To Surveil with Love

In the episode, radiation seeps out of Homer's gym bag after a bomb squad blows it up and Springfield officials decide to suspend all civil liberties.

When Mr. Burns is informed that the Nuclear Power Plant has run out of room to store waste plutonium, Smithers hides some of the radioactive matter in Homer's gym bag.

The incident sparks fear of terrorism, and the town votes to hire British security consultant Nigel Bakerbutcher to install surveillance cameras all around Springfield.

Lisa is invited to join the school debate team, but soon discovers that she faces prejudice from the brunette supremacist judges because she has blonde hair.

Nevertheless, she receives praise from the judges and earns the wrath of her rival, Megan, who realizes that because Lisa is now a brunette, she has leveled the playing field.

Lisa urges the audience not to blindly follow stereotypes as they all have exceptions, but her argument is immediately undermined when Grampa crashes his car through the wall of the school gymnasium where the debate is being held.

The episode was written by Michael Nobori who served as a production assistant for seasons 20 and 21 and directed by Lance Kramer and guest stars Eddie Izzard performing impressions of Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and the character Nigel Bakerbutcher.

Bart states that blond boys are not dumb, but "evil like in The Karate Kid or World War II," an allusion to Johnny Lawrence, of Cobra Kai.

[7] In its original American broadcast, "To Surveil with Love" was viewed by an estimated 6.057 million viewers and an 18–49 Nielsen Rating of 2.7 and an 8 share coming second in its timeslot.

While the actual plot was nothing too unique, we liked the ending with Flanders realizing he was playing God and the whole camera-setup being set up as a reality show in Britain.

"[11] Sharon Knolle of TV Squad stated "From the inspired 'Tik Tok' musical opening sequence to the last gag, 'To Surveil With Love' ranks as one of the best 'Simpsons' episodes in years.

I laughed frequently throughout, I thought both of the major storylines mostly made sense and concluded well, and I enjoyed some of the ways the episode turned satire on its ear.