Love is a many strangled thing

In this week's episode, Love is a many strangled thing, the episode starts with Mr. Burns riding a hot air balloon with Mr. Smithers. Carl, Lenny, and Homer decide that they want to try and shoot down the balloon where Homer succeeds in hitting it down after multiple attempts. Mr. Burn misinterpreted Homer's act of foolishness as an act of kindness and rewards him with tickets to a football game. At the game, Homer tickles Bart on the jumbo tron and Bart pees himself. After being humiliated in front of everyone, Bart gets upset and Homer is later scolded by Marge. Marge tells Homer he need to be a better father and she enrolls him in a parenting class. Homer tells the class about how he sometimes strangles Bart where the Doctor is shocked to hear this. Soon after, Homer is given a private session with Kareem Abdul Jabar who shows Homer how it feels like to be strangled by someone bigger then him. After experiencing how it feels, Homer promises never to strangle Bart again. Bart discovers that Homer will not beat him anymore so Bart takes advantage of this and misbehaves more. Marge decides to step in and tries to get Bart help from the doctor. She finds him under a bridge, homeless, but still desires that he helps her family. Homer and Bart go through a series of exercises where the doctor eventually strangles Bart. Due to this, Homer and Bart bonded over the whole incident and got closer. This episode stressed the importance of familial relationships and how a family should grow together to love and respect each other. Without that respect, a family may fall apart.

The full monty

In this episode, the full Monty, the episode begins with a meeting of representatives that tried to make up a fake disease in order to cause panic for Springfield. They offer people a limited supply of vaccine which Mr. Burns steals for himself while running over the rest of the other available vaccines. After Mr. Burns steals the vaccines, he soon learns that he only has 6 weeks to live due to a various amount of illnesses. After being distraught by the towns lack of sympathy, Mr. Burns attempts to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff. He somehow manages to survive the jump with some amnesia. Bart soon finds Mr. Burns in the wilderness and hides him in the Simpson residence. When Homer, Marge, and the rest of Springfield discover Mr. Burns' whereabouts, they all decide to get revenge on how he treated them over the years.  When Lisa takes Mr. Burns back to his mansion, he turns into his old, mean self and decides to put a dome over the town to get revenge over those who treated him poorly.In the end of the episode, Mr. Burns is escorted by Mr. Smithers in one of his helicopters. Viewers learn that Smithers initially thought that Mr. Burns was dead so he spent the time working for Dick Cheney. This episode ultimately showed how the media is able to control society by scaring them. The episode also shows how valuable it is to be nice to others. Usually, hate follows hate and when others are treated poorly, they think it's acceptable to treat others poorly as well - it's a vicious circle as they say.