The Man Who Flew Too Much

In this episode, the helicopter taking Homer's bowling team to a championship match crashes on a snowy mountain, and the survivors must find a way to return to Springfield.

As they attempt to fly over a snowy mountain, they are alerted that the helicopter is overweight because the team brought heavier bowling balls than the ones declared in the flight manifest.

The police tell Marge to prepare for the worst while Patty and Selma use generative artificial intelligence to show her Homer's dead body.

As the town holds the funeral for the team overseen by Reverend Lovejoy, they burst into the church to the elation of the Simpson family.

[1] The films depict how the survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 stayed alive by resorting to cannibalism, which Moe considers in the episode.

[2][3] Writer Al Jean was not aware that the plot of the television series Yellowjackets has a similar premise until after he pitched the episode.

[5] In this episode, Chris Edgerly takes over the role of Rod Flanders from Pamela Hayden, who retired earlier in the season.

[9] The depiction of Homer rising and pushing away the snow is based on a similar illustration in the comic book The Amazing Spider-Man #33.

He preferred the original Pin Pals team but liked the sight gags and Bart's phone call to Moe.