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| He is an open target. The Germans could fire right at him no problem. Great, its nice to know the writers don't know how to act like cowards, either! |
In a tale narrated by Lisa for no apparent/good reason, its the last day of school and so the school is holding final day festivities outside. The last event, the main event, is a race around school, an event Milhouse has specifically trained for, showing Bart his new secret six pack that he developed just for this race. Martin spies this from afar and uses the opportunity to place a bet with Jimbo and pals that Milhouse will win the race despite the official odds against him. Sure enough, Milhouse's training starts to pay off, and he takes the lead. Worried he'll be in the red with a Milhouse win, Jimbo tasks Nelson of stopping Milhouse in the part of the race track that goes through the secluded path in the forest and beat Milhouse. Nelson does just that and starts beating up the new dejected Milhouse. Bart, in second place, runs by and sees what's happening, but reluctantly decides not to do anything to maintain his lead in the race. Bart ends up winning, and Milhouse winds up with traumatic amnesia, unable to recall what happened in the forest at all, to Bart's slight relief.
Meanwhile, Homer is disgusted upon learning the city won't be holding a 4th of July fireworks celebration due to budget cuts. Homer eventually decides he'll host a fireworks brigade of his own, recalling the joy he had as a kid during fireworks shows as he couldn't hear his parents argue during said time. He came to admire the man working the fireworks show, and kept his business card for all these years. The fireworks engineer is now retired, but Homer is able to convince him to do one more show for the town, so the two team up to acquire and prepare fireworks.
Bart begins to feel guilt and regret for his actions during the race. For some reason, the entire town honors Bart for his school race victory, where Bart attempts to set the record straight by bringing Milhouse on stage, but is unable to go through with the truth. Just then, Kearney shoots a rubber band which hits Milhouse right in the head, causing him to remember the beating - and that Bart ran off like a coward. The town turns on Bart and boos him away. Bart tries to get advice from Grampa on his supposed cowardice, where Grampa and the other seniors admit its only because of their cowardice that they've been able to live as long as they have despite the night terrors they have to sometimes deal with, and Bart has to now deal with.
On the 4th of July, Homer and the elder fireworks engineer have prepared a show on the lake, but the two get into an argument over when to start the show and then on which date America was actually liberated. The argument causes the fireworks float to tip over, aiming the fireworks at the crowd. A missed shot by Kearney hits the sequence start button, and the fireworks begins to fire up. Bart gets the opportunity to hijack an armored van somehow, but in an effort to make things up with Milhouse, decides to take his friend with him. Just as the fireworks begin to fire, Bart drives the van up in front of the crowd to shield them from the rockets, essentially saving them. The crowd wonders who was behind the heroics, when Bart pushes Milhouse out in front of the crowd, leading everyone to believe he was the hero. The crowd gathers around to celebrate their hero Milhouse, as well as their coward Bart for whatever reason. In any case, Bart can sleep soundly again.
Quick Review
This episode scored better than I thought it would, especially after its slow beginning. There were some pretty decent jokes, and Homer's sidestory was good as well. Its a decent way to end the season.
Final Score: 7.0
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