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.

But I never thought the show could save the world — as it does, at least ostensibly, in Anne Washburn’s odd and fascinating new off-Broadway piece, Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play, which ...

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 ...