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Tired of the drudgery of everyday life, Marge decides to host a dinner party, and invites the Flanders, Hibberts, Lovejoys and Van Houtens. The dinner, however, quickly turns sour as the Van Houtens, Kirk and Luann, have no qualms about insulting one another in front of company. The tension only increases after dinner, when a game of pictionary goes wrong. Luann finally has enough and announces she wants a divorce.
Later, Milhouse gets some sympathy from the school's bullies, all having dealt with divorce in one way or another. While Luann enjoys her newfound single life, having already found an American Gladiator boyfriend, Kirk has been kicked out of the house and loses his job at the cracker factory for no longer being a family man. After Homer turns down an invite from Marge to go with Luann to a play, Homer spends time with Kirk, hearing Kirk regret not caring for Luann throughout their marriage, lamenting that instead of enjoying his wife's dinner every night, he now has to thaw hot dogs in a sink. Homer tells Kirk that will never happen to him, but later on he returns home very late, and sees that Marge left Homer... hot dogs thawing in the sink.
Depressed that he may be in Kirk's position as well, Homer recalls his wedding with Marge to be subpar at best. He attempts to make it up the next day, but his well intentioned efforts do not help any. Realizing that Marge needs a 'fresh start', Homer makes a tough decision and files for divorce.
That night, Homer calls for Marge in the dark. When she arrives and turns on a light, she is met with surprise as a group of people are in the room for what Homer has planned to be a second wedding, using the divorce to ensure the wedding as legit. The wedding goes off beautifully, and the two are more in love than ever. The two Van Houtens are there, and as Kirk sees this, he attempts to win back Luann, but she promptly denies his efforts and her boyfriend shows him the door.
Quick Review
In truth, A Milhouse Divided was a bit short on laughs compared to other episodes thus far in the season, as some focus was given to the marriage and divorce plots that were developed. Still, the quality of the jokes that were there were top notch and the divorce story does not detract from the comedy of the episode.
Final Score: 8.8
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