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Season 26  "Opposites A-Frack"  26x5

Aired 10 years ago - Nov 02, 2014

Lisa brings in assembly woman Maxine Lombard to put a stop to Mr. Burns' fracking operation, but is taken aback when the two political opponents find themselves attracted to one another.

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Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 1
Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 2
Aha! I gotcha!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 3
Please, show some compassion for two good people
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 4
Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 5
I saw something about that in a documentary.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 6
into underground shale deposits,
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 7
Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 8
If you can't dance in it, I ain't drilling for it.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 9
Oh, man.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 10
Aw, it's a terrific sport...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 11
Think of it-- all that poor natural gas
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 12
but I know someone who can help:
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 13
Charge the electric limo-- we're going to Springfield.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 14
Terrible!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 15
Mr. Burns, do you admit that you illegally pump
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 16
You can't drill underneath people's homes
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 17
You haven't bested me.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 18
and maybe even...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 19
Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 20
This was all a mistake-- an impulsive...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 21
purely passionate affair?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 22
All right, it's all here.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 23
Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 24
to make America independent of sheiks, caliphs and...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 25
and this flannel shirt, which says:
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 26
hydraulic fracturing creates jobs.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 27
High-quality Spanish-language programming.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 28
to be a beautifully-worded firing,
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 29
whether to sell their mineral rights to Mr. Burns.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 30
Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 31
Mr. Simpson, rebuttal?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 32
Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 33
Hmm.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 34
Her opinions are abhorrent to me, but the passion.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 35
but I ain't no Lenny, neither.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 36
Now, please trap-door yourself out.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 37
The gas rights transfer form for 742 Evergreen Terrace
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 38
Oh!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 39
Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 40
Let me make one thing perfectly clear.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 41
Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 42
I finally got a job I was good at,
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 43
Sometimes I think she and I have nothing in common!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 44
That's why I had to give my woman the old heave-ho.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 45
a recycling center,
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 46
Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 47
The Antonin Scalia bedroom!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 48
Stop laying about, you!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 49
It's fracking time.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 50
Is one of the side effects of fracking earthquakes?

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Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 2
Aha! I gotcha!
#2 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 3
Please, show some compassion for two good people
#3 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 4 #4 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 5
I saw something about that in a documentary.
#5 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 6
into underground shale deposits,
#6 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 7 #7 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 8
If you can't dance in it, I ain't drilling for it.
#8 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 9
Oh, man.
#9 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 10
Aw, it's a terrific sport...
#10 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 11
Think of it-- all that poor natural gas
#11 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 12
but I know someone who can help:
#12 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 13
Charge the electric limo-- we're going to Springfield.
#13 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 14
Terrible!
#14 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 15
Mr. Burns, do you admit that you illegally pump
#15 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 16
You can't drill underneath people's homes
#16 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 17
You haven't bested me.
#17 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 18
and maybe even...
#18 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 19 #19 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 20
This was all a mistake-- an impulsive...
#20 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 21
purely passionate affair?
#21 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 22
All right, it's all here.
#22 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 23 #23 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 24
to make America independent of sheiks, caliphs and...
#24 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 25
and this flannel shirt, which says:
#25 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 26
hydraulic fracturing creates jobs.
#26 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 27
High-quality Spanish-language programming.
#27 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 28
to be a beautifully-worded firing,
#28 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 29
whether to sell their mineral rights to Mr. Burns.
#29 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 30 #30 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 31
Mr. Simpson, rebuttal?
#31 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 32 #32 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 33
Hmm.
#33 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 34
Her opinions are abhorrent to me, but the passion.
#34 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 35
but I ain't no Lenny, neither.
#35 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 36
Now, please trap-door yourself out.
#36 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 37
The gas rights transfer form for 742 Evergreen Terrace
#37 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 38
Oh!
#38 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 39 #39 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 40
Let me make one thing perfectly clear.
#40 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 41 #41 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 42
I finally got a job I was good at,
#42 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 43
Sometimes I think she and I have nothing in common!
#43 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 44
That's why I had to give my woman the old heave-ho.
#44 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 45
a recycling center,
#45 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 46 #46 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 47
The Antonin Scalia bedroom!
#47 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 48
Stop laying about, you!
#48 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 49
It's fracking time.
#49 Recap of The Simpsons Season 26 Episode 5 (S26E05) - 50
Is one of the side effects of fracking earthquakes?
#50