The Falcon and the D'ohman

"The Falcon and the D'ohman"
The Simpsons episode
Homer and Wayne
Episode no.	Season 23 Episode 1
Directed by	Matthew Nastuk
Written by	Justin Hurwitz
Production code	NABF16
Original air date	September 25, 2011 (2011-09-25)
Guest appearances
Tom Colicchio as himself Kevin Michael Richardson as SendEx Courier Kiefer Sutherland as Wayne Marcia Wallace as Edna Krabappel Ping Marshall as Victor
Episode chronology
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"The Falcon and the D'ohman" is the twenty-third season premiere of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on September 25, 2011. In the episode, the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant hires a new security guard named Wayne and Homer soon becomes friends with him. "The Falcon and the D'ohman" also reveals the fate of the relationship between the characters Ned Flanders and Edna Krabappel that was initiated in the previous episode of the series, "The Ned-Liest Catch", that aired in May 2011.

Actor Kiefer Sutherland guest starred in the episode as the voice of Wayne. This was the third time he appeared on The Simpsons. The episode also features a guest appearance by American chef and Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio as himself in a segment in which Marge dreams about being a contestant in a show similar to Top Chef. "The Falcon and the D'ohman" has received mixed reviews from television critics, with criticism directed at the plot and the cultural references featured. However, a reference in the episode to the animated re-enactments of news stories done by the Taiwan-based Next Media Animation has been particularly praised.