Fair rating?The Simpsons· Season 22 · Episode 15
The Scorpion's Tale
After a field trip to the desert, Lisa discovers that the desert water mysteriously makes typically combative creatures get along, so she brings some of the water home as a souvenir. When Grampa moves in with the family after getting kicked out of the retirement home, Homer secretly tests the desert water on Grampa, who is instantly cured of his crankiness. A pharmaceutical representative gets word of Homer's discovery and quickly tries to replicate the water into a drug, using Grampa as the primary guinea pig. But when the pills get in the wrong hands and are sold on the black market, unexpected side effects of the new drug take an eye-popping toll on the elderly citizens of Springfield, and the Simpsons learn that their new medical cure comes with major consequences. Blackboard: 'I'm not here on a spitball scholarship'.
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#21In Season 22of 22 rated episodes
#719All-timeof 801 rated episodes
−0.5vs season avgSeason 22 averages 7.8
2011First airedMarch 6, 2011
Guest stars
Jackie Masonas Rabbi Hyman Krustofski
Werner Herzogas Pharmaceutical RepresentativeCrew
Matthew SchofieldDirector
Billy KimballWriter
Ian Maxtone-GrahamWriter