The Saga of Carl
| "The Saga of Carl" | |
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| Episode no. | 529 |
| Directed by | Chuck Sheetz |
| Written by | Eric Kaplan |
| Showrunner(s) | Matt Selman, Al Jean |
| Production code | RABF14 |
| Original air date | May 19, 2013 |
| Couch gag | The Simpsons are sea creatures sitting on a shell couch. All of them get eaten by Blinky, the three-eyed fish. |
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Season 24 episodes
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Sigur Rós
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
"The Saga of Carl" is the twenty-first episode of the 24th season of The Simpsons and the 529th episode overall. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 19, 2013 in conjunction with the season finale, "Dangers on a Train". The episode also features the Icelandic band Sigur Rós and the then-Prime Minister of Iceland, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, as guest stars, who also have scored original music for the episode, along with their own interpretation of the Simpsons opening theme.
Bart and Lisa become addicted to Ki-Ya Karate Monsters, a new animated show that features monsters and mythical creatures who are karate warriors. Marge becomes annoyed at their focus on this game and insists they go to a museum, only to find the main attraction there is The Science of Ki-Ya Karate Monsters. At another exhibit on probability, Homer becomes fascinated by an educational video featuring French philosopher Blaise Pascal that discusses the odds of winning the lottery. That week, Homer, Lenny, Carl, and Moe's weekly lottery ticket wins them a total of $200,000 which they agree to share four ways. Carl goes to cash in the ticket while the others prepare for a celebration party that night. When he does not show up that night, the others realise that he has fled with all the money.
After some genealogy research assisted by Lisa, Homer discovers that Carl fled to his home country of Iceland. Carl's Icelandic heritage was first alluded to in the Season 14 episode "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky". Homer, Lenny, and Moe fly out to Reykjavík to track him down and claim their rightful share of the money. They arrive and meet a man who tells them about the Carlsons' shameful family history, detailed in an Icelandic saga. The ancient text depicts them as cowards who allowed barbarian invaders into the country to cause massive death and destruction over a thousand years ago. When they track down Carl at the Carlson family home, they learn that the reason he traveled to Iceland was to clear his family name by buying a lost page from the sagas that he believes will reveal that the Carlsons were actually brave warriors. He also says that he did not tell them this because he does not consider them real friends.
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