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Season 32 is the thirty-second broadcast season of The Simpsons. It originally ran on Fox from September 27, 2020, with "Undercover Burns", to May 23, 2021, with "The Last Barfighter". The season was mostly made up of production season QABF episodes, with seven rollover episodes from production season ZABF also airing. Al Jean and Matt Selman served as the showrunners for the season, with Jean running twelve episodes and Selman running ten.
Production[edit]
It was announced on February 6, 2019; alongside Season 31.[1]
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Episode
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Crew
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Result
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| 73rd Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation[2]
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"I, Carumbus"
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Cesar Mazariegos
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Nominated
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| "Three Dreams Denied"
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Danielle Weisberg
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| "A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas"
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Jessica Conrad
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| 73rd Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program[3]
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"The Dad-Feelings Limited"
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James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Matt Selman, John Frink, J. Stewart Burns, Michael Price, Joel H. Cohen, Rob LaZebnik, Jeff Westbrook, Brian Kelley, Dan Vebber, Christine Nangle, Richard Sakai, Richard K. Chung, Tom Klein, Mike B. Anderson, Matthew Faughnan, Scott Brutz, Chris Clements, Ryan Koh
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| 73rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation[4]
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"Wad Goals"
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Nik Ranieri
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Won
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Episodes[edit]
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Title
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Original airdate
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Directed by
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Written by
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Prod. code
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685 - 1
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"Undercover Burns"
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September 27, 2020
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Bob Anderson
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David Cryan
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ZABF19
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| Mr. Burns goes undercover as "Fred Kranepool" at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and becomes friends with Homer and the gang. Burns implements all sorts of amenities to improve his employees' lives, but a jealous Smithers plots to bring the old, bitter Burns back and destroy Fred.
Guest starring: David Harbour as Fred Kranepool and Phil Rosenthal as himself.
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686 - 2
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"I, Carumbus"
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October 4, 2020
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Rob Oliver
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Cesar Mazariegos
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ZABF18
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| At a museum exhibit of Ancient Rome, Marge and Homer get into an argument about Homer's lack of ambition. They then imagine a Roman version of what would happen if Homer were more career-driven. Thus, the story of Obeseus the Wide unfolds.
Guest starring: Joe Mantegna as Gordus Antonius and Michael Palin as the Springfield History Museum curator.
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687 - 3
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"Now Museum, Now You Don't"
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October 11, 2020
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Timothy Bailey
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Dan Greaney
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ZABF21
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| Lisa stays home from school to explore the wonders of Western art. She appears as Lisanardo da Vinci, while Bart takes the shape of a French impressionist, Maggie as a warrior Cupid, and Homer and Marge as Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo.
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688 - 4
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"Treehouse of Horror XXXI"
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 October 18, 2020
 November 1, 2020
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Steven Dean Moore
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Julia Prescott
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ZABF17
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| In "Toy Gory", Bart's toys want revenge on him after all the horrible things he puts them through. In "Into the Homer-verse", Homer accidentally uses a machine that brings different Homers from across the multiverse into his world. Finally, in "Be Nine, Rewind", Lisa and Nelson keep reliving Lisa's ninth birthday over and over again every time they die.
Guest starring: Ben Mankiewicz as himself.
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689 - 5
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"The 7 Beer Itch"
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November 8, 2020
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Michael Polcino
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Story: Al Jean
Teleplay: Joel H. Cohen and John Frink
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ZABF15
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| Marge and the kids go on vacation, leaving Homer home alone since he wasn't invited. Feeling lonely, Homer meets Lily, a British woman who attempts to seduce him. However, Mr. Burns is also vying for Lily's attention.
Guest starring: Olivia Colman as Lily.
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690 - 6
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"Podcast News"
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November 15, 2020
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Matthew Faughnan
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David X. Cohen
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ZABF22
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| When Grampa's girlfriend, Vivienne St. Charmaine, goes missing under mysterious circumstances, Grampa is accused of murder. But when Kent Brockman's new podcast, Guilty Grampa, uncovers Grampa's innocence, Kent has to choose between reporting the truth and keeping his new fans.
Guest starring: Morgan Fairchild as Vivienne St. Charmaine and Stellan Skarsgård as himself.
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691 - 7
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"Three Dreams Denied"
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November 22, 2020
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Steven Dean Moore
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Danielle Weisberg
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QABF02
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| Comic Book Guy gets humiliated at Comicalooza when he loses the question he plans to ask at a panel. Bart becomes a voice actor for the show Cookie Castle, but when it turns out he's voicing a female character, he gets bullied. Meanwhile, Lisa loses out on first chair in the school band to a new student, Blake.
Guest starring: Ben Platt as Blake and Paul Rudd as himself.
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692 - 8
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"The Road to Cincinnati"
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November 29, 2020
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Matthew Nastuk
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Jeff Westbrook
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ZABF20
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| Principal Skinner goes with Superintendent Chalmers on an 800-mile car ride to Cincinnati to attend an administrators convention. But when Skinner admits that he made Chalmers' first choice for the trip, Principal Finch, get ill, an argument breaks out between the two educators.
Guest starring: Jason Bateman as Max Davis and himself and Hannibal Buress as Principal Finch.
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693 - 9
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"Sorry Not Sorry"
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December 6, 2020
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Rob Oliver
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Nell Scovell
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QABF01
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| After Miss Hoover gives the entire class B- grades because she is too lazy to grade everyone individually, Lisa calls her a "hack." When Lisa refuses to apologize to her teacher, she begins to learn about Miss Hoover's life struggles.
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694 - 10
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"A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas"
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December 13, 2020
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Timothy Bailey
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Jessica Conrad
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QABF03
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| Television producer Mary Tannenbaum comes to Springfield to help with the film A Christmas Ornament for Christmas, which is being filmed there. While there, she meets Seymour Skinner, and the two start falling for each other. Mary sets to work finishing the film and sorting out her love life.
Guest starring: Ellie Kemper as Mary Tannenbaum, Richard Kind as the A Christmas Ornament for Christmas director, and Chris Parnell as the surgeon fiancé.
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695 - 11
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"The Dad-Feelings Limited"
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January 3, 2021
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Chris Clements
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Ryan Koh
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QABF04
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| After looking after the Simpson children, Comic Book Guy and Kumiko contemplate having a baby. Comic Book Guy goes back to his childhood home, where he confronts his feelings over his own absent father.
Guest starring: Dan Aykroyd as Postage Stamp Fellow and Bob Balaban as the narrator.
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696 - 12
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"Diary Queen"
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February 21, 2021
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Matthew Nastuk
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Jeff Westbrook
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QABF05
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| When Bart finds Edna Krabappel's old diary at Ned's garage sale, he reads that his old teacher thought he had potential. After becoming a better person because of this thought, Lisa has to break the news to Bart that Krabappel wasn't referring to him.
Guest starring: Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony and Marcia Wallace as Edna Krabappel (via archive audio).
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697 - 13
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"Wad Goals"
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February 28, 2021
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Michael Polcino
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Brian Kelley
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QABF06
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| After discovering a golf club in the middle of town, Bart becomes a successful golf caddy. But Marge worries that the money he is earning is changing him as a person.
Guest starring: Stephen Root as Bildorf.
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698 - 14
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"Yokel Hero"
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March 7, 2021
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Rob Oliver
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Jeff Martin and Samantha Martin
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QABF07
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| During a drunken night out, Homer discovers that Cletus is a talented musician whose lyrics have the power to change people. Homer and Marge help him rise to stardom, until financial opportunities come his way.
Guest starring: Albert Brooks as the slick manager.
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699 - 15
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"Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars?"
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March 14, 2021
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Jennifer Moeller
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Michael Price
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QABF08
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| Homer, Bart, and Lisa try to reunite the animatronic band from Homer's old place of work, Razzle Dazzle's Pizza-Tainment Palace. However, when they find that Wakkety Yak is now owned by movie producer J. J. Abrams, they must come up with a plan to get him back.
Guest starring: J. J. Abrams as himself and Greg Grunberg as the Bad Robot security guard.
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700 - 16
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"Manger Things"
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March 21, 2021
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Steven Dean Moore
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Rob LaZebnik
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QABF09
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| After finding a Christmas decoration with "Todd's first Christmas" written on it, Marge tells the story of how, one Christmas, Homer got drunk, hid in a secret room in the house, and ended up helping deliver Maude's baby, Todd.
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701 - 17
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"Uncut Femmes"
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March 28, 2021
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Chris Clements
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Christine Nangle
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QABF10
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| While she takes the kids to a sleepover on a ship, Marge befriends Sarah Wiggum and discovers that she's not the quiet, meek woman she appears to be. Marge and Sarah are then dragged into a jewel heist by Sarah's old heist buddies.
Guest starring: Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony, Megan Mullally as Sarah Wiggum, Nick Offerman as Captain Bowditch, Natasha Rothwell as Bette, Bob Seger as himself, and Tiya Sircar as Erin.
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702 - 18
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"Burger Kings"
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April 11, 2021
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Lance Kramer
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Rob LaZebnik
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QABF11
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| Mr. Burns has a near-death experience after eating a burger. Realizing that nobody will mourn him when he's gone, he opens a vegetarian burger restaurant, X-Cell-Ent Burger. However, when Lisa discovers the secret behind its success, she tries to get Burns' newest business shut down.
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703 - 19
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"Panic on the Streets of Springfield"
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April 18, 2021
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Matthew Nastuk
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Tim Long
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QABF12
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| Lisa gets an imaginary friend, a depressed British singer from the 1980s named Quilloughby, who makes her feel much better about her friends. Meanwhile, Homer gets a vehicle with a lot of power and becomes a truck guy.
Guest starring: Benedict Cumberbatch as the imaginary Quilloughby and the real Quilloughby.
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704 - 20
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"Mother and Child Reunion"
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May 9, 2021
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Jennifer Moeller
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J. Stewart Burns
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QABF14
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| Werner Herzog tells Marge and Lisa's future. Instead of going to college, Lisa goes straight into employment, which causes arguments between Marge and Lisa. Lisa goes on to create her own chain of schools, the Lisa Simpson Academy.
Guest starring: Werner Herzog as himself, Nate Silver as himself, and George Stephanopoulos as himself.
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705 - 21
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"The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A."
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May 16, 2021
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Michael Polcino
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Carolyn Omine
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QABF13
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| An elderly British secret agent, Terrance, comes to Springfield in search of the Grey Fox, a Russian spy. He suspects that Grampa is the elusive spy and enlists Homer's help to take him down.
Guest starring: Stephen Fry as Terrance, Terrance's father, Hazel, and the head of MI5.
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706 - 22
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"The Last Barfighter"
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May 23, 2021
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Timothy Bailey
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Dan Vebber
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QABF15
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| After Moe reveals to his barflies that bartenders share secrets told to them in confidence with one another, the secret society of bartenders seeks vengeance on Homer and his friends. The gang is attacked by bartenders using a drug called Antibooze, which makes it so they can never drink alcohol again.
Guest starring: Ian McShane as Artemis.
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Script covers[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Promotional poster for Season 32
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Production video[edit]
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