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| Marge should just be proud that, in this scenario, Bart is probably some kind of administrator. |
The Simpsons arrive at a pier-side festival just its being torn down. As parts are being sold off, Homer buys a dumbbell while Marge decides to buy a tandem bicycle. However, Marge can't get anyone to ride the bicycle with her, so she tries to ride it alone, which doesn't work at all. Bart takes notice of this and, out of pity, decides to go on a ride with Marge. They end up at a tea and cake shop in a different town or part of town or whatever, and the two really bond from that. However, the next time they ride there they learn that the shop has closed down. Bart decides that he and Marge can have a tea party in his treehouse, which Marge redecorates to fit the new theme. However, as the two go out to buy a tea set, Bart is confronted by Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney who mock Bart for having become a "Mama's boy". With Marge returning only to embarrass Bart further in front of the bullies, Bart rebels and reveals to Marge that he only did things with her because he felt sorry for her, and runs off.
All the while, Homer pumps up his right arm with his new dumbbell. He eventually uses his newly built arm to save his barmates from a fallen pinball machine, where Moe gets the idea to have Homer use his arm in arm wrestling cons. However, after their first attempt goes dicey, Moe decides to just have Homer enter an arm wrestling competition out of the town. With Marge rather uninterested in his latest adventure (due to her spending time with Bart), Homer starts to miss Marge and, after winning the tournament, quickly goes home.
After tearing down the new additions to his treehouse, Bart finally calms down and, after seeing Marge depressed again, apologizes to her. He then cheers Marge up by inviting her to a school-sanctioned karaoke night, where the two can sing as a duet. Marge is ecstatic, and goes to practice at a karaoke shop, where she sees Principal Skinner and his mother, with Skinner bowing down to his mother's whims yet again. At the karaoke night, Marge sees the two of them do their karaoke act, and imagines herself and Bart in their places, which freaks her out. Marge puts a stop to the contest and encourages Bart to go back to his old ways so that he doesn't become as mother-dependent as Skinner. Homer returns home just in time to comfort Marge, and everything is back to normal.
Quick Review
This wasn't that good of an episode. Homer's arm wrestling subplot was actually pretty decent, but not much focus was given to it so it was pretty short. The main plot about Marge and Bart didn't have much humor to go with it, and the episode's ending where the bullies sing all classy-like in front of the Simpson home was just bad.
Final Score: 6.0
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