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| The things these two will go through for their respective loves. |
Selma goes through menopause which means, among other things, she can no longer birth a child. Selma is depressed over this, but Patty suggests adoption. Selma goes to pick one up, but it turns out its Cletus' child who he mistakenly left at the adoption center. Unwilling to try that again for some reason, Selma listens to Lisa (uh oh!) and tries to adopt a Chinese baby, Chinese babies being far more in supply than American babies for some reason. When Selma goes to apply for one, though, she learns that the Chinese consider family togetherness strongly and that they will only give babies to married couples. Further, the couple will have to go to China to actually pick the baby up. Desperate for a baby, Selma puts in the name of a man who will pretend to be her husband for awhile: Homer Simpson.
Selma gives the Simpson family a free trip to China, though she doesn't tell Homer why he's going until they're already in the airplane. In China, the two learn that it'll still be a few days before they can get a baby. In the meantime, the family gets to enjoy Chinese culture while a representative Madam Wu, keeps an eye on Homer and Selma to confirm whether they are suited for a baby or not. With the knowledge that nobody in Japan is aware of him, Homer tells Wu that he's a Chinese Acrobat, a fact which causes trouble later when the family watches an acrobat act and Homer is forced to fill in for a final stunt. Homer suffers an injury and is hospitalized, but by the time he comes to Selma has her baby, whom she names Ling Bouvier. As thanks, Marge (who had been playing the role of a nanny for Homer and Selma's children), gives Homer a quick 'snuggle', but Wu spies this through a secret compartment. Learning that Selma is not married, she quickly confiscates Ling and drives away, once again devastating Selma.
Despite the failure, Lisa suggests they try to sneak away with Ling anyway (with a Chinese spy disguised as Bart eager to hear her plan). Late that night, they have Homer sneak into the orphanage disguised as a Buddha statue. Once he gets in, he's quickly able to locate and sneak away with Ling. The group tries to get back to the airport, but they're stopped at Tiananmen Square by Wu, inside a tank (I get references). Selma tries to reason with Wu, bonding over their shared vocations as bureaucrats, and convinces Wu that babies can work out just fine with a single parent. Wu relents, revealing that she, too, was raised by a single parent, and lets the family go home with no further incident, though they hitch a ride back on a boat with Chinese-spy Bart riding along with them.
Quick Review
This episode was better than I remember it being. Lucy Liu, who voiced Wu, did an okay job, nothing worth criticising. The Chinese-centric jokes ranged from fine to bad (notably the dragons Homer may or may not have hallucinated), but overall it turns out to be a pretty decent episode.
Final Score: 7.2
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