S04E17 · SCENE 3/22 · 00:56
Last Exit to Springfield · Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
Burns waits for union rep

Mr. Burns waits for the union rep who has disappeared.

00:56→03:26
in the episode · 2m 30s · S04E17
Burns waits for union rep

What happens

00:56–03:26

Burns and Smithers wait for the union rep who vanished. Burns reminisces about the old days when workers had no benefits. He decides to look at the contract himself. Homer daydreams about the plant's history, including a worker who predicted the need for a union. The dream ends with the worker being walled up in a coke oven. Homer vows to avenge his grandfather and get back the dental plan.

WhereSpringfield Nuclear Power Plant
DriverHomer
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadHomer union negotiation

Key lines

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01:05

Tonight we unveil my most diabolical creation.

01:27

Nice to see you. McBain!

02:23

Uh, I don't know, sir. He hasn't been seen since he promised to clean up the union.

02:42

No, it didn't use to be this way at all.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
absurd0.5
deadpan0.5
negotiation0.4
obsession0.3
monologue

Beats

02:54Homer cracks atoms
03:27Homer vows to avenge grandfather

Scene in the episode

00:56–03:26
A · Homer union negotiation
B · Lisa braces ordeal

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