Last Exit to Springfield

"Last Exit to Springfield" is the seventeenth episode of the <a href="/facts/The_Simpsons_season_4/5apVFbAF">fourth season</a> of the American animated television series <a href="/facts/The_Simpsons/2nvy6mx6">The Simpsons</a>. It originally aired on <a href="/facts/Fox_Broadcasting_Company/yeFeCgGk">Fox</a> in the United States on March 11, 1993. The plot revolves around <a href="/facts/Homer_Simpson/8pdpz4yo">Homer Simpson</a> becoming president of the <a href="/facts/Springfield_Nuclear_Power_Plant/k0JcqxUc">Springfield Nuclear Power Plant</a>'s <a href="/facts/Trade_union/PjeN2WKu">trade union</a> and leading the workers of the plant in a strike in order to restore their <a href="/facts/Dental_plan/vaSaTqdb">dental plan</a> to avoid the family having to pay <a href="/facts/Out-of-pocket_expense/t49Tb1Sy">out-of-pocket</a> for <a href="/facts/Lisa_Simpson/LBIarvRK">Lisa</a>'s new <a href="/facts/Dental_braces/vErE42L6">braces</a>.
The episode was written by <a href="/facts/Jay_Kogen/u94cmYlh">Jay Kogen</a> and <a href="/facts/Wallace_Wolodarsky/LSwNcg2J">Wallace Wolodarsky</a> (their final writing credit for The Simpsons), and directed by <a href="/facts/Mark_Kirkland/z2rdPYTe">Mark Kirkland</a>. The episode contains several cultural references and <a href="/facts/Joyce_Brothers/IbSG93YL">Dr. Joyce Brothers</a> guest stars as herself. Since airing, "Last Exit to Springfield" has frequently been cited as one of the best episodes of the entire series.

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Last Exit to Springfield