S04E17 · SCENE 16/22 · 15:49
Last Exit to Springfield · Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
Strike and strikebreakers

The workers strike while Burns hires old-fashioned strikebreakers.

15:49→18:02
in the episode · 2m 13s · S04E17

What happens

15:49–18:02

A folk ballad plays as the workers picket. Burns hires old-fashioned strikebreakers who tell rambling stories to distract the workers. The strikebreakers eventually use full power to break the strike.

WhereSpringfield Nuclear Power Plant
DriverMr. Burns
Positionact2 · escalation
ThreadHomer union negotiation

Key lines

from this scene
15:50

## [ Acoustic Guitar]

15:54

## [ Folk Ballad ]

17:31

## [ Folk Ballad Continues ]

17:46

Now do "Classical Gas."

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
absurd0.5
chaotic0.5
negotiation0.4
escalation0.3
betrayal0.3
monologue

Beats

16:20Burns hires strikebreakers
17:20Strikebreakers use full power

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15:49–18:02
A · Homer union negotiation
B · Lisa braces ordeal

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