Mr Burns outsources his power plant to India, sending Homer along as a manager (well he caught the bouquet so I guess he deserved it). Which goes surpisingly well till Homer starts thinking he's a God. Elsewhere Patty and Selma kidnap Richard Dean Anderson, but get more than they bargained for when he discovers his inner MacGuyver.

A hilarious episode, let down only by the cheesy Bollywood ending. I was happy to get a glimpse of Ling. We haven't seen her since she was adopted last season, and I was starting to wonder if she had disappeared into one great big plot hole.

This episode was proof that the Simpsons do still have it... on occasion.

When a family comes home unexpectedly while Earl is robbing their house, he was to drop what he’s thieving and hide. Unfortunately he hides underneath a boys bed. The boy discovers him and thinks it's the boogeyman. So now Earl has to make up for traumatising the kid. Young Albie demands that to make up for what he did, Earl has to be his slave for a day. After being a slave, Earl discovers that he did much more than give the kid a fright, but made him too scared to sleep with the lights. So Earl sits in the tree outside Albie’s window for a week, in case he’s needed, while Albie slowly dims the light each night till he can sleep in the dark.

I liked this episode much more than the most recent episodes. This one had the heart and humour that makes this show so enjoyable and entertaining. I marvel at the fact that no one question why Earl was hanging around outside a kids bedroom though. We didn’t get to see much of Catalina which I find a shame. She’s a lovely character, and should be used more often. That aside, this was an excellent episode, of an excellent show.

The NFL is establishing a new football team in Springfield. Unfortunately when the commissioner stops by the Simpsons house to use the loo and phone, he is mistaken for a burgler by Grandpa and tied up. Thanks to Grandpa there is now no new team for Springfield. With the whole town against him, Grandpa turns to assited suicide, but even that goes wrong.

While I feel for the old coot, I find that he just isn't interesting enough for a whole episode to be devoted to him, and I must admit I object to the subject of euthanasia being used for comedic value. But I won't go into that. An average episode.

To get enough money to purchase a plasma TV of his very own he agrees to a wife swap show (without Marge's permission of course). Of course Marge's new "husband" falls in love with her, while Homer's new "wife" is horrified with Homer. Drama, drama, drama.

While it didn't have the most interesting of plots, this actually was a pretty good episode. Homer refusing to leave Lenny's couch (and TV) for days was most entertaining. I quite enjoyed the "wifes" contempt for Homer, with the scenes where she burns Homer's underwear, after forcing Homer and Bart to write reports on the TV shows they watch being the most amusing. This episode was mostly let down by the interaction between Marge and... the other husband... whatsisname. It was uninteresting, with most of the jokes there falling flat. Not bad, not bad at all.

Veronica checks out the local college… and in typical Veronica style she can’t go anywhere without someone asking for her help. This time it is Troy… whatever his last name is, the dude Veronica dated briefly in the first season who turned out to be a drug addict. Anyways, he’s accused of date rape and begs Veronica for help. Meanwhile Logan dumps Hannah in exchange for her father dropping his testimony, and Keith helps Cliff whose briefcase (containing Logan’s case files) has been stolen by a hooker. And Wallace was in there too…

I don’t like the way Wallace seems to have been relegated to the role of lackey, but it doesn’t much look like they are changing that anytime this season. For the first time this season I felt sorry for Logan as he asks Hannah for forgiveness for what he did… then I wanted to slap her when she did.

Still something of a filler episode, but far better than the previous two episodes. I thoroughly enjoyed Veronica’s sassiness and use of her taser and giving all them nasty college boys what for. She already has made herself some nice enemies for if she decides to go to college in Neptune. (which of course we know she will… assuming there’s a season 3)

As we are heading towards the end of the season the show is starting to focus more and more on the unsolved mysteries of the season, and thank goodness for that. Only a few more hints were dropped, but the story is moving along and they seem now to be trying to link them together. I look forward to the end of the season when hopefully all our questions are answered.