Make Room for Lisa

"Make Room for Lisa" is the sixteenth episode of Season 10. 
==Synopsis==
Homer is forced to convert Lisa's room into a cellular phone tower to pay off damages done to the Bill of Rights at the local Smithsonian, and she hates him as a result. They try to reconcile with each other by trying sensory deprivation tanks, where Lisa sees what it's like to be Homer taking Lisa to an activity that he doesn't like just to make Lisa happy. Meanwhile, Marge gets addicted to eavesdropping after Maggie's baby monitor begins picking up cell phone calls.
== Full Story ==
Homer, while at the Power Plant, becomes terrified that he hasn't warned everyone about Hitler when he believes that he somehow time-traveled to 1939 (thanks to a radio report). Carl and Lenny then "help Homer to the present" by changing the radio station (and imply that this happened before). Bill and Marty then proceed to announce a long celebration at P.J. O'Harrigan's. Lenny and Carl remark that work has to make them miss the party, but then discover that Homer managed to sneak out of work and arrive at O'Harrigan's for the party. Afterwards, Homer is passed out drunk after parking his car partially on the lawn and causing backed-up traffic on both lanes, revealing he had won the award of Sir Drinks-A-Lot. Marge then helps him inside to scrub the gum off his hair, although not before Homer drunkenly asks Marge what her favorite radio station was (obviously in reference to Bill and Marty).
The next day, the kids are ready to leave, Homer is unaware that it's time to take the kids on a family outing in order to bond with them as it was one of the Saturdays in the current month, and unfortunately for him Lisa gets to choose as Bart traded his turn for her dessert, however everything Lisa suggests is boring to him, he holds Bart responsible by saying he did again punished him with no dessert and for that Bart trades his next turn to her desert. They visit a national treasure museum sponsored by a cell phone company, Omnitouch. While there, Homer is more fascinated by movie props instead of historic documents but accidentally damages the Bill of Rights and is forced to repay his debts. He does so by letting the Omnitouch company build a cell phone tower on their house. Lisa comes home from school to find that her room is gone and replaced with several machines to help power the tower. She becomes irritated with Homer but Marge says it's just until Homer pays off his debt.
Now that her room is gone, Lisa is forced to stay in Bart's room, where he purposely drives her crazy. Even when Homer tries to bond with Lisa it only makes her more frustrated. After a while Lisa starts to get severe stomach aches caused by stress. Dr. Hibbert says he can give her harsh antacids, but feels that herbal tea might suit Lisa better. Lisa agrees until Homer buts in saying he won't let Lisa near the stuff and demands the antacids. After finally having too much of her father belittling everything she likes and believes, Lisa snaps at her him, claiming that just because he thinks what she likes is stupid and boring doesn't make that true. Seeing this manner Homer is saddened Lisa feels bad for what she said, but says that they are just too different, and they will eventually grow apart. To get her cooled down, they visit a store run by a "hippie lady", who sells all different types of soothing items. She gives them some time in some isolation containers that will allow them to think. Lisa goes on a mental journey where she sees herself in the form of Snowball II, a tree and even Homer where she realizes that Homer really does try to be a good father and takes her lots of places he hates. Homer, however, is not thinking and his container is taken away by repo men who aren't willing to wait 'months' for the hippie lady's lease to expire. His container falls off the truck and the Flanders find it, believe it is a coffin and bury it. The tank breaks though the ground and ends up in the ocean and washes up on a beach, where Ralph Wiggum reports it to his dad. They bring it back to the store where they get out and reunite after her journey Lisa now understands that he is a good dad. Lisa and Homer then go to the monster truck rally to spend time together which Lisa enjoys, especially since she's with her dad.
Meanwhile, Marge starts hearing cell phone conversations over the baby monitor and starts using it for her own gossip gain. Bart and Milhouse plan to teach her a lesson by pretending to be robbers about to hide out in the house. When Milhouse opens the door, Marge smashes the baby monitor over his head. Bart comes down laughing and telling Marge she was so easy to fool, Marge is disappointed with Bart for pulling something like that on her, but Bart rightfully points out she shouldn't have been eavesdropping in the first place. Having learned her lesson, she and Bart drag Milhouse's unconscious body inside and claim that "Bart hit him".
== Citations ==
fr:C'est dur la culture
pl:Make Room for Lisa
pt:Dêem um lugar para Lisa
Category:Episodes
Category:Lisa episodes
Category:Episodes named after a character
Category:Homer episodes
Category:Simpson Family Bonding episodes
Category:Lisa seeks understanding episodes
Category:Episodes focusing on Homer
Category:Agnes Skinner episodes
Category:Marge episodes
Category:Bart episodes
Category:Medical-Themed Episodes
Category:Written by Brian Scully
Category:Directed by Matthew Nastuk
Category:Episodes named after Lisa
Category:Highly Rated Episodes