Three Gays of the Condo (S14, E17-308)

A big fat party animal and a bunch of gay guys enjoying the dance.

Plot Summary
On family recreation Wednesday, Marge reveals a gigantic jigsaw puzzle for the family to complete, and it takes them an entire week of non-stop work to complete the puzzle.  The family thinks they've finished it, but its pointed out to them that a single piece has gone missing.  Each member checks various places of the house to find that final piece, when Homer stumbles upon an old chest labeled "Marge's Memory Chest".  Homer opens it to find a picture of Moe's Tavern on its grand opening 11 or so years ago which both Homer and Marge attended.  On the back of the picture, though, Marge wrote a scathing letter to Homer.  That night years ago, Homer drank so much he suffered from alcohol poisoning, and Marge at that point decides they're done.  Homer wonders why, then, did Marge stay with him, then he realizes that Marge was pregnant with Bart just two days later, and figures out that Marge only stayed with Homer for Bart's sake.  He becomes absolutely furious with Marge, and decides he can't stay in the house with her.

Looking around for a place to stay that isn't depressing, Homer sees a newspaper ad for a request for a roommate in a condo on a nice, well-kept street of Springfield.  There, he meets the roommates he's staying with, Grady and Julio, both of whom are gay.  Grady and Homer become quick friends, and Homer has no problem with what's going on (in contrast to the previous episode with a similar theme).  In the few instances Homer and Marge see one another, they only bicker.  Lisa suggests Marge apologize, and Bart suggests that Marge should fake it.  Marge goes out to the condo, having hired Weird Al Yankovich to sing a song to have Homer give Marge another shot, and they agree to a date.

Homer is panicking over it, when Grady invites Homer to have a few Margaritas.  He indulges in them a bit too much, though, and misses the date, arriving just in time for Marge to storm out on him, the marriage seemingly at its end.  Homer slinks back to the apartment, where Grady decides to make his move on Homer, but Homer freaks out and decides, yeah, that's enough of that.  Homer goes to Moe's, where he starts to make the connection that alcohol is the cause of his problems, but Moe decides, yeah, that's enough of that, and forces enough beer down Homer to give him alcohol poisoning.  At the hospital, Dr. Hibbert recalls Homer's first case of alcohol poisoning, and shows a tape of it when Homer implies it ruined his marriage.  In that tape, Marge appears at Homer's bedside and tells him that though there'll be difficulties such as this, she still sees Homer as a genuinely good person and she's more than willing to stay with him.  Homer's faith in Marge is renewed, and present-day Marge peeks in on this just in time for the two to make up and remain together.

Quick Review
This ends up being an enjoyable episode.  The overall plot line wasn't bad, and there were a decent amount of jokes to keep things going strong.  Weird Al's appearance wasn't as bad as what I was expecting, and the scenes with Grady and Julio were okay as well.  Its about as good as I can expect from this season.

Final Score: 8.0