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Maggie gets the chicken pox. Homer, who hasn't had gotten chicken pox yet, gets the idea to hold a pox party (for profit, of course) to get other kids across town infected. Milhouse is one such kid, who is dropped off by his dad, Kirk Van Houten. Marge insists Kirk stick around and have one of her alcoholic slushes, and Milhouse's mom Luann comes by (she was to pick up Milhouse later). Kirk learns that Luann isn't seeing anyone and, with the two a bit drunk, begin to finally reconcile their differences, much to Milhouse's initial joy.
Homer ends up getting the chicken pox, and so Marge goes through the effort to nurse him back to health (as chicken pox can be trouble for adults). Meanwhile, Milhouse's joy is lessened when he sees his parents spending more time with one another than with him. Milhouse starts to worry that now his parents won't shower him with love and presents like they used to, even when separated. Bart, who also benefitted from Milhouse's parents, decides to spring into action and decides to get Milhouse's parents separated again so they can pay attention only to Milhouse. After a few initial attempts fail, the two get an idea from TV to plant a bra in Kirk's room. They do so, but when Luann notices it, she finds that the bra belongs to Marge, concluding that she's been sleeping with Kirk. Luann confronts Homer about it, showing him the bra, and he's devastated. Homer confronts Marge over it, and though she is adamant she hasn't done anything, Homer doesn't trust her, and the two separate for a time. Bart's plan to separate Milhouse's parents ends up separating his own instead.
Lisa figures this out and forces Bart to confess his ill deed to Marge. Even so, Marge is still upset that Homer didn't trust her, and continues to refuse Homer back in. Bart and Milhouse try to concoct another crazy scheme to get Homer and Marge back together, despite Lisa's interference. The two force Homer and Marge to meet up at a river bank, and Bart plans to send a dummy of him falling into the river. He tasks Milhouse to push the dummy in, but Milhouse's sight fails him and he pushes Bart in instead. Homer rushes in to save Bart, but doesn't do a good job at it and the two continue to head toward a waterfall. Marge comes in to help, forcing Homer to trust she can save them, and save them she does. Homer and Marge reconcile yet again, and though Milhouse jumps into the river over Bart supposedly dying, Bart doesn't particularly care.
Quick Review
So ends the nine year saga of the separation of Kirk and Luann Van Houten. Sure, things don't look too good after the bra incident, but a later episode marries them again so its all good. What this episode ends up being is yet another marriage episode, though this was wasn't too bad by any means. Oddly, the episode starts off slowly but picks up near the end (during the main marriage plot line), and is able to salvage a decent score because of its last act.
Final Score: 7.5
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