Season 36‘s flashback-heavy fourth episode “Shoddy Heat” revealed that, long before Mr. Burns ever hired Homer, his father Abe assured his son would always have a steady job.

Mr. Burns, a post-electric play Playwrights Horizons/Mainstage Theater Cast List: Quincy Tyler Bernstine Gibson Frazier Susannah Flood Matthew Maher Nedra McClyde Jennifer R. Morris Colleen ...

In exchange, Mr. Burns promised Abe he would give Abe’s young son Homer a power plant job when Homer grew up. Even more importantly (in ways Mr. Burns could never imagine) the deal also meant he ...