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Bart wakes up to find himself in the middle of a particularly bad day. The dog literally ate his homework. He misses the bus to school and has to walk, amidst rain only around during his walk and no other period. He rips his pants and takes a tumble at recess. Worst of all, he forgets his permission slip to go the chocolate factory, apparently the only kid in school to do so. After licking envelopes with Principal Skinner for a couple of hours, Bart's bad day culminates after he leaves school (with the rain returning of course), as his skateboard falls apart and he happens to fall into what is a mob hangout.
In danger of something happening to him, Bart is able to gain some trust with Fat Tony, the mob's leader, by correctly picking Don't Have a Cow in a horse race, and then by making a great Manhattan somehow. So instead of dying, Bart ends up taking up a part time job as a bartender, something which worries Marge. Bart gets a lot of money on the side, but after covering for a cigarette truck robbery, Bart wonders whether the mob is bad, though Fat Tony is able to rationalize Bart's worries away.
Bart's inflating ego gets him in trouble with Skinner at one point, and has to stay for detention, and on the day Fat Tony tries to give a rivaling mob boss one of his delicious Manhattans, too! After learning that Skinner is to blame for Bart's delay, Fat Tony and the gang pay him a visit. Wouldn't you know it, the next day Skinner is missing and presumed dead. Bart connects the dots, and although the mob claims they didn't kill Skinner, they along with Bart get charged with Skinner's murder and the trial begins.
The mafia does not even hesitate to pin all of the blame on Bart, making him out to be the ringleader of the whole operation. Even Homer mistakenly falls susceptible to the game, and pins Bart as the ringleader too. Just before Bart is convicted, however, Skinner appears alive if not a bit unwell. He explains that he shooed away Fat Tony's bunch just as they were simply trying to complement Bart, but then upon returning home accidentally toppled over a stack of newspapers. Unable to escape the pile that lay on top of him, his pleas for help do not reach the police searching through his house. Ultimately, Skinner makes a makeshift rocket attached to a vacuum cleaner that he uses to ensure his escape. With Skinner alive, the charges are dropped and Bart disassociates himself with the mafia following their attempts to rat him out. A movie based on the incident is made, with Neil Patrick Harris playing Bart, but because its just different enough from what really happened, the Simpsons can't get paid for it.
Quick Review
There was a lot of stuff going on in this episode, a lot of different arcs, each of which had a lot of laughs going for them, and it all combined to make one of the best episodes of the season.
There were a lot of laughs to be had in this episode. Whether its Bart's bad day, or his day to day with the mafia, or the trial itself, the episode was almost non-stop with its well executed supply of jokes, and as a result becomes one of the best episodes of the series.
Final Score: 9.5
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