Season

5

Production Code

1F16

Episode Number

0

Airdate

14 April 1994

Writer

Jace Richdale

Director

Mark Kirkland

Executive Producer

David Mirkin

DVD Commentary

Matt Groening
David Mirkin
Jace Richdale
Mark Kirkland
David Silverman

Editor

Gary M. Gadsdon

Plot Mr. Burns realizes that he will die soon and he has no heir to carry on his legacy. Burns holds auditions, but no one is good enough, as retaliation, Bart breaks all of his windows as when he tried out, he was kicked in the butt. Burns announces that Bart is his heir. Bart soon becomes unsatisfied with the Simpsons and moves in with Mr. Burns. Homer and Marge try to go through the courts to get Bart back but they lose. Bart is eventually forced to chose between who he'd rather have as a father, Homer or Mr. Burns. Bart choses Homer and sends Burns down a trapdoor.