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Bart and Lisa get into an argument, and roll into a house's basement. The owner, Professor Frink, actually was expected Bart and Lisa (and Maggie, but lets just pretend he didn't), and displays the means in which he predicted their arrival: an astrology machine that supposedly predicts and broadcasts the future. Before Bart or Lisa can say or do anything, Frink shows them what they'll be like eight years in the future.
Its prom night, and both Bart and Lisa are close to graduating (Lisa graduating two years early). Lisa is also going to Yale thanks to the Monty Burns Scholarship (something Burns had to offer as punishment for successfully stealing Christmas). Further, its learned that Homer and Marge have separated after Homer spent their life savings on an underwater home that Marge refuses to live in. Soon, Bart and Lisa's dates arrive. Lisa is going out with Milhouse, buffed hardcore and getting this opportunity after saving Lisa from a house fire (that he started). Bart's date is a girl named Jenda who shares his wild streak. After the prom, Bart and Jenda go off to go all the way, but before they do Bart attempts to propose to Jenda. After Jenda confirms that Bart has no good plan for their future, she breaks up with Bart.
The next day, Bart talks to Homer about what happened. Homer takes Bart to Moe's to forget his troubles, but after nearly getting intimate with an aged Mrs. Krabappel, Bart decides to get his act together. Later, Bart talks to Lisa (who broke up with Milhouse the previous night as well), and she tells him that Bart needs to show Jenda he wants to be successful. Bart goes out and gets a job... at the Kwik-E-Mart, where he's tasked to deliver a package to Mr. Burns. Upon arriving, he catches Snake trying to nab a diamond, but is able to knock Snake out. Burns offers Bart a reward for the rescue, but won't give Bart the diamond. Instead, he offers Bart his scholarship, which would mean Lisa would no longer have it. Bart decides to take it, believing that Jenda will come back to him if he's going to Yale. Jenda does, and Lisa is left devastated.
Milhouse realizes this, and get quick advice from Bart that Lisa will have to settle for Milhouse now. Bart doesn't feel right, though, and on his way back with Jenda, he notices Frink's now abandoned house. With Jenda becoming more frustrated with Bart's unwillingness to put out, Bart goes inside the house and activates the astrology machine to see what Lisa's future with Milhouse will be like, which ends up pretty bleak. Bart readies to get Lisa, but Jenda has enough and gives Bart an ultimatum: leave Jenda now and his future will not feature her. Regardless, Bart goes alone to rescue Lisa from a fate featuring Milhouse. Later, Bart gives up his scholarship, and Lisa can go to Yale again. Back in the present, Frink reveals that Bart does find the right woman, when Bart is 83 and he dies just a minute later. They look back into the future one more time to see that Homer and Marge are starting to patch things up (after an incident between Homer and Krusty, who was dating Marge for a bit during the episode).
Quick Review
This is the third episode that looks into a future. Its slightly better than the last attempt - Bart to the Future - but not by much. As usual, the key to how good these future episodes are involves how various people across town have changed over the years. Some things were interesting to see, mostly involving the now teenage kids. Others were a bit more cringeworthy (none moreso than Smithers who, thanks to a serum he has to take every 10 minutes, gets to yell out "I love boobies" and actually mean it), but overall I felt underwhelmed by these potential outcomes. The plot was okay, though it wrapped things up perhaps too hastily for its own good (plus, the Season 23 episode Holidays of Future Passed pairs up Bart/Jenda and Milhouse/Lisa anyway). Basically, what I'm saying is, I didn't enjoy this episode all that much.
Final Score: 6.4
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