Marge on the Lam

"**Marge on the Lam**"
"Marge on the Lam"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	Season 5; Episode 6
Directed by	Mark Kirkland
Written by	Bill Canterbury
Production code	1F03
Original air date	November 4, 1993
Guest appearances
	George Fenneman as the narrator; Phil Hartman as Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure; Pamela Reed as Ruth Powers;
Episode features
Couch gag	The family run towards the couch and crash through the wall.
Commentary	Matt Groening; David Mirkin; Mark Kirkland; David Silverman
Episode chronology
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	The Simpsons season 5
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"Marge on the Lam" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 4, 1993. After Marge invites her neighbor Ruth Powers to attend a ballet recital, they become friends. Homer grows jealous of their friendship and pursues them, resulting in a police chase led by Chief Wiggum that ends in near-disaster.

The episode, which serves largely as a parody of Thelma & Louise and the Dragnet franchise, was written by Bill Canterbury and directed by Mark Kirkland. Phil Hartman, Pamela Reed and George Fenneman were the guest stars.^[1]

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