Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment
- Episode aired Feb 7, 1991
- TV-14
- 23m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
3.9K
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Homer gets a crooked cable guy to install free cable in the Simpson home, and as a result, Lisa faces an ethical crisis over her family's stealing.Homer gets a crooked cable guy to install free cable in the Simpson home, and as a result, Lisa faces an ethical crisis over her family's stealing.Homer gets a crooked cable guy to install free cable in the Simpson home, and as a result, Lisa faces an ethical crisis over her family's stealing.
Dan Castellaneta
- Homer Simpson
- (voice)
- …
Julie Kavner
- Marge Simpson
- (voice)
Nancy Cartwright
- Bart Simpson
- (voice)
Yeardley Smith
- Lisa Simpson
- (voice)
Harry Shearer
- Mr. Burns
- (voice)
- …
Hank Azaria
- Moe Szyslak
- (voice)
- …
Phil Hartman
- Moses
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe episode was produced at a time when illegal cable hookups were becoming commonplace in many homes.
- Crazy creditsThe family do a dance before sitting on the couch.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Simpsons Have Landed (1996)
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Cable Entanglement
This is an honorable mention for favorite episodes of Season 2. It's true there not much to it, this episode is what you would call one of the shows Christian/Preachy episodes but the execution of it is good as it has subtlety, let alone it's always good seeing Simpsons showing and exercising a moralistic side to them.
The plotline is simple as the Simpsons inadvertently have Cable illegally. It's understandable as to how each of the Simpsons get seduced by Cable TV. You must realize way before the Streaming, in the 80's and 90's cable was a really big thing. The concept of just having more channels than the usual standard meant more decisions and access to programing you can't always get on your standard channels. Like this little montage we see as to how addictive cable truly is as we see the big dent Homer has made on the couch.
Though of course you know that the cable party is over once Lisa and Bart learn about Hell and the "Ten Commandments" I don't blame Lisa for being really scared, the concept of Hell, as a Christian myself I don't doubt nor deny its existence. Whether any of you believe it or not one thing is always certain, everyone that violates Ethics in one fashion, or another eventually suffers the consequences.
There are a lot of funny moments, from the beginning of the episode seeing "The Ten Commandments" read off, it was cool seeing Phil Hartman doing his Charlton Heston impersonation. But what really made that scene funny was seeing each of the specific sinners night completely ruined from each commandment read, all I can say to that is serves them right.
Some of the verbal humor as usual is funny, clever, and memorable. One scene is when Bart says the word Hell a lot and he brings up a good point on the usage of the word and then Marge completely contradicts herself to get Bart to stop using the word and we see only a look of confusion in Bart and Lisa (same with all of us) after she says it.
Another is the Boxing promo where one of the boxers dramatically dedicates a fight to his late Manager. And then there is this Mike Tyson like character that does the same and of course it results in the cliched prefight roundness.
But what really drives the episode is the slight arc with Homer. Homer is just about dead set in keeping the stolen cable completely disregarding the ethics/morals from Lisa and his religious practice; though despite Homer's defiance, his conscious soon starts to catch up to him. From one creepy encounter with the shady cable guy again that wants to sell him a stolen car stereo, which shows how much bad karma juice the stolen cable has produced in their home. Afterward, Homer installs bars on his home afterward which brings out uncomfortable irony as it shows how close Homer is to sealing his fate.
Can Homer cut the instillation of sin before it's too late, you'll just have to wait and see.
Rating: 3 and a half stars.
The plotline is simple as the Simpsons inadvertently have Cable illegally. It's understandable as to how each of the Simpsons get seduced by Cable TV. You must realize way before the Streaming, in the 80's and 90's cable was a really big thing. The concept of just having more channels than the usual standard meant more decisions and access to programing you can't always get on your standard channels. Like this little montage we see as to how addictive cable truly is as we see the big dent Homer has made on the couch.
Though of course you know that the cable party is over once Lisa and Bart learn about Hell and the "Ten Commandments" I don't blame Lisa for being really scared, the concept of Hell, as a Christian myself I don't doubt nor deny its existence. Whether any of you believe it or not one thing is always certain, everyone that violates Ethics in one fashion, or another eventually suffers the consequences.
There are a lot of funny moments, from the beginning of the episode seeing "The Ten Commandments" read off, it was cool seeing Phil Hartman doing his Charlton Heston impersonation. But what really made that scene funny was seeing each of the specific sinners night completely ruined from each commandment read, all I can say to that is serves them right.
Some of the verbal humor as usual is funny, clever, and memorable. One scene is when Bart says the word Hell a lot and he brings up a good point on the usage of the word and then Marge completely contradicts herself to get Bart to stop using the word and we see only a look of confusion in Bart and Lisa (same with all of us) after she says it.
Another is the Boxing promo where one of the boxers dramatically dedicates a fight to his late Manager. And then there is this Mike Tyson like character that does the same and of course it results in the cliched prefight roundness.
But what really drives the episode is the slight arc with Homer. Homer is just about dead set in keeping the stolen cable completely disregarding the ethics/morals from Lisa and his religious practice; though despite Homer's defiance, his conscious soon starts to catch up to him. From one creepy encounter with the shady cable guy again that wants to sell him a stolen car stereo, which shows how much bad karma juice the stolen cable has produced in their home. Afterward, Homer installs bars on his home afterward which brings out uncomfortable irony as it shows how close Homer is to sealing his fate.
Can Homer cut the instillation of sin before it's too late, you'll just have to wait and see.
Rating: 3 and a half stars.
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