Gone Maggie Gone
| "Gone Maggie Gone" | |
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| Episode no. | 433 |
| Directed by | Chris Clements |
| Written by | Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham |
| Showrunner(s) | Al Jean |
| Production code | LABF04 |
| Original air date | March 15, 2009 |
| Couch gag | The couch is a piñata. A blindfolded Ralph hits it, and the family falls out. |
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"Gone Maggie Gone" is the thirteenth episode of The Simpsons' twentieth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 15, 2009. The episode was written by both Billy Kimball and longtime Simpsons writer Ian Maxtone-Graham, and directed by Chris Clements. In the episode, Homer leaves Maggie on the doorstep of a convent, but when she disappears, Lisa goes undercover as a nun to solve the mystery. Meanwhile, Homer tries to keep Maggie's disappearance a secret from Marge, who was temporarily blinded while watching a solar eclipse.
In his six o'clock newscast, Kent Brockman announces that a solar eclipse will appear in Springfield, exciting the Simpson family. After Homer's camera obscura breaks due to Bart's pushing Homer off of the dog house, Marge gives hers to Homer. As the family expresses delight at seeing the eclipse, an envious Marge peeks at the solar eclipse, which blinds her. After the Simpson family takes Marge to the hospital, Dr. Hibbert informs the family that Marge's eyes must be covered for two weeks, and she must not be put under any stress. In order to deal with a sudden rat infestation, Homer takes Maggie and Santa's Little Helper to the store so he can get rat poison. Bickering between the baby and the dog causes the family's car to fall off a bridge on the way back home. Homer tries to get all three and the poison across a lake in a small boat (a reference to the fox, goose and bag of beans puzzle). He first takes Maggie across and puts her on the doorstep of a convent before rowing back to pick up the poison. In a twisted turn of events, the nuns at the convent take Maggie in and refuse to give her back to Homer.
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