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.
After that, Homer asks Bart to stop using Maggie to prank people, not wanting her to turn out like her older brother.
With her confidence restored, Lisa sings "Don't Rain on My Parade", and Marge congratulates her for her impromptu number.
Marge and Lisa later partake in the Capital City Crime Tour which shows the different areas where known crimes have happened in Capital City, like the 19th Street Liquor Store, which was the epicenter of the 1967 riots (where it never fully stopped), and a high rise where State Senator Wilcox was shot in mid-air as he plummeted to his death.
Before the end credits, Lisa gathers her classmates in the treehouse for an impromptu jazz session whilst Homer is shown putting different recycling bins full of beer bottles and Grampa out at the curb.
"[1] In August 2015, TVLine reported that Andrew Rannells would guest star as himself performing Bad News Bears: The Musical in Capital City.
Which means they're going to make up by the end of the episode, and, in true fashion of not only 'The Simpsons' but most sitcoms ever made, that fight is not going to affect their relationship in any appreciable way going forward.
I’ve always maintained that that's not a problem in itself—'The Simpsons' can go on as long as these actors’ voices and Fox's largesse hold out because, not in spite of, the show's weekly-rewritten reality.