| "Chief of Hearts" | |
|---|---|
| The Simpsons episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 21 Episode 18 |
| Directed by | Chris Clements |
| Written by | Carolyn Omine & William Wright |
| Production code | MABF09 |
| Original air date | April 18, 2010 |
| Guest appearances | |
| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "This counts as gym and art class" |
| Couch gag | The same four-course dinner gag as in "Wedding for Disaster", but Comic Book Guy calls the meal "terrible" after tossing down his napkin. |
"Chief of Hearts" is the eighteenth episode of the twenty-first season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 18, 2010. In this episode, Homer and Chief Wiggum become friends after Homer shares a sandwich with Wiggum during his community service sentence. Meanwhile, Bart becomes addicted to a Japanese kids' game called Battle Ball, but Marge and Principal Skinner believe that Bart is dealing drugs. It is also the first episode in which Lisa does not deliver any dialogue.
The episode was written by Carolyn Omine and William Wright and directed by Chris Clements, features guest star Jane Kaczmarek as Judge Constance Harm, Maurice LaMarche and Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony and has references to the television shows Starsky and Hutch, Three's Company, and Bakugan Battle Brawlers.
"Chief of Hearts" received mixed to positive reviews from critics and came first in its timeslot.