S03E04 · EP
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1 ▸ 00:02The Simpsons gather for their usual couch gag and opening credits.
00:02–00:09lie · social_rule_violation
2 ▸ 00:09Bart wakes up late and struggles to get ready for school.
00:09–00:56escalation · avoidance
3 ▸ 00:56Lisa shows off her glow-in-the-dark police badge, but Bart steals it.
00:56–01:50petty_grievance · lieHomer accidentally eats Bart's homework, causing Bart to panic.
01:50–02:00misunderstandingBart arrives late to school and is sent to get a tardy slip.
02:00–02:22social_rule_violation · humiliation
6 ▸ 02:22The class goes on a field trip to a chocolate factory, but Bart is left behind.
02:22–04:34humiliation · scheme
7 ▸ 04:34The class tours the chocolate factory with Troy McClure.
04:34–05:25misunderstanding
8 ▸ 05:25Bart wanders after school and accidentally enters the Legitimate Businessman's Social Club, meeting Fat Tony.
05:25–07:02coincidence · deal
9 ▸ 07:02Bart successfully mixes a Manhattan for Fat Tony, impressing him.
07:02–07:11deal · scheme
10 ▸ 07:11Bart tells Marge about his new job, and she is concerned.
07:11–07:47misunderstanding · social_rule_violation
11 ▸ 07:47Chief Wiggum confronts Fat Tony about a hijacked cigarette truck.
07:47–08:02interrogation · threat
12 ▸ 08:02Marge finds Bart with cigarettes and forces him to smoke them as punishment.
08:02–10:58humiliation · lie
13 ▸ 10:58Bart asks Fat Tony if they are crooks, and Fat Tony justifies their actions.
10:58–11:11lie · deal
14 ▸ 11:11Marge convinces Homer to investigate the club where Bart works.
11:11–11:58investigation · misunderstandingHomer visits the club and ends up gambling with Fat Tony.
11:58–12:41deal · escalationBart is late for work at the club, angering Fat Tony.
12:41–14:07escalation · threatFat Tony goes to the school to confront Principal Skinner after Bart blames him.
14:07–14:31threat · escalation
18 ▸ 14:31The school announces that Principal Skinner is missing, and chaos ensues.
14:31–15:44investigation
19 ▸ 15:44Bart has nightmares about Skinner's ghost haunting him.
15:44–16:47humiliation
20 ▸ 16:47Bart and the mobsters are arrested for Skinner's murder.
16:47–17:37interrogation · betrayal
21 ▸ 17:37Bart is put on trial for murder, with false testimony from the mobsters.
17:37–18:34betrayal · lie
22 ▸ 18:34Principal Skinner returns and explains his disappearance.
18:34–21:07coincidence
23 ▸ 21:07The case is dismissed, and Bart learns crime doesn't pay.
21:07–22:50comeuppance · confession
24 ▸ 22:50A TV movie parody of the episode airs, mocking Hollywood.
22:50–22:54Same DNA
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