Maggie must navigate an eventful first day in daycare. At the Ayn Rand School for Tots, Maggie is diagnosed with average intelligence. Barred from the gifted children, she longs to escape from her glue-guzzling classmates. But when a lonely caterpillar befriends her, she makes it her mission to save it from a ruthless butterfly smashing toddler.

Jay Sherman is a TV movie critic who is forced to review the most pathetic films which he always rates as "It stinks." In addition to the film parodies, the show also deals with his personal life: working for a tyrannical media mogul boss, his lovelife and his family.

Springfield gets a new area code and it divides the town.The children are snowed into school. Homer cuts off his thumb in the complex Trilogy of Error and Homer befriends Lisa after a boost to his IQ!

Bart gets his ADD zapped with Focusyn. The tragic death of Maude Flanders. The eerie prediction that Donald Trump will become president. And the mockumentary Behind the Laughter!