7F22 - Blood Feud (August 11, 1991)

Summary: Bart gives blood to save Mr. Burns and Homer gets upset when they get no reward.

Episode Timeline:
Monday:
- The power plant unveils it's new warning sign
- Burns collapses on his bedroom floor
- Burns needs a blood transfusion
- Smithers announces to the plant that they are looking for blood
- Bart has the right blood type
- Homer tells the story of Hercules and the lion
Tuesday:
- Bart arrives to give blood
- The blood rejuvenates Burns
- Burns returns to the plant, healthy
- Burns decides to give the Simpsons a nice gift
Wednesday:
- Homer receives Burns's card
- Bart takes a letter
- Homer decides to sleep before he mails it
- Homer dreams about strangling Burns and eating pancakes
Thursday:
- Homer chews his pillow
- Homer wonders where the letter is
- Bart mails the letter
- Homer learns the letter was mailed
- 12pm, Homer tries to retrieve the letter
- Burns decides to write his own biography
- Homer tries to pose as Burns
- Lisa continues showing Maggie flashcards
Friday:
- Burns writes his 5th chapter
- 7:02am, Burns reads Homer's letter
- Homer is escorted from Burns's building
- Burns signs Homer's pink slip
- Homer is afraid
- Smithers talks to the goon
- Smithers tells Burns he called it off
- Homer drinks at Moe's
Saturday:
- Burns goes shopping for the Simpsons
- Burns delivers his gift
- The Simpsons discuss the moral of the story

References to Time:
- Smithers once donated a kidney to Burns
- Carl is Homer's supervisor
- Otto mentions that school is in session
- Burns doesn't know who Lenny or Bart are
- The mail is picked up at noon
- Homer doesn't know Burns's first name
- Burns usually arrives to work at 7:30am

References to Other Episodes: None

SLH Presence:
- SLH is present
- Moe's TV is black and white
- Bart prank calls Moe
- The Olmec Head first appears

Minimum Time Spanned: 6 days

Canon: Bart is allergic to butterscotch, but in a later episode, Marge feeds it to him (maybe that was before they learned of the allergy). If that's true, then it's all canon.

Favorite Moments:
- In the rush to get Bart's blood to Burns, one of the hospital workers forgets to hit the elevator button.
- An excited Homer tells Lisa to do something to celebrate the letter from Burns. She turns on the sprinkler.
- The Post Office mural that parodies the Sistine Chapel painting of Adam and God is pretty cool.

Review: This is a nice simple episode where the family behaves like a family. Homer gets upset, Bart does what he thinks is right, Lisa shows flashcards to Maggie, and Marge tries to provide the voice of reason. Nothing over the top happens, and it is a good way to sum up Season 2. The ending scene is cute when the family tries to determine the moral of the story and decides it's just a bunch of stuff that happened. A-