S09E22 · EP
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23 scenes · our breakdownThe family celebrates Love Day with gifts and decorations.
00:14–00:30schemeHomer refuses to take out the overflowing trash.
00:30–00:49petty_grievanceHomer insults the garbagemen and they cut service.
00:49–01:43escalation · humiliationThe Simpsons' trash pile grows and causes problems.
01:43–02:10escalation · petty_grievanceHomer refuses to apologize and decides to run for office.
02:10–02:42schemeHomer starts his campaign with a rock concert stunt.
03:29–07:00humiliation · schemeMoe helps Homer find a campaign slogan.
07:00–08:13schemeHomer uses his slogan at a town debate.
08:13–09:09escalation · schemeHomer wins the election and becomes sanitation commissioner.
09:09–09:19comeuppance · secret_exposedHomer takes office and makes extravagant promises.
09:19–11:14scheme · escalationHomer runs out of money and panics.
11:14–11:22schemeHomer starts dumping other cities' trash in a mine.
11:22–13:37secret_exposed · schemeThe town discovers the dumping and holds a meeting.
13:37–14:32comeuppance · escalationPatterson gloats and the town panics.
14:32–15:18humiliation · comeuppanceHomer goes to Moe's to escape the chaos.
15:18–15:55avoidanceHomer's campaign speech at a rock concert fails miserably.
16:27–16:39humiliationMoe gives Homer a campaign slogan at the bar.
16:39–16:56scheme · petty_grievanceHomer wins the debate by promising others do all dirty work.
16:56–17:00social_rule_violation · escalationHomer and Ray Patterson debate trash promises at a town meeting.
17:00–17:12scheme · rivalryHomer overspends his sanitation budget on fancy uniforms and trucks.
17:12–18:43scheme · escalationHomer solves the budget crisis by dumping other cities' trash in a mine.
18:43–19:15scheme · secret_exposedThe town votes to reinstate Ray Patterson after the mine explodes.
19:15–22:14comeuppance · escalationThe town decides to move five miles down the road to escape the trash.
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