
This long-running animated comedy focuses on the eponymous family in the town of Springfield in an unnamed U.S. state. The head of the Simpson family, Homer, is not a typical family man. A nuclear-plant employee, he does his best to lead his family but often finds that they are leading him. The family includes loving, blue-haired matriarch Marge, troublemaking son Bart, overachieving daughter Lisa and baby Maggie. Other Springfield residents include the family's religious neighbor, Ned Flanders, family physician Dr. Hibbert, Moe the bartender and police chief Clancy Wiggum.

Lisa transforms Springfield Elementary into a Waldorf school; Groundskeeper Willie coaches the mathletes.

When Chief Wiggum uses a military jetpack to fight crime, he ends up crashing it into the church, leaving Marge and the congregation to resort to gambling to raise money for the repairs.

After learning he has narcolepsy, Homer gets drunk instead of going home with his medicine; a visit to a marriage counselor leads to a trial separation for Homer and Marge; Homer dates a woman in her 20s.

When Homer wins the competition to become the new Duffman after the old one retires, the sober nature of the job forces him to realize beer isn't as important as he thought.