"What Animated Women Want" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
Episode no. | Season 24 Episode 17 |
Directed by | Steven Dean Moore |
Written by | J. Stewart Burns |
Production code | RABF08 |
Original air date | April 14, 2013 |
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Episode features | |
Couch gag | Special intro in homage to Breaking Bad. The camera zooms out at the end to reveal the live-action characters of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman sitting on a couch drinking beer and watching the show on TV. |
"What Animated Women Want" is the seventeenth episode of the twenty-fourth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 525th episode overall. The episode was directed by Steven Dean Moore and written by J. Stewart Burns. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 14, 2013.[1] The name is a take on that of the film What Women Want.
In this episode, Homer tries to win back Marge with sex toys when he fails to be romantic while Lisa becomes interested in Milhouse when he acts poorly towards her. The couch gag is a parody of the television series Breaking Bad, including live-action appearances by Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul reprising their roles from the series. Maurice LaMarche, Wanda Sykes, and George Takei also guest starred. The episode was watched by 4.11 million viewers and received mixed reviews.