When Ned scolds Homer for allowing so many immoral activities to go on, Homer retorts that the situation is Ned's fault as he has abused his power and literally played God over the town and as a result it concentrated all the wrongdoings into a small space. Marge is not comfortable watching the activities of her fellow townspeople, but Ned discovers he enjoys being Springfield's "conscience" and proceeds to nag everyone through loudspeakers on the cameras, leaving the townspeople frustrated by Ned's constant nagging.īart discovers that the family's backyard contains a blind spot that none of the cameras can see, and he and Homer soon begin charging people to do whatever they want there. Soon the entire town is being watched, but when Chief Wiggum and the other police officers get tired of watching the surveillance screens, they recruit some of the townspeople-including Marge and Ned Flanders-to keep watch. The incident sparks fear of terrorism, and the town votes to hire British security consultant Nigel Bakerbutcher to install surveillance cameras all around Springfield. The police see the bag as a threat and decide to detonate it, causing a nuclear explosion in the train station. Shortly afterwards, Homer goes to the train station and forgets the bag. Burns is informed that the Nuclear Power Plant has run out of room to store waste plutonium, Smithers hides some of the radioactive matter in Homer's gym bag. The episode also received a 2.7/8 in the 18–49 Nielsen Rating demographic going down one-tenth from the previous episode " The Squirt and the Whale." The episode's title is a reference to the classic film To Sir, with Love (1967), starring Sidney Poitier. The episode was praised by critics for its storyline and satire of surveillance and conformity, while Lisa's subplot was criticized. This is the first episode of the Simpsons, where the title "The Simpsons" is not shown. It also featured a new sequence with Kesha's single " Tik Tok" as the theme song, replacing the whole opening sequence as part of "Fox Rocks Week" for which Fox shows were encouraged to incorporate music into programming. The episode was written by Michael Nobori and directed by Mark Kirkland and guest stars Eddie Izzard. Meanwhile, Lisa dyes her hair after being stereotyped for being blonde. In the episode, radiation seeps out of Homer's gym bag after a bomb squad blows it up and Springfield officials decide to suspend all civil liberties. It premiered on the Fox network in the United States on May 2, 2010, as the 461st episode of the whole series. " To Surveil with Love" is the twentieth episode of the twenty-first season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. The cast does a lip dub to Kesha's " Tik Tok." 20th episode of the 21st season of The Simpsons " To Surveil with Love"
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