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"Stew Lies" is the sixteenth episode of Season 36, being the 788th episode overall. It originally aired on Star Wars Day of May 4, 2025. The episode was written by Broti Gupta and directed by Debbie Mahan. It features guest stars Maurice LaMarche as Wilhelm von Wonthelm, Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony and Fat Tony's father, and John DiMaggio as Thad Parkour.

Synopsis[]

Homer reinvigorates a celebrity chef's lost passion for food -- with some help from the mob.

Plot[]

After leaving Try-N-Save to buy groceries, Bart attempts to call shotgun to get into the front seat of the car first. He and Lisa then begin to argue and copy each other's actions. Marge had enough of them, so Lisa takes the front seat, much to Bart's frustration. The next day, he starts imitating and engaging in playful banter with her at school, while dining at a restaurant, and during her eye examination. At home, Homer is watching the television program Dude vs. Food, hosted by Thad Parkour, when Lisa attempts to interrupt him to demand that Bart cease annoying her. Despite the fact that this behavior has persisted for a month, Homer remains focused on watching the food show.

Two months later, Lisa decided the only way to handle Bart was by teaching him to speak Mandarin. They visited the Springfield Aquarium to help protest; she taught him to play the saxophone and later reflected on everything that had occurred during those months. She recognizes that he will always be by side, providing her with love and protection, and she regards him as the elder brother a girl ever hope for. They embraced to express their love for one another, inspiring Marge to call her to convey how much they mean to her and prompting Homer to share certain sentiments with Thad as well.

At Moe's, they observe Thad to eat the spiciest ramen from Des Moines, Iowa. He struggles, requiring milk to alleviate the heat, yet he persists in eating it. Following this, he announces his upcoming trip to Springfield to tackle a 17-pound meatball at Luigi's. Thad arrived in Springfield to assemble fans at Luigi's, but his condition deteriorated after filming an excessive number of episodes consecutively and collapsed, causing the series to come to an end. He was being taken to the hospital and informed Homer that he could not go on after experiencing death three times in the ambulance. Homer assists him and transports him to an imaginary realm where the aroma of all the food around Springfield can be experienced.

Suddenly, Thad noticed an unfamiliar smell emanating from Fat Tony's house. When Homer realizes it is his own, he begins running for his life and urging Thad to escape from Fat Tony. However, Thad enters the house regardless, curious to see what he is cooking. Tony recounts his sorrowful narrative, The Tragic Tale of Gewalteintopf: The Stew of Violence, to them. During that period, Fat Tony's father and Wilhelm von Wonthelm exchanged their sons as a gesture to preserve peace. When Maximillian opts to ska revival instead of cuisine, he discovers that Tony shares this enthusiasm and decides to mentor him. Four years later, when Maximillian refuses the recipe for the Stew Violence, a longstanding tradition in the Prussian mob, Tony attempts comfort Wilhelm. However, Wilhelm suffers a stroke, collapses, and gives the recipe to Tony before passing away. In the end, Maximillian became the leader of the mob and performing ska, releasing albums SoundCloud.

One month later, Thad introduced a new initiative called Kitchen Betrayals, through which he taken recipes and distributed them worldwide. He declared that the initial recipe he would claim was the Stew of Violence, leaving Homer astonished and sending kids and pets to Flanders' house to the panic room. Marge arrives home after being dropped off by Fat Tony, who informs Homer that Thad has stolen his recipe. As the Prussian mob prepares to kill him, Fat Tony forces Homer to jump off a bridge in attempt to drown him. However, Homer manages to save himself claiming he has a solution to resolve the situation. He has plan is bring down the Chew Network and stop the show from being broadcast before the Prussian mob finds out, only to find that they're being followed by Maximillian's van.

They arrived at the network studio; Thad is being threatened by Fat Tony for stealing his recipe. Homer realizes his sunglasses with equipped with a camera, which had been used to spy on them to steal recipes from someone. As Fat Tony is about to destroy his sunglasses, it's too late as the Prussian mob arrives and they're being chased by Maximillian's van. As the car chase concludes at his secret hideout, they find themselves surrounded by the Prussian mob, who are ready to shoot them. However, Maximillian catches the aroma of his father's stew being nearby in Springfield, thanks to Thad, which triggers memories of childhood. The Prussian mob is stepping down to abort Maximillian's plan to kill Fat Tony. Later, Thad is set to launch his new show and extends an invitation to Homer to join him. However, Homer declines, stating that everything he needs is in Springfield, at The Lava Cake Manufactory. Thad respects his decision, but again, Homer refused. Thad continued filming Homer with his sunglasses as Comic Book Guy exited the restaurant and handed Homer a bib that read, "Full is a myth."

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Many years later, Professor Lisa assumes the role of lead astrophysicist at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence building. When Lisa initiated communication with the vessel, she was entrusted with delivering humanity's first message to extraterrestrial beings. However, Bart persistently mimics her actions transmitting their message to Kang and Kodos. Upon learning of their warlike nature, they destroyed the planet Earth, causing it to explode, while Bart and Lisa acknowledged that it was their fault.

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