Secrets of a Successful Marriage

"Secrets of a Successful Marriage"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.Season 5
Episode 22
Directed byCarlos Baeza
Written byGreg Daniels
Production code1F20
Original air dateMay 19, 1994 (1994-05-19)
Guest appearance
Episode features
Chalkboard gag"Five days is not too long to wait for a gun"
Couch gagThe members of the family run in, collide, and explode. Maggie's pacifier falls to the floor of the blackened living room.
CommentaryDavid Mirkin
Greg Daniels
David Silverman
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"Secrets of a Successful Marriage" is the twenty-second and final episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 19, 1994. In the episode, Homer fears he may be a little slow, so he goes to the adult education center. While there, he decides to teach a class of his own on the secrets of a successful marriage, since that is the only class he is qualified to teach. However, to keep his students interested, he is forced to tell personal secrets about his wife Marge, which she dislikes, leading up to Homer getting kicked out of the house.

The episode was written by Greg Daniels and directed by Carlos Baeza. It features cultural references to the plays Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire, and the films ...And Justice for All, A Few Good Men, Patton, and Chinatown.

The episode has been analyzed in books such as Leaving Springfield and Education in Popular Culture. Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics.

It acquired a Nielsen rating of 9.8, and was the second highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired.