She tells him she mentioned him in town, and Bob knows he let his guard down around her when two men come visiting, but they offer him a job at the Springfield Mall as Santa Claus.
When the news is reported, Homer thinks that SB means Selma Bouvier and she is arrested, freeing the recently-held suspects Scott Bakula, Steve Ballmer, and Sandra Bullock.
She and Bob then sign a "snuggle contract" saying that both of them knew what they were getting into, just after Captain Horatio McCallister crashes into a rock because the lighthouse light was not lit.
Club gave this episode a C, stating "'Bobby, It's Cold Outside,' (title referring to one aforementioned credits filler gag) at least sees everyone's favorite ineffective psycho would-be murderer back in town for the holidays.
Of all the recurring, non-cast characters, Bob's the one most likely to brighten up my day/any episode, simply due to Kelsey Grammer's obvious joy in the villainous role.
Like most recurring characters and bits, Bob's appearances have waxed and waned in comic effectiveness, but, hey, always nice to have Grammer in the house, once more essaying his second-most(?)
"[3] Tony Sokol of Den of Geek gave this episode three and a half stars out of five and said "is a double-stuffed bag for the chimney.
The episode features evergreen favorite recurring villain Sideshow Bob, who trims his tree with ornaments of bleeding Barts.