S08E12 · EP
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13 scenes · our breakdownMr. Burns grows bored and chooses a fire drill, which the plant employees bungle badly.
00:03–00:28escalation · petty_grievanceThe workers mock teamwork, but Burns announces a mountain retreat to promote it.
00:28–02:12petty_grievance · social_rule_violationHomer arrives at the park with his family, mistakenly believing they were invited.
02:12–03:36misunderstanding · social_rule_violationBurns explains that teams will race to a cabin, and the last team there will be fired.
03:36–06:32bet · threatBurns reveals that Homer is paired with him, and he starts the race.
06:32–07:00scheme · social_rule_violationBurns and Homer agree to cheat their way to the cabin by taking a horseless sleigh.
07:00–09:03scheme · social_rule_violation
7 ▸ 09:03Marge follows her children on a chairlift to search the park.
09:03–10:16pursuit · misunderstandingHomer and Burns sit in a cabin, then struggle through a tunnel to reach the goal.
10:16–14:03scheme · escalationAn avalanche traps Homer and Burns, and Smithers and the kids find an avalanche-buried cabin.
14:03–16:08coincidence · escalationThe kids build snowmen while Smithers worries about his job.
16:08–18:37petty_grievance · avoidance
11 ▸ 18:37Burns and Homer reach a ranger station and argue about whose fault the avalanches were.
18:37–20:45threat · violenceThe teams reach the cabin, and Burns fires Lenny for arriving last, then reverses the firing.
20:45–22:00comeuppance · humiliationHomer and Burns share a final awkward exchange, and the credits roll.
22:00–22:50humiliation · comeuppanceSame DNA
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