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| Lisa just can't deal with the sad, sad truth. |
Grampa decides to give the family their inheritance money: $50 each. They go to a store to spend it where Marge finds a nice purse for $50; however the tag was covered and the purse actually goes for $500. With friends and critiquers ready to ridicule Marge for her relative lack of money, Marge rebukes them by buying the purse anyway. She promises Homer she'll return it the next day, but Homer decides to let Marge take it out once for dinner. Marge tries to be extra cautious to make sure the bag gets through the dinner clean, but Homer gets just a tiny bit of cocktail sauce on it, and Marge is in a panic. Still, she tries to return it the next day, and is able to get a full refund from it regardless. While Marge is relieved, Homer sees a potential in buying expensive crap only to return it for full price, and decides to exploit it in a way only Homer can. Of course, after buying and trying to return dozens of items, Chris Hansen and his TV crew are able to catch Homer in the act and he is forced to stop though more than happy to be on TV.
Meanwhile, Lisa decides to use her $50 to give to someone as part of a "micro-loan" meant for the less fortunate to start up a small business, a program set up by the notable Muhammad Yunus. Lisa looks around, and finds someone in East Springfield looking for a loan: Nelson, who wants to start up a bike repair service. Lisa decides to anonymous loan Nelson the $50. Quickly, Nelson's business becomes a success and he's able to hire workers to help him out at $11 an hour. Lisa decides to reveal to Nelson she's the loaner, and Nelson thanks Lisa for that, but then he tells Lisa he's going to quit school to focus on the shop, which stuns Lisa.
Lisa tries to convince Principal Skinner to keep Nelson in school, but Skinner is more interested in the high paying job Nelson is offering. Lisa takes Nelson to an Entrepreneur Expo where the two meet Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook. Lisa hopes Zuckerberg can convince Nelson to stay in school, but Mark tells Lisa that he, and several other highly successful people actually dropped out of college. Lisa is once again defeated. Later, though, Lisa finds Nelson's shop overrun with angry customers whose bikes have fallen apart. It turns out Nelson has been using a water-soluble glue, meaning its not weather resistant. Unaware of this, Nelson is convinced he needs to stay in school for at least awhile longer, which pleases Lisa. Nelson loans Skinner $50 to get the school back on track, and spends the rest of the money to take himself and Lisa roller skating, where the two remain friends while tripping up other skaters not that Lisa is trying to do that.
Quick Review
Well, this episode wasn't all that good. The sidestory involving Homer had some potential but it was too short and the way it ended with Chris Hanson was just weird. What ended up being the main plot with Nelson wasn't all that funny either, and the appearances by Zuckerberg and Yunus really didn't do much for me.
Final Score: 6.3
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