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Screenless is the fifteenth episode of Season 31.

Summary[]

When Marge notes that the family is on their screens, she makes them stop using them, but it is soon discovered that even Marge cannot avoid screens herself

Plot[]

While the Simpsons were having TV dinner, Maggie was upset, and the family was curious about it, and Marge discovered a channel about sign language for babies who can't talk, so she taught Maggie sign language so she can communicate with her (Maggie was upset about Hans Moleman stuck under a tree).

A few days later, Maggie finally mastered sign language, and when Marge tried to show that to the rest of the family, they were too busy looking at their phones, and Marge told the family to spend only half an hour a week of screentime.

A week after, Marge checked the family's screentime, Homer's was 22 minutes, Bart's screentime was 17 minutes, and Lisa's screentime was zero. Marge is glad at first but when she answers the door seconds later she learns that Homer, Bart, and Lisa were using a screen time reversal service. As a result, Marge hid the phones, saying there will be no screen time at all.

After that, Homer and the kids find some fun things to do, even the kids at school are influenced. Unfortunately, the family discovers Marge hiding in the closet, using her phone and computer. So, Marge signs the whole family up for an addiction rehab center despite being the only person who is addicted at the moment.

It turns out that the family likes the place, but all the talk about no phones makes the kids want them back even more, and eventually the family decides to go back home, but they discover that the Dr. Lund and the workers were sending spams using the passwords of the people who checked in. The family couldn't expose them to the world because all the exits were guarded with invisible lasers.

At night, the family sneaked past the guards, and Maggie used her sign language to tell Marge to use the baby powder to reveal the lasers, and so, Dr. Lund was arrested.

Season 30 Season 31 Episodes Season 32
The Winter of Our Monetized ContentGo Big or Go HomerThe Fat Blue LineTreehouse of Horror XXXGorillas on the MastMarge the LumberjillLivin' La Pura VidaThanksgiving of HorrorTodd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?Bobby, It's Cold OutsideHail to the TeethThe Miseducation of Lisa SimpsonFrinkcoinBart the Bad GuyPlaydate with DestinyScreenlessBetter Off NedHighway to WellThe Incredible Lightness of Being a BabyWarrin' Priests (Part One)Warrin' Priests (Part Two)The Hateful Eight-Year-OldsThe Way of the Dog
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