S20E08 · EP
season 20 ·
The Burns and the Bees
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Episode DNA

23 scenes · 3 threads
scheme 14%cheerful 12%absurd 12%obsession 6%chaotic 6%menacing 6%humiliation 4%humiliating 4%sad 4%rivalry 4%

Story threads over runtime

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0:005:0010:0015:0020:00
A · Burns wins basketball team
B · Lisa saves the bees
C · Homer creates killer bees
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Every scene

23 scenes · our breakdown
1 · Simpson house living room · cold_openCouch gag and intro

The Simpsons couch gag plays and episode title appears.

00:06–00:49scheme
2 · private jet · cold_openBillionaires on private jet

Mr. Burns flies to a billionaire retreat with other tycoons.

00:49–01:10scheme
3 · Springfield Elementary playground · cold_openBillionaires skinny dip

Burns and other billionaires skinny dip at the retreat.

01:10–02:06
4 · Springfield Elementary playground · cold_openBart dumps empty hive

Bart dumps the bees' nest but finds no bees inside.

02:06–02:46humiliation
5 · Springfield Elementary grounds · cold_openLisa learns bees are dying

Lisa discovers all the bees are dying worldwide.

02:46–04:07obsession
6 · billionaire retreat poker room · cold_openBurns wins basketball team

Burns wins a professional basketball team in a poker game.

04:07–05:11bet · deal
7 · Simpson house kitchen · act1Homer dismisses bee crisis

Homer ignores Lisa's warning about dying bees.

05:11–05:47obsession
8 · Frink's laboratory · act1Professor diagnoses bee measles

Professor Frink diagnoses bees with bee measles.

05:47–06:03investigation
9 · Frink's laboratory · act1Lisa gets beard of bees

Lisa allows a queen bee to sting her to form a beard of bees.

06:03–08:16
10 · Simpson house living room · act1Marge worries about Lisa

Marge is horrified by Lisa's beard of bees.

08:16–08:57avoidance
11 · basketball arena · act1Burns watches basketball game

Burns watches his new basketball team play.

08:57–09:38rivalry
12 · basketball arena · act1Burns meets Mark Cuban

Burns meets Mark Cuban and learns about having fun.

09:38–10:39rivalry
13 · abandoned greenhouse · act1Homer finds greenhouse for bees

Homer finds an abandoned greenhouse for Lisa's bees.

10:39–11:59scheme
14 · basketball arena · act1Burns renames team Excitement

Burns renames the basketball team the Springfield Excitement.

11:59–12:52scheme
15 · basketball arena · act1Burns drives away fans

Burns's antics drive away basketball fans.

12:52–13:18escalation
16 · construction site · act2Burns plans to build arena

Burns decides to build a new arena on the greenhouse site.

13:18–14:03scheme
17 · town hall · act2Lisa pleads to save bees

Lisa gives a speech to save the bees at a town meeting.

14:03–14:22negotiation
18 · town hall · act2Burns tricks town into voting yes

Burns pretends to agree with Lisa to get the town to vote for the arena.

14:22–16:03scheme · betrayal
19 · greenhouse · act2Lisa's bees die

Lisa's bees die after losing their sanctuary.

16:03–17:38obsession
20 · Moe's Tavern back room · act2Homer gets Africanized bees

Homer gets Africanized bees to mate with Lisa's bees.

17:38–18:48scheme
21 · Simpson house backyard · act2Homer presents mutant bees

Homer gives Lisa the angry mutant bee descendants.

18:48–19:15escalation
22 · new stadium · act3Killer bees invade stadium

The killer bees invade the new stadium and attack.

19:15–19:47violence · pursuit
23 · stadium · act3Burns loses billionaire status

Burns is revealed not to be a billionaire and sent to millionaire camp.

19:47–20:37comeuppance · humiliation
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