| "Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing" | |
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| The Simpsons episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 24 Episode 12 |
| Directed by | Mike Frank Polcino |
| Written by | Tim Long |
| Production code | RABF07 |
| Original air date | February 10, 2013 |
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| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "I was not nominated for "Best Spoken Swear Word"" |
| Couch gag | The Simpsons all look like Moe Szyslak (as seen in the couch gag for "She Used to Be My Girl") and announce that their new sitcom, The Szyslaks has been cancelled. |
"Love is a Many-Splintered Thing" is the twelfth episode of the twenty-fourth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. The episode was directed by Mike Frank Polcino and written by Tim Long. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 10, 2013, as a Valentine's Day themed episode, the name being a take on Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing.
In this episode, Mary Spuckler returns and begins a relationship with Bart, but he begins to neglect her. Benedict Cumberbatch and Zooey Deschanel guest starred. Journalist Robert A. Caro and musician Max Weinberg appeared as themselves. The episode received negative reviews.