Gone Abie Gone

"Gone Abie Gone" is the fourth episode of Season 24.
==Synopsis==
While trying to solve the mystery of why he ran away from the retirement home, Marge and Homer stumble upon Grampa Simpson's secret past, which includes marrying a black singer named Rita LaFleur while working as a busboy in an upscale restaurant. Meanwhile, Lisa becomes an online gambler after Homer puts her college fund on a poker site to fight back against corrupt banks, and gets addicted to Internet poker (thanks to lessons from Jennifer Tilly) so she can get more money for a better education.
==Full Story==
=== Homer and Grandpa ===
Homer goes to Gulp 'N' Blow for onion rings. However, due to being stressed by a female waitress, a man complaining about a homeless man who had finished a shower in the bathroom sink, and Milhouse's martial arts team, the cashier accidentally throws hot onion rings at Homer's face. Homer sues Gulp 'N' Blow and becomes entitled to a $5,000 due to legal fees and gets persuaded into putting the money into a college fund for Lisa on a poker site. Marge then remembers and reminds Homer that they were supposed to visit Grandpa on the day of the trial. Homer and Marge go to the retirement home and learn that Grandpa is missing. They look for Grandpa's belongings to see if they will help, and Marge finds a note that says "Spiro’s. The place that changed my life...", so they choose to see if Grandpa is at Spiro’s.
Homer and Marge go to Spiros to be told by the owner that Abe was a busboy and he fired him after Abe didn't clean expired bread due to Abe being distracted by a singer named Rita. Marge chooses to call Rita who invites them to her house and she reveals that she is Abe's wife.. Rita reveals that after she and Grandpa were fired, they become partners in singing. Abe then proposed to her, and when they were married a six-year-old Homer tied his foot to the car and ended up in the hospital. Rita is then called for a European singing tour but due to Homer, Grandpa stays with Homer and bids Rita goodbye at the airport and never sees her again.
Rita then gives Homer an old cologne of Grandpa which gives Homer and Marge the idea of finding Grandpa at the store the cologne came from. They find Abe there and offer an apology to him about how they found the octogenarian as boring. They go home for Grandpa to find Rita in the house playing their song and join her, thus reconciling their marriage.
=== Bart and Lisa ===
Meanwhile, not long after Homer puts Lisa's college fund on the poker site, Lisa catches Bart gambling with it. Chasing him off, she prepares to log out, only to discover that she actually has a very good hand. Taking the risk, she ultimately wins back most of the money Bart lost. Despite a warning from both Ned Flanders and Bart, Lisa decides to continue playing poker. 
After watching a video of Jennifer Tilly on how to play, she becomes a committed and avid poker player. Lisa eventually takes her savings from $5,000 to $413,762, much to the frustration of her opponents, which include Apu, Selma, Reverend Lovejoy, Hans Moleman, the Rich Texan and Sideshow Bob. Eventually though, Lisa pushes her luck to far. During one final game, she defies her instincts, which are "screaming" at her to stop and take her earnings. Unfortunately, Lisa has a very high hand and knowing she could potentially win close to $1,000,000 if successful, decides to bet all of her money. One by one, each of her opponents fold ... except for Sideshow Bob, who matches the bet. Lisa is stunned at first, but her confusion soon turns into shock when Bob is shown to have the highest possible hand. With a gasp of horror, Lisa can only watch as her winnings are taken from her and she is left with nothing.
Bart later shows up to find Lisa weeping bitterly at her loss. After seeing Lisa's despair, Bart takes pity on her and tells her some good news; namely that she still has a college fund. He reveals that he is actually Sideshow Bob and was using his nemesis avatar on the website to play poker. Unfortunately, through means unspecified, the website discovered that both he and Lisa were under 18 years old. As such, they confiscated (i.e. took all of) his winnings, except for the original $5,000. Having learnt her lesson, Lisa decides to take this small victory, but doesn't understand why Bart went to all the trouble of telling her this. Reluctantly, Bart admits that he couldn't stand seeing his precious sister upset. Despite this touching sentiment, he tells Lisa never to mention it to anyone.
== Citations ==
fr:Gone Papi Gone
pl:Gone Abie Gone
pt:O Desaparecimento de Abie
Category:Episodes named after a character
Category:Grampa Episodes
Category:Romance-themed Episodes
Category:Homer episodes
Category:Marge episodes
Category:Flashback episodes
Category:Lisa episodes
Category:Episodes named after Grampa
Category:Whitney Spuckler episodes
Category:Episodes without Maggie
Category:Episodes featuring guest stars
Category:Episodes with alternate end credits
Category:Written by Joel H. Cohen
Category:Directed by Matthew Nastuk
Category:Episodes showran by Al Jean
Category:Episodes named after previous episodes