Simpsons and Freudian Dream Theory

S27Ep1 Summary

The episode begins with Homer being diagnosed with narcolepsy.  He falls asleep in a meeting with Marge and their marriage counselor.  Homer dreams that the therapist tells Marge to divorce him, and the two separate.  Homer begins taking drugs and dating a woman in her early 20's.  Marge begins dating that same woman's father, and Homer and Marge discover this at a family dinner.  Homer is distraught, but then wakes up in the therapist's office and realizes that it was all a dream, and he and Marge will stay together.  He is a perfect husband for a month, and Marge is happy.  He then wakes up in a bar with his young girlfriend and realizes that the perfect month was a dream, while the divorce was a reality.  Marge is married to the girl's father and the family is happy.  Homer cries in front of their window until Lisa comes out and tells Homer that he'll never lose her, because Lisa needs his love, and the two "share the same mixed feelings about Bart," and that Homer will support Lisa when she rebels against her mother in her teenage years.  Lisa then leaves her father to go play chess and shop for ponies with her new father, and Homer cries again.  Marge then wakes up and realizes that the whole thing was all her own dream, and wonders aloud what it meant.
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