Mel realizes Smithers must have watched it as well, giving him an alibi. While passing the media on his way to the police station, Smithers makes a remark to them that Sideshow Mel recognizes from an episode of the fictional Comedy Central program, Pardon My Zinger, that aired at the same time as the shooting. Guilt-ridden, he heads for a local church, and is promptly arrested when the confessional turns out to be a police sting. Smithers vaguely remembers shooting someone the night before in a drunken rage. With Burns hospitalized, the Springfield police search for his assailant. Chief Wiggum agrees to start the investigation to find the culprit. The townspeople find him and Marge mentions that since he has angered so many people recently, anyone could have been the shooter. Wounded, Burns stumbles and collapses onto the town's sundial, falling into unconsciousness. He walks into an alley and struggles with someone until a gun fires. Burns arrives, armed with his own gun after his encounter with Homer, and activates the sun-blocking device. Many of the citizens affected by Burns's schemes, including Homer and Smithers, gather firearms and swear vengeance.Ī town meeting is held to discuss Burns' actions, where several citizens are armed with guns. In a rage, Homer attacks him and is hauled away by security. Burns catches Homer in the act but still fails to remember Homer's name.
Homer, driven to insanity, sneaks into Burns's office and spray paints "I am Homer Simpson" on the wall. When Smithers says he has gone too far, Burns fires him. Burns' drilling operation causes distress to many Springfield citizens: Willie and Puente are laid off Moe's Tavern is closed due to the harmful fumes from the drilling, enraging Moe and Barney the drilling destroys the Springfield Retirement Castle, forcing Grampa to move in with the Simpsons and Bart's treehouse is destroyed by a burst of oil from the rig, which also injures Santa's Little Helper.īurns reveals to Smithers his grandest scheme: the construction of a giant disc that will permanently block out the sun in Springfield, forcing the residents to continuously use the electricity from his plant. Burns establishes a slant drilling operation and beats the school to tapping the oil well. Meanwhile, Burns plots to take the school's oil, of which Smithers disapproves. As a result, Burns writes a "thank you" card only to Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie, further angering Homer. However, Burns and Smithers are not interested in the one candy covering Homer's face and discard the box. On Marge's suggestion, he sends Burns a box of chocolates with a family picture underneath the candy. Burns unsuccessfully tries to trick Skinner into selling him the drilling rights to secure an energy monopoly over Springfield.Īt the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, Homer is increasingly upset that Burns can never remember his name.
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Principal Skinner and Superintendent Chalmers accept suggestions from students and staff on how to spend their newfound wealth, including hiring Tito Puente as a music teacher per Lisa Simpson's suggestion. While burying the deceased 4th grade gerbil, Groundskeeper Willie discovers oil under Springfield Elementary School. Part One contains several clues about the identity of the culprit because the writers wanted it to be solvable.
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Burns?" was conceived by series creator Matt Groening and the writing staff decided to turn it into a two-part mystery episode. Musician Tito Puente guest stars as himself in both parts. In Part Two, Springfield's police try to find the culprit, with their main suspects being Waylon Smithers and Homer Simpson.īoth episodes were written by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein Part One was directed by Jeffrey Lynch and Part Two by Wes Archer. Burns is shot by an unidentified assailant. Part One has a cliffhanger ending where Mr. Burns steals it and at the same time brings misery to many of Springfield's citizens. Springfield Elementary School strikes oil, but Mr. Part One is the twenty-fifth and final episode of the sixth season and originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 21, 1995, while Part Two is the season premiere of the seventh season and aired on September 17, 1995. Burns?" is a two-part episode of the American animated television series The Simpsons.
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