Homer becomes friends with Cletus Spuckler, who realized he had a reserve of helium gas on his property, drawing the attention of Mr. Burns.
When Mr. Burns receives wind of this, he demands Homer swindle him out of the valuable gas, which can be used to cool the nuclear reactor.
The short film premiered on February 29, 2020, attached to advanced screenings of the Disney/Pixar release Onward with the episode serving as a sequel to it.
Club gave the episode a B− stating "There's nothing inherently wrong with anything in ‘The Unbearable Lightness Of Being A Baby,’ but there's nothing memorable about it, either.
Letting different animators go to town on the mandatory episodic preamble has produced some truly memorable results in recent years, and, if this one isn't equal to the best, its stylized depictions of the family at extreme play is pretty bracing.)
I have to confess that personal preference plays into my indifference for the episode, as neither Cletus nor Maggie hold much interest for me as central characters.