The Simpsons

Series 16 | Episode 19 | Thank God It's Doomsday

The Simpsons house submerged in lava

An apocalyptic movie followed by three real-life omens causes Homer to fear and begin researching the rapture. Homer deducts that the event is coming in a week and he believes the only way he can get into heaven is to warn others.

A sceptical Kent Brockman does a report on Homer where Homer quotes a Biblical verse involving stars falling from the sky which later happens during a Krusty Special blimp accident. After a vision (or possibly an ice cream headache) Homer takes the new believers to Springfield Mesa and awaits a rapture that never comes.

A discredited Homer returns home and discovers an error in his calculations. He then returns to the mesa alone after his friends and family turn their backs on him. At the mesa, Homer experiences the rapture (or maybe a heat induced dream) where he rampages in heaven and convinces God to delay doomsday and return Homer to his family.

'It came to me in a religious vision. Or maybe it was a drunken haze. Or possibly an ice cream headache.'
- Homer

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First Shown

Date Time Channel
Monday 12 October 2009 6PM Channel 4

Last Shown

Date Time Channel
Monday 12 October 2009 6PM Channel 4

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