In this episode, Homer is blamed for causing a town blackout, and Marge doubts him when he claims his innocence.
In the present, Marge asks Homer to install the storm windows, which he promises to do after work.
Marge offers to cook a meal for the townspeople in exchange for returning the house to its original location.
This followed a controversy after the airing of "McMansion & Wife" earlier in the season, in which Homer states that he no longer strangles Bart.
[1] The couch gag was created by Katrin von Niederhäusern and Janine Wiget.
[2][3] Von Niederhäusern and Wiget first came to the producers' attention after they created a live-action shot-by-shot remake of the eating montage from the twenty-ninth season episode "Lisa Gets the Blues.
"[4] The episode earned a 0.31 rating with 1.11 million viewers, which was the most-watched show on Fox that night.
He felt the repeated premise worked because it is a reliable story, and he highlighted the use of Mr. Burns as the villain.