She also remarks that a turkey has fallen behind the bed which Mindy has already referred to previously in the episode. Maybe Marge traveled all of the way to Capitol City to be with Homer was is a fair few miles, but has proven to be within driving distance. This is the nicest theory of the bunch I think and I imagine is the storyline we all like to imagine. I mean could they both have the same red dress? THEORY 3: HOMER SLEPT WITH MARGE This is believable with Marge being seen to wear Mindy’s dress. Was this because of the guilt he feels towards Marge, or that he will always lust and picture Marge in this situation? All hypothetical, it’s a cartoon. The second theory is that Homer did still sleep with Mindy, but imagined her as Marge the whole time. THEORY 2: HOMER SLEPT WITH MINDY BUT IMAGINED MARGE
Before the scene cuts to Homer and Marge, he and Mindy share a kiss which could either be the start or end of things. As the two sat down on the bed, Homer expresses to Mindy how torn he is, but does say that he wants to sleep with her. After all Colonel Klink does show Homer his paradise life if the two got together. Their libidos are too strong for each other and the two succumb to their feelings. The first theory is that Homer decides to go through with everything and sleeps with Mindy in their hotel room. This was interesting as unlike most one-off characters, Mindy hadn’t had a proper ending. This makes me wonder if Marge even went to Capitol City and Homer’s answer is that Mindy hit the bottle and got fired from her job. Marge seems oblivious to even knowing who Mindy is and asks what happened to her. What is important to point out is that in a later episodes ‘Another Simpsons Clip Show’ (S6E03), the Simpson family share their love stories which includes Homer telling the Mindy story. This is where the theories come in for what actually happens in the end. In the next scene we see Marge in Mindy’s red dress as her and Homer proceed to have sex. The two have to share a room together and at the end of the episode the two look like they’re going to sleep together, but Mindy tells Homer to “Look in your heart” for what he really wants. Even though Homer, the faithful man that he is tries to avoid Mindy and stop thinking about her, their awkward interactions get them sent to represent the plant at an energy convention in Capitol City.
Homer’s home life isn’t great at the moment with Bart becoming a nerd due to medical alterations, Lisa just being strange and Marge being sick. Homer becomes interested in Mindy after she displays the same characteristics as Homer such as snacking and generally being lazy. Burns needs to hire a woman to work at the plant due to breaches in employment standards and hires Mindy Simmons. Venus was the Roman Goddess of love and desire and so is an appropriate metaphor for Homer’s instant infatuation with Mindy.
The episode features cultural references such as Homer fantasising Mindy as the Botticelli painting: ‘Birth Of Venus’ and Homer parody the song ‘Mandy’ by Barry Manilow where the titular character is replaced by Homer’s infatuation with Mindy. The original idea for Mindy was for her to be flirty like Lurleen Lumpkin in the earlier Simpsons episode ‘Colonel Homer’ (S3E20), but Mirkin dismissed this idea wanting her to be a normal character who happens to have a mutual interest in Homer. When the episode was first shown at a test screening it didn’t receive the usual level the laughs the show had been accustomed to which gave the staff worries, but obviously seeing the response the episode gets today shows it was a success. The idea for the episode came from showrunner, David Mirkin, and guest featured Michelle Pfeiffer (Batman Returns) as love interest Mindy Simmons, as well as Werner Klemperer reprising his role as Colonel Klink from Hogan’s Heroes. It averages and 8.5/10 score on IMDB making it one of the show’s most respected episodes, but it is one of the most talked about and disputed episodes due to its ending to which I am going to line out a few theories for what could have taken place. The Last Temptation Of Homer was the ninth episode of The Simpsons’ fifth season.
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