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| Obsessed over a fat, bald guy who can sing well but only on his back. Why. |
After escaping church, the family ends up crashing a catered private function due to Marge's insistence on not cooking. It turns out that they've actually crashed a funeral; before the family can leave, though, Homer is asked to be an emergency pallbearer. He agrees under the false assumption she meant a polar bear, and during the process falls into on open grave. Later, at the hospital, its learned that Homer's back has taken a hit, but nothing too bad. Lying Homer on his back, Dr. Hibbert is ready to begin a thousand dollar operation, which Homer refuses in a rather stunning voice. Hibbert theorizes that with Homer's current back shape, he provides a wonderful singing voice, but only while laying on his back. Mr. Burns, at the hospital for some organ scavenging, overhears Homer's singing and invites him to play a lead role in an upcoming opera. The opera is a hit, and Homer becomes a big opera star.
Homer's fame, though, leaves him little privacy. Beside Lenny and Carl staying near Homer as his posse, Homer has tons of new, older women fawning over him like nothing. Marge becomes annoyed at this, but as Homer tries to calm her down, the two are chased after by a wave of groupies. The two are saved, though, when a mysterious motorcyclist gives them a chance to escape. Back at the Simpson home, the motorcyclist reveals herself to be, to Homer's shock, a woman, but a self-described 'normal' fan of Homer's, who is willing to appoint herself as president of Homer's fan club so she can keep the others off of him. Marge is happy to hear it, and goes off to make something, when Julia reveals her true motive: she tells Homer he can have her whenever, but if he even thinks about telling Marge, she'll tell her Homer struck her. Homer is forced to let her basically become her manager, but her sexually creepy demeanor eventually becomes too much for Homer to handle, and he eventually just 'fires' her, calling her crazy and what not.
Julia vows vengeance on Homer, sending him a viper to kill him with, but that attempt fails. Still, Homer has to perform again, and Chief Wiggum sends up waves of guards to the event to catch the killer. Marge spots Julia as the conductor of the opera, getting ready to shoot a blow dart Homer's way. After Wiggum fails to stop her, Marge jumps in and successfully deflects the dart back to Julia. However, thanks to several shots from snipers and a chandelier falling on her, Julia ends up surviving the dart's poison, though she promises to get her revenge at Marge. Homer decides to retire as on opera singer, and decides to paint instead, his back condition now making him an excellent painter as well, much to his kids' disbelief.
Quick Review
This episode wasn't that good. The basic plot of the episode - Homer's back condition lets him sing opera but only when laying down - is ridiculous, no matter how Lisa attempts to justify a precedent to it. The episode picks up a tiny bit with the introduction of Julia, but its not enough to salvage the episode.
Final Score: 6.3
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