Homerland
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Promotional artwork of the episode which is a parody of Homeland.
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| Episode no. | 531 |
| Directed by | Bob Anderson |
| Written by | Stephanie Gillis |
| Showrunner(s) | Al Jean |
| Production code | RABF20 |
| Original air date | September 29, 2013 |
| Chalkboard gag | 25 years and they can't come up with a new punishment? |
| Couch gag | Similar to the couch gag for season 11's "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)", season 17's "The Bonfire of the Manatees" and season 22's "Elementary School Musical", the couch is roped off and a bouncer lets Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie in, but not Homer in celebration of The Simpsons milestone 25th season. The end credits continue the couch gag by showing everyone in Springfield (and the families from Family Guy, Bob's Burgers, American Dad!, and The Cleveland Show [who are only let in after protesting due to allegations of racism]) being let in while Homer is still turned away, and ends up getting tasered. |
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Kristen Wiig as Annie Crawford |
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Season 25 episodes
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Kristen Wiig as Annie Crawford
Kevin Michael Richardson as an unnamed FBI agent
"Homerland" (styled as "HOMƎRLAND") is the first episode of the 25th season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons, and the 531st episode of the series overall. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on September 29, 2013. It was written by Stephanie Gillis and directed by Bob Anderson. It guest-stars Kristen Wiig as Annie Crawford and Kevin Michael Richardson as an unnamed FBI agent. The episode's title and plot is a reference to the Primetime Emmy Award-winning TV series Homeland.
Homer leaves the house to attend a nuclear power convention in Boise, Idaho with Lenny and Carl. The three use the occasion as an excuse to drink heavily, starting during the drive to the airport, and collect as much free merchandise as they can. Even though they are thrown out of the convention for their bad behavior, they attend the post-closing party. The rest of the Simpson family waits to greet Homer at the airport, but his failure to appear shocks them. Lenny and Carl ineptly try to console the Simpsons, and Patty and Selma do so with malicious glee.
Homer returns several days later, but with noticeable changes in his behavior: he no longer strangles Bart for making sarcastic remarks, he will not eat pork chops or drink beer, and he prostrates himself on what appears to be a prayer mat while facing toward the Middle East. He has occasional short flashbacks of entering an unmarked van and sitting in a chair with headphones on and his wrists clamped down, as if being tortured. Overhearing a conversation between Chief Wiggum and Apu about rumors of a terrorist operative in Springfield, Lisa begins to suspect that Homer may have been kidnapped and indoctrinated as a Muslim in order to carry out an attack. When she sees him looking at blueprints of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, her fears drive her to notify the FBI.
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