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23 scenes · our breakdownThe Simpsons family rushes to the couch for the opening credits.
00:00–00:07lieBart uses a go-go ray to make people dance at the science fair.
00:07–00:54scheme · humiliationMarge asks Homer to encourage Lisa with her science project, but he is distracted.
00:54–03:09schemeHomer navigates obstacles to leave the power plant.
03:09–03:29escalation · coincidenceBart accidentally drops and destroys Lisa's futuristic tomato.
03:29–04:19escalation · humiliationHomer and others tour the Duff Brewery and see commercials.
04:19–04:54obsessionMarge suggests Lisa use a hamster in a maze for her science project.
04:54–06:25schemeBarney drinks too much at the brewery and Homer takes his keys after hitting him.
06:25–07:48escalation · violenceHomer is pulled over and arrested for drunk driving.
07:48–08:37social_rule_violation · comeuppanceMarge gets a phone call about Homer's arrest and goes to the police station.
08:37–09:30interrogationLisa buys a hamster from a pet store for her experiment.
09:30–09:59dealLisa's hamster successfully navigates a maze while Bart fails.
09:59–10:28rivalry · schemeBart gets shocked trying to get food, while the hamster avoids the shock.
10:28–11:37escalation · humiliationHomer watches a gruesome driver's ed film narrated by Troy McClure.
11:37–11:55humiliationHomer goes to an Alch-Anon meeting and reluctantly agrees to give up beer for a month.
11:55–14:44confession · social_rule_violationHomer sadly bids farewell to his beer stash.
14:44–14:52obsession · petty_grievance
17 ▸ 14:52Bart hides Lisa's science report, she finds it, then he drops it from a height, destroying it.
14:52–16:12scheme · escalationBart's science fair project, a flying machine, fails to fly.
16:12–16:20humiliation · escalationBart's hamster flying plane act wins first prize at the science fair.
16:20–18:54scheme · rivalryHomer suffers from beer withdrawal and finds everything boring, including a party at Patty and Selma's.
18:54–20:03obsession · avoidanceHomer hallucinates a beer train and nearly breaks his sobriety at an Alch-Anon meeting.
20:03–20:07escalation · obsessionHomer finishes his month without beer and resists going to Moe's.
20:07–21:46negotiation · social_rule_violationHomer and Marge enjoy a romantic bike ride together.
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