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17 scenes · our breakdownAt church, the visiting reverend asks for a second collection to help a sick child, and Bart asks his parents for money.
00:08–01:59petty_grievance · dealBart borrows money from Homer, then makes a bet and eats a dead frog for twenty dollars.
01:59–06:32bet · petty_grievanceClassmates shun Bart after he eats the frog, and he tries to sit with someone who refuses.
06:32–07:35social_rule_violation · petty_grievanceBart meets Diggs, a new student who has been training a falcon, and they bond over their outsider status.
07:35–07:48coincidenceDiggs shows Bart a revived falconry club, and Bart asks to join.
07:48–08:20obsessionMarge and Homer wait for Bart at home and worry, then see him flying the falcon.
08:20–11:21double_standardBart and Diggs take Freedom out, and Bart claims he was learning about nature rather than drinking.
11:21–11:58misunderstanding · lieDiggs recites a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins while Freedom flies around.
11:58–12:36coincidenceDiggs shows Bart a falcon's flight and explains the training leash.
12:36–13:30obsessionDiggs falls and is hurt, and Bart reassures him he is alright.
13:30–15:03escalationBart visits Diggs at the hospital and learns he is being moved to a different facility.
15:03–16:00interrogationMarge and Homer tell Bart the new hospital is an asylum and he can't visit.
16:00–16:26petty_grievanceBart hugs a bedpost while Marge tries to comfort him and make a joke.
16:26–16:34double_standardDiggs, now out on a day pass, arrives at the falconry contest with Bart and Freedom.
16:34–17:57social_rule_violation · humiliationComic Book Guy watches Freedom flying and offers commentary.
17:57–18:29petty_grievanceDiggs and Bart release all the falcons from their cages, and Freedom flies away.
18:29–20:09scheme · confessionThe Simpsons sit down to dinner and eat duck, with Bart sharing a quiet reflection about Diggs.
20:09–21:09confessionSame DNA
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