One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish

It features guest appearances from Joey Miyashima, Diane Tanaka, Larry King, George Takei, Sab Shimono.

During dinner one evening, Lisa expresses her boredom with eating the same meals so repeatedly so Marge suggests the family try the new sushi restaurant in town.

While the master chef is making out with Edna Krabappel behind the restaurant, it falls to an apprentice to prepare the fish and remove its toxic organs, a process Homer interrupts out of impatience, leading him to cut it off-point.

He has a man-to-man talk with Bart, listens to Lisa play her saxophone, and borrows Ned's camcorder to make a video of himself for Maggie to watch when she is older.

When arrested for speeding, Homer demands officers Lou and Eddie write him a ticket, thinking he will avoid the fine by dying.

After Barney pays his bail to Chief Wiggum, Homer insults his boss, Mr. Burns, and has a last drink at Moe's Tavern, causing him to miss dinner with his family.

The next morning, Marge finds Homer collapsed in the armchair, realizes that his drool is still warm, and wakes him to joyfully inform him he is still alive.

In order to prove the censors wrong and show that it could appear on television, the staff dug up footage from an old Academy Awards ceremony at which the song was performed by Isaac Hayes.

[3] According to showrunner Sam Simon, Takei's Star Trek: The Original Series co-star William Shatner rejected the role of the narrator of the Bible which eventually went to King.

This is a reference to the 1967 film The Graduate, in which Ben Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) does the same and runs to the church, pounds on the window, and yells "Elaine!

DVD Movie Guide's Colin Jacobson said that despite a "potentially gimmicky tone", the episode provided "a lot of fun moments along with a little emotional content as well.

"[12] The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, wrote: "Again, a playful dig at racial stereotypes.

Homer comes over as a reasonable man who wants to live his last day in style, and the closing twist is easily as good as the farewells leading up to it.

"[10] Jeremy Kleinman of DVD Talk said the episode is "rich with sentimentality and Homer's expression of love for his family as he fears that his time is up.

"[13] He also commented that while all the chalkboard gags on the show are "funny", this episode "features a true gem" as Bart writes "I will not cut corners" once and then puts ditto marks below.

[13] Ed Potton of The Times wrote: "The writers offer black humour by the bucketload, but the grim reality of Homer's fate is never in doubt; his eventual collapse is deeply affecting.