6 Things To Watch After The Lighthouse

5. The Simpsons Season 8: Mountain Of Madness (1997)

Willem Dafoe The Lighthouse
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Bringing much-needed levity to the idea of being trapped somewhere with a man you don't trust, this Simpsons episode is a stone-cold classic. The plot of the episode involves Mr. Burns organising a team building exercise for the employees of his nuclear power plant to undertake. Employees of the plant are divided up into pairs and given the objective of reaching a cabin on top of a snowy mountain, where food and drink await them. The last team to reach the cabin will be fired. After misunderstanding the challenge and bringing his family along, Homer is paired up with Burns.

Burns convinces Homer to cheat in order to help them win. They reach the cabin on a snowmobile before anyone else, settling in and revelling in their mischief. However, things take a hilarious turn for the worse when the clinking of their champagne glasses ("Bad luck to leave a toast unfinished, lad.") triggers an avalanche and leaves them buried under the snow. Before long, cabin fever sets in and the pair become extremely suspicious of each other.

If only Young and Old had a propane tank on the side of the lighthouse, things may have been different.

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