S08E18 · EP
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23 scenes · our breakdownBart gets pinched for not wearing green on St. Patrick's Day.
00:09–00:29social_rule_violationHomer complains he's not drunk yet on St. Patrick's Day.
00:29–01:24obsessionBart wants to buy a plastic horn at the St. Patrick's Day parade.
01:24–03:05petty_grievanceBart drinks free beer and becomes publicly intoxicated at the parade.
03:05–03:49escalation · humiliationThe town blames alcohol for Bart's drunkenness and demands prohibition.
03:49–05:44escalation · social_rule_violationA 200-year-old prohibition law is discovered and enforced.
05:44–06:02coincidenceDuff brewery announces alcohol-free Duff Zero.
06:02–06:39schemeMoe reopens his bar as a speakeasy with illegal booze.
06:39–07:13schemeRex Banner is brought in to enforce prohibition and stop bootleggers.
07:13–08:55interrogationRex Banner takes over the police department and cracks down on bootleggers.
08:55–10:08interrogation · threatHomer decides to become a bootlegger with Bart's help.
10:08–10:28schemeHomer and Bart steal beer from the dump and get chased by Banner.
10:28–11:10pursuit · violenceHomer uses bowling balls to smuggle beer into Moe's.
11:10–11:34schemeMarge discovers Homer's bootlegging operation.
11:34–13:57secret_exposed · confessionLisa argues against breaking the law, but is sent to her room.
13:57–14:01double_standardRex Banner raids a pet shop that is actually a speakeasy.
14:01–15:15investigationHomer runs out of beer and decides to make his own alcohol.
15:15–16:14scheme · escalationHomer's homemade still explodes repeatedly, causing chaos.
16:14–16:46escalation · violenceHomer decides to quit bootlegging after Marge's plea.
16:46–17:55negotiationWiggum captures Homer and reveals the bootlegging scheme to the town.
17:55–20:22comeuppance · betrayalHomer is sentenced to be catapulted for violating prohibition.
20:22–20:57humiliation · violenceThe prohibition law is found to have been repealed 199 years ago.
20:57–22:40coincidence · comeuppanceSpringfield celebrates the end of prohibition with a toast.
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