"Postcards From the Wedge" ( Rus. Postcards from a divorce ) - the fourteenth episode of the twenty-first season of the animated series " The Simpsons ", which premiered on March 14, 2010 on the FOX network channel. The script for the episode was written by the American television writer Brian Kelly, also known for the episodes of “ Treehouse of Horror XIII ” and “ Margical History Tour ”, and the director was Mark Kirkland, for whom this episode was already the 63rd in a row.
| Postcards From the Wedge | |
| "Postcards from a divorce" | |
| The Simpsons episode | |
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| School is collapsing | |
| Season | 21 |
| Episode number | 455 |
| Episode code | MABF04 |
| First broadcast | March 14, 2010 |
| Executive producer | Al Jin |
| Screenwriter | Brian Kelly |
| Producer | Mark Kirkland |
| Screensaver Flight | Three-eyed black crow flies |
| Scene on the couch | The sofa is a piñatu . Blindfolded Ralph hits him and the family falls to the floor. |
| SNPP capsule | |
Story
At school, Miss Crabapple shows her students a 1956 video about the future and asks for their homework three months ago. Bart , not having prepared his homework, tries to make it “on the go” from the garbage that he found in his writing desk. However, Miss Crabapple does not approve of this and is preparing to send a letter to his parents. She gives it to Martin to mail him.
Homer and Marge receive a letter, and there is disagreement between them over whether Bart should carry out such a volume of homework. They begin to argue more and more, and Bart begins to provoke them from scratch. Marge seeks advice from Ned Flanders , who recalls that he argued over a minor matter with Maud , and she died the next day. He notes that this still haunts him, and Marge decides to change everything. Homer, meanwhile, is dreaming of the accidental murder of Marge, and he realizes that he also wants reconciliation. They decide that Bart himself will do the job.
When Bart realizes that his parents are no longer arguing, he and Milhouse decide to play a trick on Director Skinner . To avoid being punished by Skinner, they hide in an abandoned subway, where they discover that the trains are still running. They drive through the city, causing an earthquake. When Bart realizes that this doesn’t matter to Homer and Marge, he tells Nelson everything. He tells Bart that he needs to raise the bar.
Upon learning that an earthquake crack appeared in the wall and that the school could soon collapse, Bart decides to destroy the school. Homer and Marge find a letter from Lisa in the fridge that says Bart is going to do, and they decide to prevent it. Homer tries to stop the train with the emergency lever, but he fails because the lever is jammed. In the end, Homer stops the lineup, imagining that the lever is Bart. However, a flag falls on the school and destroys it (to the delight, Nelson and Miss Crabapple). Everything becomes as before. When Lisa comes to Bart, she tells him that she didn’t write this note and thinks that he wrote the note because he wrote the word “school” in error, Bart confirms her assumptions and she promises not to give it away so that her parents continue to count its bad.
Cultural references
- The name parodies the film based on the novel of the same name " Postcards from the edge of the abyss "
- Miss Crabapple says she watched the movie “ Sir, with love, ” when she was a young girl.
- The beginning and the end parody the animated series " Jetsons "
- The episode "Tickling and Scratching" is called "Doctor Mouse" ( Eng. Mouse, MD ), the name mimics the popular series " Doctor House " ( Eng. House, MD )
- When Bart and Milhouse find the subway, they are sent to Tom Engine from the series Thomas and Friends
- Bart is watching an episode of " Pokemon "
- In the film about the future, which is shown at the beginning and end of the episode, George Gershwin’s composition “The American in Paris” sounds