Financial troubles mount · Behind the Laughter

S11E22 · SCENE 10/23 · 09:49

Financial troubles mount

Marge loses money on bad investments and the family faces debt.

09:49→10:34

in the episode · 0m 45s · S11E22

What happens

09:49–10:34

The family earns millions but is always broke. Marge invests in birth control products that fail. Lisa's check bounces. The narrator explains where the money went.

WhereVarious locations

DriverMarge Simpson

Positionact2 · complication

ThreadRise and fall of Simpsons

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09:50
Even more harrowing were the events of one April afternoon.

10:00
but I'd been up all night paying people to kiss, so Dad volunteered to do the stunt.

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09:49–10:34

A · Rise and fall of Simpsons

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 15 18 19 20 22 23

B · Homer's painkiller addiction

8 9

C · Family breakup and reunion

13 14 16 17 21

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