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Trust But Clarify
There Will Be Buds ā–ŗ
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Trust But Clarify is the fifth episode of Season 28.

Synopsis

Lisa and Bart investigate Krusty's suspicious new "Krustaceans" candy. Meanwhile, Homer wants a promotion at the nuclear plant and asks Marge to help him dress the part, and news anchor Kent Brockman struggles to find his feet in the changing media world.[2]

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Abe was hanging with other war veterans at a bar when The Late Late Late Night with Jimmy Jimmy, with Kent Brockman as guest. At the show, Kent started telling war stories, such as when he crash landed a falling heicopter on a sinking container. Another war veteran at the bar confirmed that Kent's story was false. As result, Kent had to apologise about all the fake stories he told on air and was fired for it and replaced by Arnie Pye.

Meanwhile, Krusty the Clown introduces a new product: Krustaceans, a candy that even Krusty thought it was good. However, Lisa soon found out that the candy was extremelly addictive and left a tingling sensation, so she paired up with Bart to discover why. They managed to break into one of the Krusty factories, steal samples from the procuct and take them to Professor Frink, where they found out it contained Formaldehyde. Lisa tried to put the story on Channel 6, but they refused.

Kent was deprssed because he was unable to find a new job at the news scene to the point where he tought about suicide. Lisa asked him to cover his story about Krusty's new product, but he denied. At a meeting,he was encouraged to take Lisa's story as an opportnity for a comeback, so he and Lisa recorded Krusty admiting that his product was bad and managed to get his job back, this time, giving credit to Lisa.

On a secondary plot, Homer was envious as a power plant employee that barely speaks english got a corner office, so Homer's Ambition tells him to dress better to make higher chances of getting a promotion. Homer asks Marge for help and they buy a suit for Homer. The next day, Homer went into Mr. Burns' office giving him reasons for him to get a promotion, but he failed. Homer's Ambition was beaten by Homer's Apathy, Alcoholism, Anger and Awe and thrown out Homer's ear, so Homer decides to go to Moe's.

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ā—„ Season 27 Season 28 Episodes Season 29 ā–ŗ
Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus ā€¢ Friends and Family ā€¢ The Town ā€¢ Treehouse of Horror XXVII ā€¢ Trust But Clarify ā€¢ There Will Be Buds ā€¢ Havana Wild Weekend ā€¢ Dad Behavior ā€¢ The Last Traction Hero ā€¢ The Nightmare After Krustmas ā€¢ Pork and Burns ā€¢ The Great Phatsby ā€¢ Fatzcarraldo ā€¢ The Cad and the Hat ā€¢ Kamp Krustier ā€¢ 22 For 30 ā€¢ A Father's Watch ā€¢ The Caper Chase ā€¢ Looking for Mr. Goodbart ā€¢ Moho House ā€¢ Dogtown
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