Marge Simpson Gets Arrested In The Simpsons Premiere

So far, the upcoming season of The Simpsons is not proving to be a particularly good one for [...]

By Russ Burlingame

So far, the upcoming season of The Simpsons is not proving to be a particularly good one for Marge Simpson.

With her marriage reportedly on the rocks and Homer dating a guest star played by Lena Dunham, the latest news coming out of TVLine is that Marge will be arrested in the season premiere.

"Marge lets Bart go to the park alone because he's too irritating, then she ends up getting arrested," executive producer Al Jean said. "I read a column by Mitch Albom, the writer of Tuesdays with Morrie, about a mother who was arrested for letting her son play in the park while she had to work. Albom was saying, 'When did it become illegal to let your kids play in the park when they're 10? When did kids have to be on a leash every minute?' So that's the basis of our story."

The column also revealed a number of other minor Simpsons nuggets, including Smithers finally coming out of the closet to Mr. Burns, and a management change at the Kwik-E-Mart.

The Simpsons Season 27 premieres Sunday night at 8 p.m. ET/PT on FOX.

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