The episode's title is a reference to the Wes Anderson film The Darjeeling Limited, which has a similar story of doubtful fatherhood.
Comic Book Guy and his wife Kumiko enjoy a lazy Sunday while Marge and Homer attend multiple children's birthday parties.
Desperate for adult company, Marge and Homer leave the kids with Ned Flanders and go to Moe's for trivia night.
When the children become upset, however, he is unable to comfort them, and returns to his family home, where his philatelist father and other obsessive relatives live alone with their collections.
The pair play a game of catch, and Comic Book Guy returns to his wife, telling her that he is now ready to start a family.
[8] Tony Sokol with Den of Geek, said "The Simpsons goes back to the past to make way for the future on Season 32, episode 11.