Mothers and Other Strangers (The Simpsons)

"**Mothers and Other Strangers**"
"Mothers and Other Strangers"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	Season 33; Episode 9
Directed by	Rob Oliver
Written by	Al Jean
Featured music	"Game of Thrones Theme"; "I Love My Dog" by Cat Stevens; "Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Julia Ward Howe; "La Passerella di Addio" by Nino Rota;
Production code	UABF02
Original air date	November 28, 2021
Guest appearances
	Rachel Bloom as Annette; Glenn Close as Mona Simpson;
Episode features
Couch gag	The Simpson family is placed all together in the shape of their couch. Grunting, they separate and run out of the room.
Episode chronology
← Previous; "Portrait of a Lackey on Fire"	Next →; "A Made Maggie"
	The Simpsons season 33
	List of episodes

"Mothers and Other Strangers" is the eighth episode of the thirty-third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 715th episode overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on November 28, 2021. The episode was directed by Rob Oliver and written by Al Jean. This episode is a retcon of the events of Homer's mother Mona Simpson since "Mother Simpson", in which Homer reunites with Mona after believing she died when he was a child. Here, Homer has flashbacks to discovering his mother's whereabouts in Utah as a teenager and never fully reuniting with her as an adult.