony's mansion, the Calabreses show up unexpectedly for a sit-down during dinner. Fat Tony advises the Calabreses against killing him as his son, Michael, would then take his place and exact a brutal vengeance. Michael, meanwhile, serves souffles to the Simpsons. He then serves them to the mobsters, who love it, but are surprised when they find out he made them. The Calabreses laugh at Tony and leave. Fat Tony admonishes Michael for making him look weak in front of his enemies. Suddenly, an attack helicopter (piloted by the Calabreses) appears at the window and Fat Tony, surprised at the attack, is knocked out by what was said to be a heart attack.
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[[Marge]] has to carpool the kids to school, picking up other kids on the way. They then pick up [[Michael D'Amico]], who everyone thinks is weird. Michael forgot his Math book so they drive up to his house so he can collect it. It is only then that the kids realize Michael is [[Fat Tony]]'s son. At school, everyone starts treating Michael differently, being scared of him. Lisa befriends Michael over his love of cooking and encourages Michael to follow his dream of becoming a chef.
  
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At the hospital, Fat Tony lies unconscious, and Johnny Tightlips explains to the other mobsters that, with the boss down, the Calabreses would be trying to finish the job. He tells Michael that he should step up, but when he resists, Homer volunteers to take his place as mob boss. He and Bart proceed to do mafia dirty work, shaking down money from Moe and Krusty. However, Michael notices how this amount of power is turning the two more maniacal, and seeks to put an end to it. One night, he invites the Calabreses to the Simpson's for dinner, where he informs them that they have won and that he is out of the family business. They applaud his decision, but end up choking and dying over their own meals. Marge discovers the food had been poisoned, and although Michael appears remorseful, Lisa finds out it was intentional. At Fat Tony's mansion, Fat Tony congratulates Michael for defeating their enemies. Outside, Lisa asks Michael why didn't he tell Fat Tony it was all an accident, though she suspects it was not quite so. Michael tells her, à la Michael Corleone, never to question his business. He walks into the next room and is joined by Jimbo Jones, Dolph and Kearney, who shut the door on Lisa a la Godfather. Lisa opens up again to reveal Michael playing with his hot wheels.
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Fat Tony's turn to carpool the kids comes along. On the way, the Calabresi mob starts driving after them, trying to kill Fat Tony. Fat Tony throws [[Milhouse]]'s [[Garfield]] binder onto the road, causing the Calabresi car to crash and everyone in the car to die. Fat Tony arrives at the Simpson house and apologizes for being late and Michael invites the Simpsons to dinner at [[Fat Tony's compound]].
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At Fat Tony's, everyone sits down to dinner. [[Louie]] then comes in and tells Fat Tony that the Calabresis are there for the sit-down that was planned. Fat Tony then goes to meet with the Calabresis, [[Dante Calabresi, Sr.]], [[Dante Calabresi, Jr.]] and [[Primo]], who reveal they only tried to kill him because they thought he had gone soft. After clearing up the misunderstanding, the two mob families hug and make up. Michael then comes into the room to offer everyone soufflés. After finding out the soufflés were made by Michael, they laughed at him then left. After leaving, they came back in a helicopter and shot up the mansion, injuring Fat Tony in the process.
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At the hospital, Michael is told that he has to take his dad's place as leader of the mafia whilst Fat Tony is in hospital. Homer and Bart then agree to help Michael and join the mafia. They go around to the businesses they help look after and collect money from them. Michael then realizes that they are too involved and doesn't like it, wanting to keep the Simpsons out of his business as he likes them. He arranges for the Calabresi family to come to the Simpsons house for dinner and cooks them a meal. After they eat the meal, all three members drop dead. Michael implies that this was an accident as he was only following a recipe. Back at Fat Tony's mansion, Fat Tony congratulates Michael on taking out the Calabresis. When Lisa questions him why he didn't tell Fat Tony that it was an accident, he tells Lisa to stay out of his business. Michael then goes into his room to play with toy cars.
  
 
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== Production ==

Revision as of 10:40, March 21, 2018

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Episode Information
Showrunner: [[{{{showrunner}}}]]



"The Mook, The Chef, The Wife and Her Homer" is the first episode of season 18.

Synopsis

"At school, Lisa befriends a boy, who happens to be the son of mob boss. Fat Tony is put out of commission by a rival family, and Homer and Bart get involved with the mob, when Michael, who is nothing like his father, is not interested in the “family business”."


Plot

Alternate promo image

Bart and Lisa get on the school bus to go to school. Lisa can't get a seat as Bart refuses to let her sit next to her so she tries to make Otto tell Bart to give her a seat. Otto tells Lisa to deal with her own problems and Lisa accidentally breaks Otto's tape player. When the kids start singing on the journey, Otto gets annoyed and stops the bus when he sees Metallica stuck at the side of the road. He offers Metallica a ride but Bart steals the school bus and drives to school. Metallica abandon Otto, telling him not to listen to their music from now on. Otto arrives at the school as Bart turns up and then smacks Bart. Principal Skinner sees this and suspends Otto.

Marge has to carpool the kids to school, picking up other kids on the way. They then pick up Michael D'Amico, who everyone thinks is weird. Michael forgot his Math book so they drive up to his house so he can collect it. It is only then that the kids realize Michael is Fat Tony's son. At school, everyone starts treating Michael differently, being scared of him. Lisa befriends Michael over his love of cooking and encourages Michael to follow his dream of becoming a chef.

Fat Tony's turn to carpool the kids comes along. On the way, the Calabresi mob starts driving after them, trying to kill Fat Tony. Fat Tony throws Milhouse's Garfield binder onto the road, causing the Calabresi car to crash and everyone in the car to die. Fat Tony arrives at the Simpson house and apologizes for being late and Michael invites the Simpsons to dinner at Fat Tony's compound.

At Fat Tony's, everyone sits down to dinner. Louie then comes in and tells Fat Tony that the Calabresis are there for the sit-down that was planned. Fat Tony then goes to meet with the Calabresis, Dante Calabresi, Sr., Dante Calabresi, Jr. and Primo, who reveal they only tried to kill him because they thought he had gone soft. After clearing up the misunderstanding, the two mob families hug and make up. Michael then comes into the room to offer everyone soufflés. After finding out the soufflés were made by Michael, they laughed at him then left. After leaving, they came back in a helicopter and shot up the mansion, injuring Fat Tony in the process.

At the hospital, Michael is told that he has to take his dad's place as leader of the mafia whilst Fat Tony is in hospital. Homer and Bart then agree to help Michael and join the mafia. They go around to the businesses they help look after and collect money from them. Michael then realizes that they are too involved and doesn't like it, wanting to keep the Simpsons out of his business as he likes them. He arranges for the Calabresi family to come to the Simpsons house for dinner and cooks them a meal. After they eat the meal, all three members drop dead. Michael implies that this was an accident as he was only following a recipe. Back at Fat Tony's mansion, Fat Tony congratulates Michael on taking out the Calabresis. When Lisa questions him why he didn't tell Fat Tony that it was an accident, he tells Lisa to stay out of his business. Michael then goes into his room to play with toy cars.

Production

Joe Mantegna, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Imperioli and Metallica guest star. This episode marks the return of Lunchlady Doris to a speaking role after her original voice actor Doris Grau died in 1995. The character is now voiced by Tress MacNeille.

Reception

IGN said the episode was "charming", and enjoys the episodes' parody of The Godfather, praising Pantoliano and Imperioli's appearances. However, IGN said they were disappointed with "the episode being too random" and "it doesn't have the emotional impact it should have had." The episode was given a final rating of 7/10.

Season 18 Episodes
The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer • Jazzy and the Pussycats • Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em • Treehouse of Horror XVII • G.I. (Annoyed Grunt) • Moe'N'a Lisa • Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair) • The Haw-Hawed Couple • Kill Gil, Volumes I & II • The Wife Aquatic • Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times • Little Big Girl • Springfield Up • Yokel Chords • Rome-Old and Juli-Eh • Homerazzi • Marge Gamer • The Boys of Bummer • Crook and Ladder • Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot! • 24 Minutes • You Kent Always Say What You Want
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