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| In this frame, Bart continues to never understand how anything works. |
The Simpsons go on a picnic with the Van Houtens, where its revealed that Kirk and Luann have agreed to remarry, much to Milhouse's delight. Before the wedding, Homer makes a mistake by implying he doesn't know Marge's eye color, so Marge refuses to let him see her eyes until he can either remember or figure it out. After the wedding, Kirk and Luann go on a honeymoon cruise for a week, while Milhouse stays at the Simpson house. Milhouse has so much fun with Bart, he almost wishes his parents never come back. In short time, he learns that his parents - who were shown to have gone overboard accidentally - are lost at sea.
Milhouse, of course, is deeply saddened by this, but realizes he can't keep crying about it, and finally decides to get over the loss. One day at school, the kids see the new Milhouse: a deep, poetic loner that no longer cares about his own well being. He quickly becomes the most popular kid in school, which really bothers Bart. Realizing that Milhouse will stop being cool if he's happy again, Bart finds one of Milhouse's relatives to take care of him: his uncle Norbert, who actually turns out to be pretty cool himself because he's a Danish Van Houten, not a slimy Dutch Van Houten like Kirk. Despite that, Norbert, an adventurer who calls himself Zack instead, is more than willing to adopt Milhouse, and Milhouse openly accepts Norbert's aid. The others still love Milhouse, though, and now Bart is worried that Milhouse is going to leave soon, distressing himself over that.
Homer is eventually able to recall a song he wrote which details the colors of Marge's various details, but still can't remember the part of the song about her eye color. Regardless, Marge forgives Homer and lets him see - through the power of HD! - her eye color: hazel. Meanwhile, Milhouse announces he's moving to live with his uncle, and as they ready to depart via a hot air balloon, Bart can't deal with it and hitches a ride as well. The three decide to travel the world. The balloon gets near a tropical island where, as it turns out, Kirk and Luann had washed ashore upon, and just as they were going to escape via a makeshift hang-glider, they crash into the balloon. Milhouse is happy his parents are alive, and as Norbert makes a call to his Danish relatives for rescue, he and the Dutch Kirk get into a heritage fight.
Quick Review
This ends up being a pretty decent episode as well, continuing a nice streak for the season. The subplot with Marge's eyes was basically nothing, but it did get in a chuckle or two. The main plot with Milhouse picked up near the end with the introduction of the Dutch-hating Norbert, which brought the episode to respectability.
Final Score: 7.2
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