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Narrated for some reason, the story begins with Homer getting ready to take Marge out for lunch, but not just any lunch, but to a fancy sushi bar. This starts off well enough, but when Marge starts talking about stuff, she notices Homer isn't really listening, opting instead to stuff his face full of sushi, and that just ruins it for her. She leaves the bar, and despite Homer's clumsy attempts to salvage things, Marge isn't listening and takes a cab home. Homer realizes his marriage is in trouble - again! - and after fleeing becomes too exhausting, he decides to fight to win back Marge's love.
Meanwhile, Milhouse tries once again to win Lisa's love. In the school cafeteria, Lisa asks to have Milhouse's cupcake, but Milhouse is unwilling to give it up. Recalling a movie the 4th grade class had seen, Milhouse recalls that an abusive character played by Marlon Brando seemed to be someone ladies liked. Milhouse decides to follow that lead and rather abruptly tells Lisa she can't have the cupcake. Lisa is upset at first, but then comes to respect Milhouse, even swooning for him when Milhouse demands Lisa get him a milk. Milhouse realizes the potential in this, and decides to keep acting like, well, Marlon Brando to Lisa, which actually works well for him. Disaster strikes when Milhouse attempts to play another Brando role, which ends with the treehouse falling on him and Bart. Lisa frees the two, and while Milhouse is alright, after seeing Lisa's concern for him, he just leaves. Later, Milhouse admits to Lisa he can't keep being mean to her, and offers her his now four day old cupcake. Lisa is unwilling to accept it, so Milhouse acts like a jerk again and Lisa is more than happy to eat it now.
Homer tries desperately to make things right. His standard "flowers with an apology card" doesn't work. He tries to do stuff on a chore list he found, but Marge tells him the list is seven years old. Homer gives up for awhile and goes to a sushi bar to eat away his troubles, but the sushi cook comes up with a great marriage analogy with sushi, so Homer takes some home to share with Marge. Marge, for some reason, tests Homer's resolve by seeing if he can not eat any before she does, but of course its Homer, so she still doesn't forgive him. Homer goes to the bar to drink away his troubles, when Moe gives Homer the idea of just doin' Marge to make her forgive him. Needing aides in this, Homer goes to an adult store to pick up all sorts of "snuggle gear", setting everything up in the garage. Marge is kinda creeped out by this particular gesture, while Homer breaks his back after sitting on a seat-less sex chair. At the hospital, Marge finally does forgive Homer not for what he did, but because he kept trying, and the two finally reconcile.
Quick Review
This is a weird episode, an odd twist to the all too common marriage episode. First off, the narrator present throughout was pretty unnecessary, what was that about? Second, the parts with the animated sushi were dumb, and the episode ending with them going through the dog's digestive system was Scully-level stupid. The best parts of the episode were from Milhouse's storyline, but even there the comedy was somewhat limited. Too much goes wrong with this episode, albeit in new, exciting ways!
Final Score: 6.7
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