Homer texts emojis to the family, and then someone says it needs a payoff. The developers' credits are then shown on the phone instead of the television.
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"The Burns Cage" is the seventeenth episode in the twenty-seventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 591st episode of the series overall. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 3, 2016.
In the episode, Waylon Smithers finally comes out as gay to his boss Mr. Burns, who rejects his love. Other characters attempt to find a boyfriend for Smithers, and he falls for Julio. Meanwhile, Milhouse competes against a new boy for the lead role in a school production of Casablanca, so he can act alongside his own unrequited love, Lisa. Openly gay actor George Takei makes a cameo as himself, and the episode features a variety of cultural references, including to Grindr, Vladimir Putin, Equus and the films of Humphrey Bogart.
The episode was written by Rob LaZebnik, inspired by when his teenage son Johnny came out. Critical reception was positive: the emotionally touching aspects of LaZebnik's script and Harry Shearer's portrayal of Smithers were praised. However, criticisms included the plot possibly ending the innuendo-driven humor involving Smithers' secret love of Burns, and an assumption that the character was being retconned due to changing attitudes on homosexuality since the series' debut. The episode was covered by international media.
"TheBurnsCage" is the seventeenth episode in the twenty-seventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 591st episode...
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the season 9 episode "Lisa the Skeptic", Smithers kisses Burns. The character came out in the season 27 episode "TheBurnsCage" in 2016. His romantic life...
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ramshackle vehicles, before settling down on the couch to watch a sleeping fox. In "TheBurnsCage", while Mr. Burns and Smithers are about to skydive out of...
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Graaf arrives at Mr. Burns' mansion to adopt a puppy born from one of Burns' attack hounds, Homer introduces him to Smithers and the two are immediately...
Are All Fight", "Friend with Benefit", "The Girl Code", "TheBurnsCage", "Pork and Burns", "Throw Grampa from the Dane", "Baby You Can't Drive My Car",...
"TheBurnsCage", in which he briefly dates Julio. Smithers is shown to have a passionate and deep love for Mr. Burns; as late as 2007, during the show's...
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