Midnight Towboy

Matt Dillon as Louie

"Midnight Towboy" is the third episode of The Simpsons' nineteenth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 7, 2007.

This is the first Simpsons episode to premiere in October since season eleven's "Treehouse of Horror X", which aired on October 31, 1999. When Homer's car is towed, he meets Louie, a tow truck driver who introduces Homer to the joy of towing cars for a living. Homer soon goes too far, prompting Springfieldians to plot their revenge.

Meanwhile, Marge becomes concerned about Maggie's clinginess and hires a counselor to make her independent. This episode was written by Stephanie Gillis, and directed by Matthew Nastuk.Matt Dillon guest stars as Louie. During its first airing, the episode gained 7.7 million viewers, fewer than the previous episode.

While putting Maggie to bed, Marge discovers Maggie is too clingy. After Maggie's attachment to Marge causes a jar of milk to be spilled, Marge attempts to email Creative Responses for Infant Edu-loving ("C.R.I.E.") pronounced as the word cry, a group which enables attached children to be more independent, with the intention of finding a counselor for Maggie. Meanwhile, Homer finds out the Kwik-E-Mart and Moe's Tavern do not have any more milk; Moe even charges him for accidentally serving him white paint, so he takes a trip past Shelbyville and Ogdenville to Guidopolis, a sleazy-looking town populated by Italian-American stereotypes.