The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be

"The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be" is the sixth episode of Season 29.
== Synopsis ==
Frustrated with the local government, Marge plans to run for Mayor. To win public support, she begins making Homer the butt of her jokes.
== Full Story ==
The track of the old Springfield Monorail (from "Marge vs. the Monorail") is converted into a "sky park". At the official opening, Mayor Quimby's representative turns on the electricity which causes a monorail car to activate and destroy the boardwalk, running down Sebastian Cobb in the process before finally derailing and crashing into a memorial statue of Leonard Nimoy.
At a town hall meeting about the disaster, Mayor Quimby shrugs off Marge's suggestions with sexist remarks, after which she is encouraged by her family to run against him for Mayor of Springfield. After an initial slump in the opinion polls, a promise at the candidates' debate to extinguish the Tire Fire pushes her support above Quimby's, ultimately winning her the election.
However, when the bulldozers arrive at the tire fire, Marge feels sympathy for the landmark's souvenir stand operator who has chained himself to the gates in protest, and calls them off; she is consequently accused of breaking her promise. When Marge and her support team return to the tire fire offering to buy the souvenir stand, she accidentally insults the still-chained owner learning that he was a Vietnam War veteran whose best friend died by stepping on a land mine. This damages her support a lot further.
In an attempt to win back voters, Marge holds a live broadcast from the Simpson kitchen, which is watched and rated live by her support team (consisting of Lindsey Naegle, Professor Frink, and Julio) and a focus group. During this telecast, she chastises Homer's embarrassing antics, filling the room with laughter and causing her approval rating to skyrocket. As a result, she is encouraged to continue to publicly make fun of Homer, who gets a sandwich named after him, and his own balloon in the Thanksgiving Day Parade that "farts" confetti.
When Marge sees how Homer has been turned into a laughingstock, she visits Quimby at his home to ask if it is possible to balance being a good leader and having a family life. He tells her that it is not, but that the first night out of office, he truly noticed how attracted he is to his wife Martha. She thanks Marge as well for "giving her husband back".
At the christening of a manhole cover, Marge breaks from the script Lindsey gives her and professes her love for Homer. The crowd walks off muttering in disappointment.
Eight years later in the final scene, Marge and Homer walk through a hall dedicated to her political career. Marge suggests skipping one exhibit that they come near, but Homer points out they have to pass through it to get to the building's cafeteria. They then walk through the exhibit that revealed that she was impeached and Quimby was reinstated as the Mayor of Springfield.
==Citations==
fr:La Maire est bleue
pl:The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be
pt:A Velha Prefeita Não é Mais o que Era
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