"Homer's Enemy"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Jim Reardon
First aired: May 4, 1997
S08E23
(4F19)
Episode Background
Episode Background:
"Homer's Enemy"
"Homer's Enemy"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Jim Reardon
First aired: May 4, 1997
S08E23
4F19
Episode Background
Homer’s Enemy was part of the spring lineup of the 1996-1997 US TV schedule. It first aired May 4, 1997 at 8pm on Fox following “Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction” and was followed by “King of the Hill”, both of which remain top notch examples of quality television, well worth clearing your Sunday nights to watch on the family TV. Homer’s Enemy was seen by over 11 million people when it first aired according to Nielsen ratings.
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Plot
In the episode, Frank Grimes is hired as a new employee at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Despite Homer’s attempts to befriend him, Grimes is angered by Homer’s laziness and incompetence. He declares himself Homer’s enemy and tries to expose his flaws through public humiliation. In the B story Bart buys an abandoned factory for a dollar.
“That irresponsible oaf?! A man who, by all rights, should have died dozens of times by now.”
Top Quotable Lines
- Bart: “TV sucks”. Homer: “I know you′re upset right now, so I′ll pretend you didn′t say that”.
- Homer: “To alcohol! The cause of and solution to all of life′s problems!”
- Homer: “Hello? You′ll have to speak up. I′m wearing a towel”
Top Ranking Term
Professor Frink has ran advanced ranking algorithms and processed every spoken line of this episode and found that…
“its him”
… is the top ranking unique term in Homer’s Enemy.
“What’s this? Extremely high voltage. Well I don’t need safety gloves, because I’m Homer Simp…”