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The Simpsons Season 1 Episode 13

Episode Title: Some Enchanted Evening

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Marge is fed up with Homer's thoughtlessness and explains her predicament on Dr. Marvin Monroe's radio call-in show. Monroe urges Marge to confront Homer about her feelings. Homer, who has heard the call on a radio at work, feels bad and after a stop at Moe's Tavern for advice brings home a single rose and chocolates. Marge's mood immediately softens, and a remorseful Homer decides to treat Marge to a night on the town: dinner at a fancy restaurant, dancing, and staying at a hotel room. Marge attempts to hire a babysitter through the local babysitting service, but is rejected because of her children's previous antics with babysitters. Homer calls later and after identifying himself as "Homer Sampson" is able to get a babysitter.

Later, Ms. Botz an imposing-looking woman with an intimidating demeanor arrives to take the job. On Marge's advice, Ms. Botz has Bart and Lisa watch "The Happy Little Elves Meet the Curious Bear Cub." However, it is not long before Ms. Botz leaves the room, and Bart having grown bored with the Happy Little Elves switches to something more to his liking. He tunes into a station airing "America's Most Armed and Dangerous," which is doing a profile of a wanted burglar nicknamed "The Babysitter Bandit." The announcer also warns that the suspect, named Lucille Botzkowski, could be "using a clever alias." A profile of the suspect confirms Bart and Lisa's suspicions: Ms. Botz is "The Babysitter Bandit." As if on cue, "Ms. Botz" enters the room. Bart and Lisa try to hide, but she easily finds them, ties them up and makes them watch "The Happy Little Elves" tape as Ms. Botz goes about her work uninterrupted.

Maggie eventually wakes up and goes downstairs, to discover that her siblings are tied up watching TV. She frees Bart and Lisa, and they are able to knock out Ms. Botz with a baseball bat. After tying up Ms. Botz, the kids finding all their telephones disabled go to a nearby pay telephone and alert the authorities. Meanwhile, Marge decides to try to call to check up on things at home, but gets no answer. Worried, she and Homer decide to go home, finding Ms. Botz bound and gagged. Homer & Marge, assuming their children have gotten the best of another babysitter with another prank and unaware of her true identity, free her & pay double her normal fee. Ms. Botz makes a clean getaway, just seconds before the Springfield police arrive to arrest her. Bart, Lisa, & Maggie return to show the police the scene of the crime but Homer grabs Bart and scolds him, once again, mistaking their bravery for a juvenile stunt but Homer is told that Ms, Botz was the babysitter Bandit by the local media. After admitting he released her and realizing that he is on national television, Homer decides to exaggerate the story so it does not seem he delibrately helped her escape. He reflects on this in bed after watching himself on the news, and declares himself a failure as a father. Marge, however, comforts him, claiming that since the three children he parented could outwit a dangerous criminal, he must have done something right.

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