Episode 7F01
Written by Sam Simon and John Swartzwelder
Directed by Wes Archer
Also starring: Maggie Roswell

Premise: Mr Burns wants to run for Governor against model politician and liberal Mary Bartey. But to win the hearts of the residents of Springfield, he must prove that it isn't his plant that's mutating the fish in the lake into three-eyed radioactive monsters.

Features: Lenny, Mr Burns, Smithers, Grampa, Jasper, Barney, Moe, the two barflies, Scott Christian.

Couch: The Simpsons rush in - and get snappered up by the sofabed.

Trivia:

• Bart has a cutting in his scrapbook relating to the events of The Tell-Tale Head.

Homage: Mr Burns' initial address before a huge poster of himself is a steal from Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941). It may be a coincidence, but the character played by Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life, the movie perhaps most referenced in The Simpsons, was called Mary Bartey.

Notes: A superb example of political satire, demonstrating the lengths people will go to to win votes. Marge, of course, sees straight through Burns and uses Blinky the three-eyed fish to demonstrate his lack of conviction. Poor Blinky - although three-eyed fish are seen again, notably in .