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Last Exit to Springfield: Directed by Mark Kirkland. With Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith. When Mr. Burns revokes the plant's dental plan, forcing Lisa to be fitted with cheap, ugly braces, Homer leads its union into going on strike.
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- Animation, Comedy
- Mark Kirkland
- 1993-03-11
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- Behind The Laughter
Homer finds himself filling in for the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant's union leader when it comes time to negotiate their new contract with Mr. Burns. Homer is a tough negotiator, despite not knowing the first thing about union organizing or even basic economics, and forces Burns to accept the union's demands on the condition that Homer be remove...
While watching an installment of the McBain movie series, Bart expresses amazement at how evil the main antagonist is, only for Homer to point out that "there’s nobody that evil in real life". However, he failed to account for Mr. Burns, who's sitting in his office, laughing evilly at a window cleaner hanging on for dear life after the platform sna...
Production
The idea for this episode came from Mike Reiss, who thought it would be funny if the plant went on strike. The writers of the episode, Kogen and Wolodarsky, would later add the dental plan part. In several scenes, Mr. Burns is portrayed as the Devil who is tempting Homer and showing him what he could have. During the production of this episode, an ABC camera crew was allowed into the rewrite room, which Al Jean says he regrets because they were working on stage direction, and they came off as...
Reception
This episode is generally ranked as being the best of all time and is on a number of Top 10 lists. An "Entertainment Weekly" article from January 2003 looking back at the top 25 episodes of the series chose this episode as the show's greatest episode, saying "this episode is virtually flawless, the product of a series at the height of its creative powers -- when the satire was savage and relevant" and "the stuff of syndication legend: Burns facing down "brilliant" labor kingpin Homer Simpson;...
"Last Exit to Springfield" is the seventeenth episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on March 11, 1993.
"Last Exit to Springfield" is the seventeenth episode of season 4 of The Simpsons and the seventy-sixth episode overall. It originally aired on March 11, 1993. The episode was written by Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky and directed by Mark Kirkland. It guest stars Joyce Brothers as herself.
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- 9F15
- March 11, 1993
- S4 E17
Mar 11, 1993 · Last Exit To Springfield. “Last Exit To Springfield” is episode 17 of Season 4. Its main plotline involves Homer taking over the Power Plant’s union in an attempt to regain their dental plan ...
-- ``Last Exit to Springfield'' Burns is permitted his requested opening tirade. Burns threatens dire events in fifteen minutes. Burns and Smithers march down the corridors of power, past numerous security measures, eventually leading to a hidden control room.
Outlets from USA Today to The Ringer have named “Last Exit to Springfield” the best “Simpsons” episode ever, which it is. But the writers told TheWrap that “Exit” — which premiered 25 years ago...
