How Lisa Got Her Marge Back
episode of The Simpsons (S27 E18)
"How Lisa Got Her Marge Back" is the eighteenth episode of the twenty-seventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 592nd episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on April 10, 2016.
The episode was directed by Bob Anderson and marks as the first to be written by Jeff Martin since season five's "Homer's Barbershop Quartet". In this episode, Marge tries to reconcile with Lisa after saying she does not like her jazz music while Bart uses Maggie to play pranks on people. Actor Andrew Rannells guest starred as himself. The episode received mixed reviews.
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Bart buys a Money Grabber, a device to pull away dollar bills and trick people. However, everyone realizes it is one of Bart's pranks. Afterwards, Bart is pranked by another group. Later, he tries to pull a prank on Ralph, but even he will not fall for it.
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