Nelson is reunited with his father (and his mother who's returned from Hollywood with an acting job). When the pair returns to the Simpson home there is a surprise waiting for Nelson Bart has found his father. Lisa gets help from Nelson to get revenge on Sherri and Terri.
Late one night Bart finds Nelson singing for the return of his father and Lisa overindulging in a cake (she'd previously been starving herself). Much to Bart's dismay Marge lets Nelson stay in his room. Nelson goes to the only place where he can find refuge, the Simpson home. Marge brings Nelson home to do some chores around their home, but Nelson's real mother returns that money that Marge paid her son and then she leaves for Hollywood, leaving her son in Springfield and homeless. Lisa tries diet and exercise to reduce her big bottom. She finds Nelson in the park and spends some quality time with him and when her kids continue to shun her, she adopts Nelson as a surrogate child. Marge is bummed that the kids don't appreciate her anymore. It's made worse when Lisa returns home only to be confronted by her mother wanting her to eat a big slice piece of cake, she runs out of the room crying. It's the worst party ever as far as Bart's concerned.
Lisa is trying to deal with her weight issue, meanwhile Bart gets his party with his relatives, Ralph, Martin and Milhouse via speakerphone. Bart comes home with 100 on his test, and now he wants to collect on the party that was promised. Homer explains to her about the Simpson butt, it is something she'll have to learn to live with. Nelson moves in with the Simpsons after he starts becoming close to Marge.Lisa has a big butt and her friends at school, Sherri, Terri and Janie let her know about it.
Sleeping with the Enemy is a fun and very sweet Simpsons episode. I enjoyed Lisa's side story, it was a very different moment for this character but I think it was a necessary subject to tackle and they did it well, filled with humour but also realism that this is a problem facing many teenagers.
I think the episode definitely could have revolved around Nelson's parents a bit more, we could have learned more about his mother certainly, they are easily characters the show could go back to at some stage in the future, there is a story to tell there. We get to see Nelson's character develop significantly for the first time, the show had made several jokes and references relating to his family and living conditions in previous episodes, but in this we get to see some proper depth in his character and begin to look at the character beyond simply being a bully, I really like that. Sleeping with the Enemy is a great Simpsons episode with a very well written storyline and plenty of very funny scenes.
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