"The Winter of His Content" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
Episode no. | Season 25 Episode 14 |
Directed by | Chuck Sheetz |
Written by | Kevin Curran |
Production code | SABF09 |
Original air date | March 16, 2014 |
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Episode features | |
Chalkboard gag | "My dad's already drunk for St. Patrick's" |
Couch gag | Homer is the patient from the board game Operation with other characters as the pieces (Lisa is "Brainy" (the brain), and Moe is "Elbow Bender" (the elbow)). When "Pain in the Butt" Bart is removed, he grabs the forceps and sticks it on the side, which causes Homer to buzz and scream in pain. |
"The Winter of His Content" is the fourteenth episode of the twenty-fifth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons and the 544th episode of the series. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 16, 2014. It was written by Kevin Curran and directed by Chuck Sheetz.[1]
In the episode, when the Retirement Castle is closed for health violations, Marge invites Grampa and two other old people to live at the Simpsons' house, only to get frustrated with Homer embracing the "old person lifestyle". Meanwhile, Bart defends Nelson's decision to wear his mother's underwear, and ends up part of a bully gathering in an homage to the 1979 action film The Warriors. The episode received negative reviews.