This one was pretty good. The main plot treads the somewhat familiar territory of Marge having trouble fitting in and making friends. It does so in a clever new way, though. I did think Marge agreed to the theft a little too easily, considering how moral she usually is. I'm not saying they shouldn't have had her agree to it eventually, just that I would have expected a little more internal conflict. Homer also switched from trying to stop Marge to joining her awfully quickly, but that's a little more believable. Homer came across more as well-meaning but stupid than a total jerkass, which was good. Most of the laughs actually came from Lisa's subplot, though. It's usually pretty cool when a loser character turns out to be surprisingly good at something, and Milhouse's skill at Italian was no exception. I liked the explanation as to how he learned it so well, and the whole Little Italy sequence. Another particularly funny bit in the episode was Chief Wiggum and Lou's argument. Grade: B+
Nathan DeHoff