![]() ![]() ![]() Apu believes that Homer's mother may have been reincarnated, but Ned, being Christian, doesn't buy into it and says to Homer that no one returns as anything from the hereafter. While shopping at the Kwik-E-Mart, he asks Apu what happens when people die. When he then notices and questions that she is " sleeping with her eyes open", her head slumps down and Homer realizes that she has died.Īs Mona is cremated, Homer is depressed and guilt-ridden for not apologizing to his mother and struggles to come to terms with her death, especially since he blames himself for her passing. ![]() But when he goes downstairs to apologize, he sees her sitting in front of the fire, and asks if she is asleep. Afterwards, Homer realizes he should have listened to his mother, and makes her a card as an apology. Later that night, Mona asks if Homer will forgive her, a shaken Homer angrily replies that he will not, because of all the times she left him. Mona tries to explain to Homer she has changed her ways, but, again Homer does not listen. Homer explains that he feels hurt and abandoned when Mona is not around, and does not want to feel that way again. Mona says that her days of activism are over, and that she is staying for good. Homer swings it around to threaten the burglar, but when the family smells apple pie, they discover it is actually Homer's mother, Mona Simpson. Bart fetches Homer a makeshift weapon made from a cinder block tied to a chain that he calls "The Defender". Plot Īs the Simpson family arrive home from their trip to the Springfield mall, they find their door is open, suggesting a burglar is inside the house. In its original run, the episode was watched by 6.02 million people. This episode also marked the start of yearly episodes to deal with women or mothers while airing on Mother's Day. The episode is dedicated to the memories of Elsie Castellaneta ( Dan Castellaneta's mother) and Dora K. Glenn Close makes her third appearance as Mona Simpson, and Lance Armstrong has a cameo as himself. When she dies, a guilt-ridden Homer attempts to make it up to her by fulfilling her final wishes. Homer is reunited with his mother, Mona, but is not willing to forgive her for all the times she left him as a child. The episode features the death of Homer's mother, Mona Simpson. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 11, 2008. " Mona Leaves-a" is the nineteenth and penultimate episode of the nineteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. The "evolution gag" from " Homerazzi" for the third time, with Marge's original line, "What took you so long?" after Homer comes home from evolving. "This punishment is not medieval (written in a medieval-style font) 19th episode of the 19th season of The Simpsons " Mona Leaves-a" ![]()
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