S06E21 · EP
season 6 ·
The PTA Disbands
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Episode DNA

22 scenes · 3 threads
absurd 17%escalation 17%chaotic 10%tense 9%angry 6%scheme 4%sad 4%awkward 4%humiliation 4%petty grievance 4%

Story threads over runtime

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0:005:0010:0015:0020:00
A · Teacher strike plot
B · Bart's scheme plot
C · Home schooling plot
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Every scene

22 scenes · our breakdown
1 · Springfield bus · cold_openBus ride to battlefield

Bart and classmates ride a dilapidated school bus to a Civil War reenactment.

00:05–00:40lie · escalation
2 · Civil War battlefield · cold_openCivil war reenactment chaos

The field trip turns chaotic when the cannon is accidentally fired.

00:40–03:32escalation · coincidence
3 ▸ 03:32
3 · Springfield Elementary bus drop-off · cold_openReturning with fewer children

The bus returns to school with fewer students than it left with.

03:32–04:03escalation · petty_grievance
4 ▸ 04:03
4 · Springfield Elementary hallway · act1Teachers complain about cuts

Teachers confront Skinner about budget cuts and poor supplies.

04:03–04:58escalation · petty_grievance
5 ▸ 04:58
5 · Springfield Elementary hallway · act1Bart manipulates Skinner and Krabappel

Bart tricks Skinner and Krabappel into escalating their conflict.

04:58–06:40scheme · lie
6 ▸ 06:40
6 · Springfield Elementary · act1Strike begins and school empties

Teachers walk out and students are sent home.

06:40–07:27escalation · social_rule_violation
7 · Simpson house living room · act1Simpson kids come home early

Bart and Lisa return home and Marge and Homer react to the strike.

07:27–08:36escalation
8 · Springfield Nuclear Power Plant · act1Homer works at the power plant

Homer causes chaos at the power plant while distracted.

08:36–09:17escalation · coincidence
9 · Simpson house living room · act1Lisa struggles with home schooling

Lisa becomes obsessive about learning without school.

09:17–10:13obsession · escalation
10 ▸ 10:13
10 · Springfield Elementary exterior · act1Teachers picket and Bart gets bored

Teachers picket outside school while Bart tries to find fun.

10:13–11:08escalation · petty_grievance
11 · Springfield streets · act1Bart tries to play with Milhouse

Milhouse is too busy studying to play with Bart.

11:08–11:57avoidance
12 · Springfield bank · act1Homer discovers bank is insolvent

Homer learns the bank has no money due to loans.

11:57–12:27escalation · petty_grievance
13 · Simpson house · act1Lisa's obsession worsens

Lisa becomes more obsessive and Marge worries.

12:27–13:26obsession · escalation
14 ▸ 13:26
14 · Springfield Elementary auditorium · act1PTA meeting to resolve strike

Marge calls a PTA meeting but it ends in chaos.

13:26–14:55escalation · petty_grievance
15 · Springfield Elementary · act2Substitute teachers take over

Skinner implements emergency plan using neighborhood substitutes.

14:55–15:16escalation
16 · Springfield Elementary classroom · act2Bart sabotages substitutes

Bart drives away multiple substitute teachers.

15:16–16:18scheme · escalation
17 ▸ 16:18
17 · Springfield Elementary classroom · act2Marge becomes substitute teacher

Marge takes over Bart's class and struggles.

16:18–17:40escalation · humiliation
18 · Simpson house crawlspace · act2Bart hides in crawlspace

Bart retreats to the crawlspace to avoid his mother teaching.

17:40–19:01avoidance · humiliation
19 · Springfield Elementary hallway · act2Bart gets bullied for lunch money

Bart asks Marge for money because kids bully him.

19:01–19:35humiliation · escalation
20 · Springfield Elementary principal's office · act2Bart and Milhouse plan to reunite teachers

Bart decides to lock Skinner and Krabappel together to force negotiation.

19:35–20:29scheme · deal
21 · Springfield Elementary principal's office · act3Teachers negotiate in locked office

Skinner and Krabappel begin talking after being locked in.

20:29–21:05negotiation · deal
22 · Springfield Elementary cloakroom · act3Prisoners in school cloakrooms

Skinner reveals he rents cloakrooms to the prison system for extra money.

21:05–21:16secret_exposed · deal
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