Season

16

Production Code

FABF16

Episode Number

0

Airdate

15 January 2005

Writer

Marc Willmore

Director

Nancy Kruse

Executive Producer

Al Jean

Editor

Gary M. Gadsdon

Plot When at a party, Mr. Burns reveals that he is terminating the heath benefits for his employees, this trend soon spreads out to other work forces and pretty soon, no one in Springfield can afford their drugs. Grampa comes up with the solution that they should smuggle drugs in from Canada and the pair quickly become heroes in Springfield. When Apu and Flanders go with Homer and Grampa they are caught. Meanwhile, Smithers also unable to afford the drugs he needs, his thyroid swells up and and brings him to near death. Burns finds Homer and Grampa and he offers to help them continue by using his plane. Burns escapes from the plane thats about to crash and manages to save Smithers.