S08E05 · EP
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24 scenes · our breakdownThe Simpsons watch TV and fight over the V-chip.
00:03–00:09social_rule_violation · escalationA news report announces a massive oil spill on Baby Seal Beach.
00:09–00:26coincidence · escalationLisa persuades Marge to drive 400 miles to clean oiled animals.
00:26–01:51negotiation · schemeHomer and Bart are left home alone for a week.
01:51–02:56social_rule_violation · escalationHomer and Bart eat junk food and watch TV all day.
02:56–03:42social_rule_violation · escalationLisa and Marge arrive but all animals are reserved for celebrities.
03:42–04:11humiliation · coincidenceLisa and Marge are bored scrubbing rocks at the beach.
04:11–04:43avoidance · escalationBart and Milhouse fly a model plane that crashes into a house.
04:43–06:19escalation · misunderstandingBart trespasses and destroys a stone gargoyle at the house.
06:19–07:40violence · humiliationThe woman demands punishment; Homer sends Bart to work for her.
07:40–07:44negotiation · social_rule_violationBart discovers the burlesque house is not a witch's lair.
07:44–08:29misunderstanding · coincidenceBelle assigns Bart to work the door and fix a sink.
08:29–09:45scheme · dealMarge and Lisa continue scrubbing rocks at the beach.
09:45–10:18avoidance · escalationBart fills in as emcee after Mel Zetz breaks his hip.
10:18–11:16impersonation · humiliationHomer discovers Bart working late at the burlesque house.
11:16–12:24social_rule_violation
16 ▸ 12:24Helen Lovejoy and Skinner tell Marge about Bart's job.
12:24–13:20secret_exposed · betrayalMarge argues with Homer about Bart working at the burlesque house.
13:20–13:50double_standardMarge asks Belle to shut down the burlesque house and leave town.
13:50–14:45rivalry · threatMarge exposes the burlesque house patrons at a town meeting.
14:45–17:00secret_exposed · humiliationThe town votes to demolish the burlesque house and forms an angry mob.
17:00–17:11violenceHomer and the cast sing a song to save the burlesque house.
17:11–19:58seduction · negotiationMarge tries to sing a counter-song but crashes into the house.
19:58–21:38humiliation · escalationBelle forgives Marge and suggests a visit to her house.
21:38–22:39comeuppance · humiliation
24 ▸ 22:39The family watches TV and Homer is warned.
22:39–22:48social_rule_violation · escalationSame DNA
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