The Simpsons Season 38 Episode 4: Marge meets Jeff Probst as Homer gets stuck in a driver ed film - recap ahead

The Simpsons Season 38 Episode 4 titled Treehouse of Horror XXXVII aired on October 25, 2026. In this Halloween special episode, Marge gets a new perspective on marriage. Elsewhere, Bart and Santa's Little Helper embark on a chilling adventure. Meanwhile, Homer takes a driving lesson.

The Halloween special episode begins with Marge telling Homer that it's their anniversary and Homer is yet to build a shed that he promised a year ago. When Homer refuses to build one, Marge tries to build it herself. Homer insists on helping and tries to take the credit. However, as he enters the shed, he magically vanishes, and a man with a stick appears. He calls Marge his wife.

Marge tries to find Homer, and when she enters their living room, she finds their wedding photo altered with the man in place of Homer. When the man enters the shed, another man appears and claims that he is Marge's husband, leaving her in confusion.

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The Simpsons Season 38 Episode 4 recap: Marge meets Survivor host Jeff Probst

Marge meets Tiffany and shares her troubles. She explains that every time her husband goes into the shed, a different one comes out. She shows Tiffany her phone and apparently now her husband is a surgeon. Tiffany provides an optimistic explanation. She advises Marge to keep changing her husband with the help of the magical shed until she finds the right one.

However, Marge seems to miss Homer until Survivor host Jeff Probst appears from the shed. Marge seems extremely impressed, and they go for a walk. However, during the walk, she notices Homer with another woman. Marge runs to hug Homer, but the woman stops her and threatens to use pepper spray on Marge. Homer seems to have forgotten Marge.

Back at home, Marge and the Survivor host spend time together when she recalls Homer during their intimate moment. This breaks Probst's heart, and he leaves. Elsewhere, Marge finds Homer and points a gun at Homer, and they enter the shed together. Thankfully, Marge and Homer finally return to their usual selves.

The Simpsons Season 38 Episode 4 recap: Santa's Little Helper and Bart swap bodies

The family gathers at the dinner table. However, Bart, Homer, and Santa's Little Helper go out to have dinner after they are unimpressed with the food Marge cooked. They lie to Marge, telling her that they are going for a jog. They visit Luigi's and munch on Halloween special food.

Homer throws food on the road for Santa's Little Helper, and while getting it, the dog gets hit by a car. In the next scene, we see Homer digging a grave for Santa's Little Helper.

However, while doing so, he hits Bart with the tool and buries him as well. Homer gets shocked the next morning when he sees Bart and Santa's Little Helper at the breakfast table. However, it seems like their souls are exchanged. Bart is behaving like Santa's Little Helper and vice versa.

Bart tells Lisa, with the help of the Ouija board, that he and the dog have swapped bodies. Lisa tells Marge about the swap, but Marge thinks it's an act. Homer gets bitten by Santa's Little Helper (with Bart's soul), and he puts him in a cage and drives away with the cage. Lisa and Bart hurry to save Santa's Little Helper. Homer gets attacked by a bunch of street dogs. Later, Bart, Lisa, and Santa's Little Helper dig a grave for Homer. However, a lightning strikes and their bodies swap again.

The Simpsons Season 38 Episode 4 recap: Homer gets trapped in a driver's ed film

Flash forward seven years: Lisa and Bart help Marge clean her face. The viewers learn that Homer disappeared seven years ago. Later, Lisa and Bart go for driver's ed class. They watch a car driving tutorial with a woman named Gladys who Lisa thinks resembles her father, Homer. Lisa and Bart get shocked when they see characters similar to their father, Homer, in the driver's ed film.

Lisa and Bart's aunts visit them and ask them to get their driver's licenses. However, soon they find themselves transported to the driver's ed film named Death Driver with Daddy. They find Homer driving the car, and Lisa instructs him to follow the rules. Lisa helps Homer as challenges arrive one after the other, and he smoothly crosses each hurdle. Once they win the game and beat Patty and Selma, they get back to their normal lives.

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