My Way or the Highway to Heaven
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This episode is considered non-canon and the events featured do not relate to the series and therefore may not have actually happened/existed.
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"My Way or the Highway to Heaven"
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Episode Information
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"My Way or the Highway to Heaven" is the third episode of broadcast season 30 of The Simpsons and the six hundred forty-second episode overall. It originally aired on October 14, 2018. The episode was written by Deb Lacusta, Dan Castellaneta and Vince Waldron and directed by Rob Oliver. It guest stars H. Jon Benjamin as Bob Belcher, Jon Lovitz as himself, Dan Mintz as Tina Belcher, Eugene Mirman as Gene Belcher, Tracy Morgan as himself, John Roberts as Linda Belcher, and Kristen Schaal as Louise Belcher.
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Synopsis[edit]
- "God and St. Peter contemplate what merits a soul getting into Heaven. They then see three stories unfold. Ned tells how he was raised without a religion before finding God. Marge tells the story of her grandmother, Genevieve Bouvier, who was an atheist. Lisa tells the story of Princess Siddmartha Gautama."
Plot[edit]
God sits on His couch next to St. Peter, wondering where everyone is after His remodeling of Heaven. God says that Heaven needs to increase admissions, so He and St. Peter try to decide who to admit.
Ned Flanders is next shown teaching a Sunday school class about "Who will get into Heaven." Each student imagines how they'll die and go to Heaven. Ned explains how he was raised without religion by a family of Beatniks. He starts selling trampolines after the Apollo 14 moon landing inspires bounce fever. He makes lots of money, only to discover they're a death trap for kids after 500 consecutive bounces. The next possible victim is a young Homer Simpson, but Ned pushes him out of the way, getting electrocuted himself. After recovering, he wakes up in Heaven next to Jesus Christ, who tells him to take the road to redemption. Back on Earth, Ned is reborn, having been given a second chance, and follows God's path.
Next in the classroom, Marge Simpson tells the story of her grandmother, Genevieve Bouvier, an atheist married to Meaux, a Nazi collaborator and café owner. A squad of U.S. paratroopers, including Abraham Simpson, gets trapped in the bar's cellar as a group of German soldiers enters for a meal. Since Genevieve doesn't believe in an afterlife, she disguises the paratroopers as French waiters. However, once the Germans try to kidnap her, the paratroopers fight back and kill them. Finally, giving Meaux a proper kiss, she goes to their bedroom with him. Marge tells the kids that this story shows atheists can do great things too. After this, God agrees to take atheists into Heaven.
Gautama Buddha proposes Buddhism next, introducing Lisa Simpson, who tells the story of Princess Siddmartha Gautama. Siddmartha searches for a way to improve her boring life, finding children playing even though they have nothing, in contrast to her having everything and still being unhappy. She disguises herself as a poor boy, visits the world outside her palace, and finally finds enlightenment after a very long journey.
After watching the three stories, God agrees to accept all good souls into Heaven. In the end, the Flanders family hears a crack of thunder, which Ned explains as just angels bowling. A bowling pin crashes into their house. St. Peter apologizes to them, but they consider it a blessing. God comments that he's just a kiss-up.
Production[edit]
Tracy Morgan's character
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