"Marge's Son Poisoning" is the fifth episode of the seventeenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.
The family visits Paradise Pier, the Ferris wheel of which Marge has been looking forward all her life to riding, only to find out that it is being dismantled with its equipment being too old.
To make things better, she gives him a fire extinguisher to spray in front of the audience, including the bullies that tormented him.
"[2] Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide said that the episode is an example of the season bringing "nothing new" but liked seeing how Marge recognizing how she has changed Bart.
[3] On Four Finger Discount, Brendan Dando enjoyed the episode, finding the Marge and Bart plot relatable.
[4] Jesse Schedeen of IGN thought the scene of Bart being too busy to ride a tandem bike with Marge because he was playing a video game where he rides a tandem bike was funny because it showed how "people are happy to play video games simulating dull, laborious activities they'd never undertake in real life.