But Bart ends up doing well at school and noticing that Homer and Marge do not really praise their kids when they do well, resulting in a closer bond with his younger sister Lisa, as now he understands her disappointed past feelings.
At the hospital, Sanjay reveals that he wants to retire from his job at the Kwik-E-Mart and give his share of the store to his son Jamshed "Jay" Nahasapeemapetilon.
Bart, who reluctantly comes back to his old self Clockwork Orange-style, decides to turn the Quick & Fresh light switch off for thirty seconds; as none of the products have preservatives, everything will deteriorate, scaring the customers away.
As the firefighters used all their water and foam against the police officers on the parade, they have nothing they can extinguish the fire with, and the store is completely destroyed by the flames.
Later, Apu apologizes to Jay for the destruction, but he also finds a The Big Bang Theory scratch-off ticket in the middle of the debris.
He scratches it and thanks to three images of Sheldon Cooper wins a million dollars — enough money to buy his store back and rebuild the Kwik-E-Mart.
[7] Emily St. James of Vox stated that the show tried have the criticism of Apu go both ways by arguing that Jay is a stereotype of a hipster millennial.
[9] Two years later, St. James gave the episode credit for attempting to address the criticism even though the status quo did not change.
[10] In 2018, Dana Schwartz of Entertainment Weekly stated that the producers misunderstood the criticism of Apu in this episode by using the Italian chef to say they made fun of all stereotypes.