S04E03 · SCENE 4/21 · 03:13
Homer the Heretic · First Church of Springfield
Church service begins

The family attends a freezing church service with a long sermon.

03:13→03:36
in the episode · 0m 23s · S04E03

What happens

03:13–03:36

The family sits in church. The furnace is broken. Reverend Lovejoy gives a long, boring sermon about hellfire. Homer imagines himself in hell.

WhereFirst Church of Springfield
DriverMarge
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadHomer skips church

Key lines

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03:19

But let's just put it out of our minds and turn to the lamentations of Jeremiah...

03:26

"Joy is gone from our hearts our dancing has turned to mourning. '"

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
awkward0.6
humiliation0.3
monologue

Beats

03:14Furnace is broken
04:18Sermon about hell

Scene in the episode

03:13–03:36
A · Homer skips church
B · Marge's concern grows
C · Flanders intervention

Clips from this episode

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The Simpsons | Homer: "When they were handing out religions you must have been out taking a whiz" · Unwoke Simpsons
This Things I Believe (The Simpsons) · ThingsICantFindOtherwise
The Simpsons - Homer Meets God (Part 2) · Mostly Simpsons

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Marge Simpson237 episodes · drives 977 scenes
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Lisa Simpson246 episodes · drives 781 scenes
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Maggie Simpson61 episodes · drives 14 scenes

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