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| Boy, I hope Bart doesn't develop some odd fetish from this years later. |
The Simpsons go to the mall one day. Bart learns about the wedding gift registry in one store, and decides to run a massive prank by registering himself and "Lotta Cooties" as a couple and getting people to buy presents for a fake wedding. It seems to go off without a hitch, but Bart is caught trying to sneak away with presents by Chief Wiggum, who only accepts cash bribes. In court, Judge Harm sentences Bart to six months of juvenile hall, this time for real.
Bart has a hard time adjusting in juvenile hall, what with everyone beating him up all the time. Even the girl juveniles, led by a rather tough girl named Gina, give him distress. Homer gets a job as a guard to protect Bart, but his shifts are too infrequent to do Bart any good. One night, the hall hosts a mandatory dance on the premise that knowing how to dance reduces the chance of causing a double homicide. Gina pairs up with Bart, the two shackled together by the Warden, but Gina eyes an escape route and makes her move, dragging Bart along for the ride, even though Bart only had two weeks left to serve.
With Gina threatening to play the victim and blame the escape all on Bart, the latter has no choice but to follow along for now. The two get to know each other a little bit, with Gina telling Bart that once they get the shackles off she's going to hide out with her parents. The two reach a blacksmith out in the woods who forges keys to unlock shackles, no questions asked. Gina leaves rather forcefully, and when Bart goes to get in a last word, he sees her crying. Turns out, Gina doesn't even have a family. Bart tries to calm her down, but Gina snaps and attacks Bart. Chief Wiggum finally catches up to the two, and plans to have both of them go back to jail for a long time. Gina, in a change of heart, admits full responsibility for the escape, and so Bart is free to go (even though Bart still has a couple of weeks, but Wiggum doesn't care). Gina goes back to juvie, but Bart brings the family to her jail cell for a taco dinner in appreciation for what she did.
Quick Review
In most of these Season 15 episodes, the funny starts off strong but dies near the end. The comedy in this episode is more spread out, though that doesn't mean the episode is that much funnier as a result. The episode, like most others this season, has its moments like the one bit with Homer as a guard, and Chief Wiggum had a few good moments too, but again the quantity of good jokes just isn't there anymore.
Final Score: 7.2
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