Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Chapters: The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer, You Kent Always Say What You Want, Moe'N'a Lisa, Treehouse of Horror XVII, Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em, Yokel Chords, Homerazzi, G.I., Stop or My Dog Will Shoot, 24 Minutes, Jazzy and the Pussycats, Marge Gamer, Kill Gil, Volumes I & II, The Boys of Bummer, The Haw-Hawed Couple, Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times, Springfield Up, Rome-old and Juli-eh, Ice Cream of Margie, Crook and Ladder, The Wife Aquatic, Little Big Girl. Excerpt: "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer" is the season premiere of The Simpsons eighteenth season and first aired September 10, 2006. Lisa meets Fat Tony's son, Michael, who does not want to enter the family business of the mafia, but wants to pursue his dream of being a chef. When Fat Tony is shot by his enemies, Michael refuses to be the new kingpin, prompting Homer and Bart to run the Springfield Mafia. It was written by Bill Odenkirk and directed by Michael Marcantel. The entire band of Metallica guest star as themselves, while Michael Imperioli and Joe Pantoliano guest star as Fat Tony's enemies, Dante Jr. and Dante, respectively. In its original run, it received a 5.3 Nielsen rating and had 11.5 million viewers. While driving Springfield Elementary School's students to school, Otto stops to meet the members of Metallica (James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo), whose truck has broken down. Behind him, however, Bart takes over driving the school bus, saying "Look at me, I'm Otto! I'm a hundred years old and I'm driving a school bus!" and drives it to school, embarrassing Otto in front of Metallica. Kirk Hammett calls out to Otto, "Hey loser! We got a ride from a real fan!", and Robert Trujillo tells him "Never listen to our music again!". The entire band leaves, hitching a ride with Hans Moleman (who claims to have slept with Lars's grandmother) instead of Otto, and playing the introduction from "Master of Puppets" while they ride away. At the school, a fuming Otto arrives and spanks Bart. Noticing this act of corporal punishment, Principal Skinner suspends Otto from driving the school bus. For this reason, Marge has to drive carpool to several of Bart and Lisa's friends. After picking up Milhouse Van Houten, Terri, Sherri, and Nelson, she finally picks up an introverted boy named Michael. Michael, clearly an outcast with no friends, is bullied by Nelson in the car. He forgets his math book at home, prompting Marge to drive him back
