The latest episode of The Simpsons has revealed why Homer Simpson has managed to keep his job at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant for so long.
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Throughout the show, Homer has constantly messed up but he has always kept his job.
Now, it has been revealed in the latest episode entitled Shoddy Heat, which aired on Sunday (October 27), that Homer’s dad, Grandpa Abe, arranged a deal that saw his son’s job at the plant protected regardless of his many errors.
Flashback scenes show that Abe, while working as a private investigator, orchestrated a deal following the disappearance of his partner Billy O’Donnell.
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When Mr Burns tells Abe that O’Donnell took a one-way trip to “paradise”, he urges Abe to drop the matter and says Homer will have life-long security at the plant in exchange for ending his investigation.
Elsewhere, showrunner Matt Selman recently explained why the show is so good at predicting the future.
The animated series has famously foreseen several major events throughout its run, notably Donald Trump‘s presidency, Disney’s takeover of Fox and iPhone autocorrect – to name a few.
Asked by People why the series has been great at such predictions, Selman responded: “Well, the sourpuss answer I always give that no one likes is that if you study history and math, it would be literally impossible for us not to predict things.
“If you say enough things, some of them are going to overlap with reality, and then that’s the math element.
“And then, the history element is if you make a show that is based on studying the past foolishness of humanity, you are surely going to anticipate the future foolishness of humanity as it sinks further into foolishness fair. So we don’t really think about it.”
Elsewhere, the show recently included a parody of The White Lotus‘ opening credits in an episode, where the family travels to “The Yellow Lotus” and “encounter death on vacation at a high-end resort”.
The show’s current 36th season recently kicked off with a fake “series finale”, which saw the return of Conan O’Brien – who wrote some of the show’s most iconic episodes in its earlier days.
The series is yet to be renewed for a 37th season, which comes amid speculation about the animated show’s future.
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