The Way We Was

"The Way We Was" is the 12th episode of the second season of The Simpsons. The episode tells the story of how Marge and Homer first met and fell in love.

Synopsis
When the TV breaks down, Marge tells the kids the story of how she and Homer first met. We flashback to 1974, when they were both in their senior year of high school. While Homer was quite the slacker, Marge was a responsible student. But when attends a feminist rally and burns a bra on the school grounds, she's sent to detention. It just so happens that Homer and Barney are already there, having been busted for smoking in the school restrooms. Upon seeing Marge enter the room, Homer is smitten and wants to ask her to the Prom.

To get to be around her more, Homer joins the debate team that Marge is on. However, Marge is more interested in the more... articulate Artie Ziff. As a plan B, Homer pretends to be a French student so that he can be tutored by Marge. It appears to be working, and when Homer asks Marge to the senior prom, she says yes. However, when Homer reveals he doesn't really take French, Marge grows furious and storms out of the house, yelling after her that she hates Homer. The next day, due to her lack of sleep, Marge is unprepared for her role on the debate team. Afterwards, Artie Ziff asks Marge to the Prom, whom she gladly accepts.

Homer doesn't realise (or perhaps, refuses to believe) that Marge has rejected him, and so shows up for prom night to pick her up. He is thrown out by Marge, and so he has to go the prom by himself. Later, Marge and Artie have left the prom and are being intimate, when Artie clumsily steps over the line. Angrily, Marge leaves him, and finds Homer walking along the side of the road, having lost his ride. Marge gives him a ride, and says that she should have taken him instead. At these words, Homer mentions that he's a little afraid, because "Once you stop this car, I'm going to hug you, and kiss you, and then I'll never be able to let you go."

Characters

 * Bart Simpson
 * Lisa Simpson
 * Homer Simpson
 * Marge Simpson
 * Maggie Simpson
 * TV Critics
 * Mendoza (mentioned)
 * Rainier Wolfcastle/McBain
 * Julius Hibbert (flashback)
 * Barney Gumble (flashback)
 * Marge's Friend (flashback)
 * Harlan Dondelinger (flashback)
 * Abraham Simpson (flashback)
 * Counselor (flashback)
 * Artie Ziff (flashback)
 * Ms. Bloomenstein (flashback)
 * Coach Flannigan (flashback)
 * Mr. Seckofsky (flashback)
 * Jacqueline Bouvier (flashback)
 * Selma Bouvier (flashback)
 * Patty Bouvier (flashback)
 * Clancy Bouvier (flashback)
 * Wiseguy (flashback)
 * The Larry Davis Band (flashback)

Vehicles

 * 70's Sport Car (flashback)
 * Artie Ziff's Car (flashback)

Locations

 * 742 Evergreen Terrace
 * Springfield General Hospital (flashback)
 * Springfield High School (flashback)
 * Abraham's House (flashback)
 * Bouvier House (flashback)

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