The Flandshees of Innersimpson
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"The Flandshees of Innersimpson"
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Episode Information
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"The Flandshees of Innersimpson" is the twelfth episode of broadcast season 36 of The Simpsons and the seven hundred eighty-third episode overall. It originally aired on March 30, 2025. The episode was written by Dan Vebber and directed by Chris Clements. It guest stars Rachel Bloom as Annette, Jane Kaczmarek as Judge Constance Harm, and Fiona Shaw as Mrs. McCormick. It also guest stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Quilloughby, Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley, Lizzo as Goobie-Woo, and "Weird Al" Yankovic as himself, all in uncredited archive footage roles in "The Hood Internet Mashup".
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Synopsis[edit]
- When Homer makes Bart become a DJ, and Homer takes the Flanders' noise-cancelling headphones, Ned finally snaps and refuses to speak to Homer ever again. While Homer is excited by this at first, he soon comes to regret it. After a big fight, the two neighbors are sentenced to couples therapy.
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The Simpson family is on a trip when Marge and Homer notice the strange names on billboards along the road. Lisa points out that they are all DJs who make a fortune, buy residencies, and purchase mansions for their families. Later that night, Homer wakes Bart up to start his DJ career. This wakes up both Marge and Maggie, and Homer creates a box for Maggie to sleep in. Marge protests that he can't DJ in their basement, so Bart starts DJing in the treehouse.
During the party, Ned intervenes and asks them to quiet down. Homer refuses, and Bart records Ned's phrase to add it to the mix. The next morning, Ned buys noise-canceling headphones for himself and the kids, but Homer steals them. Mrs. McCormick then warns Homer that dark times will come to Evergreen Terrace before the end of the year. At the next night's party, Bart forgets to drop the beat, and the next morning the backyard is completely destroyed.
Bart tells Homer he gives up on DJing, crushing Homer's dream. When Homer confesses that he stole Ned's noise-cancelling headphones, Marge tells him to return them. When Homer opens the door, Ned gives him the last item Homer has never borrowed and tells him he will never speak to him again. Homer cheers at the news, while Mrs. McCormick warns that the dark times have come. That night, Homer declares he won't let Ned win and vows to make him speak to him again.
Homer tries everything. Three silent months later, at Springfield Mall, Homer enters The Leftorium wearing a fake mustache, but Ned sees through the disguise and pulls over the Squeaky-Voiced Teen to speak instead. Three more months later, Homer steals Jesus from Ned's nativity scene, but Ned has a backup Jesus. Another three months later, at Springfield Elementary, Homer even arranges for a chorus to get Ned to talk, but Ned still refuses. Seeing Homer's distress, Marge visits his house and tries to discuss the situation. Ned then shows her a slide presentation on their history together.
Later, Marge suggests the only way to fix things is for Homer to apologize. Homer begins writing an apology letter, going through many drafts, and eventually Lisa finds one that is good. Homer delivers it to Ned's house. The next morning, they hear noises and find the house empty, having been burgled, only to discover that Ned has reclaimed all the items Homer borrowed. He doesn't accept the apology because the letter made him realize he wasn't too dumb to know better, but rather smart enough to know better and still did all those things anyway.
Ned begins destroying every item he borrowed them, including the couch. To stop him, Homer crashes his car into Ned's, and the two start a car fight. They end up in the Courthouse, where Judge Harm sentences them to 100 hours of couple counseling at the Mental Health Barn. There, Annette serves as their therapist, but when talking proves ineffective, she proposes the psychedelic drug U-completamine instead.
The drug causes hallucinations of them as famous duos, Matryoshka dolls, stars, and armies fighting each other with casualties. When they enter each other's castles, they discover that Ned has a shrine for Homer in his head, and Homer has one for Ned. They finally see each other's point of view and realize what they really want is a status quo. They hug and reconcile. However, Homer doesn't truly learn his lesson, as he steals Ned's newspaper the next morning—but he gives Ned his sweater back as a present, though it is now enlarged from Homer wearing it.
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