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| This episode contends Maggie is just a tiny Lisa with firearms experience. |
When the family goes out for pancakes, Homer practically dares himself into having Maggie enrolled into a pre-nursery school. The process of having a student accepted is simple: have Simon Cowell be impressed with the kid, which he isn't upon learning Maggie can't even talk. Later, Lisa decides to help Maggie learn, when she learns that Maggie really is gifted. They go back to Cowell and this time Maggie is able to display her intelligence. Maggie's IQ is stated as 167, which is even higher than Lisa's 159, which really bugs Lisa immensely.
Lisa comes to realize that she is no longer the 'smart' kid, and decides to adopt a new persona, but attempts at doing so fail miserably. Incensed, a jealous Lisa attempts to teach Maggie the wrong information, but Marge catches Lisa and chides her for it. After having a nightmare, Lisa decides she can't stay in the same house as Maggie anymore, and runs away. Lisa ends up at a museum, and decides to hide out there. Her family tasks the police with finding Lisa, and they do actually find some of Lisa's stuff at the museum but aren't able to find Lisa herself.
The family decides to go to the museum to find Lisa, investigating a giant model of the human body where Lisa's belongings were located. However, Maggie gets a hold of the model's digestive controls, and accidentally sends the other three Simpsons inside. She's told that the red "Evacuate" button will free them, but Maggie is unable to discern what that means. Lisa returns just in time to see this, and is able to help cue Maggie in on what color red is, and she presses the button just in time to free the family.
Later, Cowell goes to the house to inform everyone that Maggie is, in fact, not gifted; she actually picked up subconscious clues from Lisa during the testing that helped her answer most of the questions. Lisa and Maggie share a closer bond, but not too close as Maggie's saxophone abilities scare Lisa just a bit too much.
Quick Review
Meh, it was an average episode. Simon Cowell's appearance was actually pretty good for the most part, and his appearance during the credits had its moments as well. The main plot, well, the only plot of the episode didn't have that much going for it in terms of comedy, but the episode holds up okay otherwise.
Final Score: 7.0
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