"The Simpsons" just premiered their 27th season - and it seems to be a troublesome beginning for fans.
The first episode's plot revolves around allegations of Marge and Homer Simpsons' possible split - with the couple deciding to try being apart for some while.
Not only that, but Homer might be getting a new love interest in the form of a young pharmacist, which is voiced by "Girls" star Lena Dunham.
News of Homer and Marge's separation isn't a surprise. In fact, executive producer Al Jean told Variety back in summer:
"In the premiere, it's discovered after all the years, Homer has narcolepsy and it's an incredible strain on the marriage. [...] Homer and Marge legally separate, and Homer falls in love with his pharmacist, who's voiced by Lena Dunham."
As for the plot, Mashable aptly reports:
"It all begins when long-suffering Marge - newly frustrated at a narcoleptic Homer's failure to take care of himself - takes Homer to a marriage counselor... where Homer promptly falls asleep. The therapist, voiced by an archly funny Laura Ingham, tells Marge in no uncertain terms that her relationship with Homer is a disaster: the two of them will only be happy if they 'spend a little time apart, followed by a little more time apart, followed by a divorce.'" Not only that, but Homer ends up asking Dunham's character, Candace, out on a date. The two continue the date to a bar and take a more than prescribed dosage of Homer's narcolepsy medicine. Unfortunately, Homer and the pharmacist wake up in bed next to each other.
As the story progresses, Homer and Candace end up getting more involved with each other. The plot twist comes when Candace invites Homer to a dinner date with her father and his new girlfriend. Turns out, Homer arrives only to find that the new girlfriend is Marge.
But of course, the whole thing is a hoax - turns out all the occurrences were just a "The Simpsons" version of "Inception" where the separation was just Homer's dream, within a dream, within Marge's dream.