| "The Caper Chase" | |
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| The Simpsons episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 28 Episode 19 |
| Directed by | Lance Kramer |
| Written by | Jeff Westbrook |
| Production code | WABF12 |
| Original air date | April 2, 2017 |
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| Episode features | |
| Couch gag | The Simpson family arrives as X-Men characters (Homer is Professor X, Marge is Krusty who then transforms into Mystique, Lisa is Storm, Maggie is Wolverine, and Bart is Angel). Then Stan Lee appears and says "There is nothing too short I can't cameo." |
"The Caper Chase"[1] is the nineteenth episode of the twenty-eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 615th episode of the series overall. The episode was directed by Lance Kramer and written by Jeff Westbrook. It aired in the United States on Fox on April 2, 2017 and in the United Kingdom on Sky 1 on May 7, 2017.
In this episode, Mr. Burns creates his own university with the power plant works as teachers. Jason Alexander guest starred as Verlander. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings, financial advisor Suze Orman, and author Robert McKee appeared as themselves. The episode received mixed reviews.