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Homer is fired for yet another act of gross incompetence, his "its my first day" excuse failing to work. Afterward, Homer sees an ad for the Naval Reserve. Seeing a bunch of guys do nothing but drink beer and relax even during their one weekend of work a month, Homer decides its the life for him and enlists. Barney decides to join too upon learning his friend Homer is going, Moe enlists after hearing his two best customers are going, and Apu enlists for the hell of it. After a short period of boot camp, Homer becomes a member of the Naval Reserve.
Meanwhile, Milhouse somehow is able to start a trend by wearing an earring on his left ear. Bart decides to go with the trend and gets one himself, but so does everyone else at school. Further, Homer doesn't like Bart having an earring, and chides him for it.
Some time later, the Naval Reserve is going to have their annual war games. Homer's previous 'experience' at the nuclear plant puts him into a nuclear submarine. Just before he goes, Homer confiscates Bart's earring.
The captain of the submarine takes a liking to Homer and, perhaps because of ocean madness, makes Homer the 2nd in command. The captain gets called out to clean out a torpedo tube, leaving Homer in charge temporarily. Just then, the submarine is attacked by an enemy, forcing Homer to fire a torpedo at it. However, the tube containing the captain is launched, leaving Homer in charge permanently. The attack from the enemy leaves the sub without any navigation. Homer attempts to take the sub home, but messes up a turn and somehow leads the sub into Russian waters.
Homer is branded a traitor for his actions, and Russia decides to out itself as still being the Soviet Union, creating nuclear panic. Homer's sub is eventually found and attacked. After Homer uses Bart's earring to plug a hole in the sub, he has the sub surface so he can face his attackers. After using the "its my first day" excuse again, Homer is sent home for discipline. However, as each member of the disciplinary committee is under investigation of their own, Homer is simply dishonorably discharged. Homer thanks Bart for the earring, but now has to refuse a multitude of other requests from Bart.
Quick Review
This is a fairly good episode, having Homer sign up for something advertised as for the lazy and drunk, and the supposed return of the Soviet Union was good for a few chuckles as well. The tiny subplot featuring Bart's earring that merged into the main plot wasn't much of a laugh, though, and though I can't recall whether this episode is the first instance of the series doing it, the dreaded collar-pulling gag makes an appearance, a gag that defines the Scully-era Simpsons rather painfully.
Final Score: 8.2
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