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| For a figment of Homer's concussion, this guy can sure be creepy. |
Homer ruins another night out with Marge by blurting out puns during a Stradivarius Cain spy movie. Marge remains mad at Homer the next day, and Homer tries to call Marge while at work to apologize. Mr. Burns can't control his personal cart, and drives right into the ladder Homer is standing on, causing him to fall and hit his head. As Homer comes to, he learns he suffered a concussion, and with recent concussion awareness, Mr. Burns is forced to give Homer eight weeks worth of paid vacation to recover. He goes home to tell everybody, but everybody is cranky for one reason or another, so Homer decides to keep the news to himself.
Bart is cranky because Nelson's been going on a lunch money crusade as of late. Some time later, though, Bart sees a documentary where Declan Desmond eats nothing but Krusty Burger for a full month, eventually turning into a fat sack of lard. Bart realizes that can happen to Nelson as well, and the next day instead of giving Nelson lunch money, Bart gives Nelson actual lunch: tons of Krusty Burger food, and a book full of Krusty Burger coupons to blow. Soon enough, Nelson becomes fat and feeble. Lisa catches on to Bart's scheme and decides to help Nelson. She confronts Krusty over Nelson's problem, and Krusty eventually relents and lets his personal trainer get Nelson back in shape.
Homer goes to the bar on his first day off, somewhat upset that he can't tell his angry wife about his vacation time. Just then, Stradivarius Cain appears next to Homer. Revealing himself to be a figment of Homer's imagination induced by his concussion, Cain promises to help Homer improve his marriage anyway. After some time, Cain sends Homer out into 'the field' to test his new courting skill. After Cain basically tells Homer what to say, Homer is able to woo an attractive woman... with a murderous drug lord as her husband. Homer is able to subdue the man with lime juice and he and Cain make their escape.
Marge tries to visit Homer at work, apparently no longer upset at him, but Lenny tells her Homer hasn't been around because of his paid time off. Marge angrily goes home, ready to confront Homer. When she does so, Cain skillfully gets Homer to calm Marge down by basically telling the truth: that he did get time off but he's been using it to become a better husband. Homer takes Marge to some kind of ball or dance and the two are having a lot of fun... but the drug lord is there as well and Homer is forced to flee from him and his still madly-in-love wife.
With Marge basically having no idea what's going on, Homer hits himself with a rock to induce Cain back. It work's eventually, and Cain advices Homer to use everything he's learned from Cain thus far. So, Homer gives the same speech he gave the drug lord's wife... to the drug lord himself, and he backs off, gaining some respect for Homer. Homer and Marge continue their romantic night, and Cain promises to be back in a another lame plot. The episode ends with nerds across school getting pounded by the all new, all muscle Nelson, whom Lisa admits is easy on the eyes now.
Quick Review
Another subpar episode, but it has a few moments. Homer's interactions with concussion induced Cain were pretty decent overall, and the Nelson sideplot started off okay before tapering at the end. The whole thing with the drug lord was mostly boring, holding the episode back. In all, its about as decent as you can expect from this season.
Final Score: 6.6
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