"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.
I got the chance to play a real piece of work on The Simpsons this Sunday! pic.twitter.com/Ne7cyFhXMG — Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) September 24, 2015
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.
