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After work, Nigel pressures Homer into breaking his plans to go home to Marge by stating that Homer needs to go to [[Moe Szyslak|Moe]]'s with him or else Burns will be mad. A lingerie-clad Marge does not understand Homer's "Drinking with a British Guy" emojis, and she is angry after looking out the window for Homer and only seeing Disco Stu with a woman dancing, Wiggum giving Sarah jewels from the evidence box, and Ned giving harps to the ghosts of Maude and Edna. At Moe's Tavern, Nigel keeps pushing Homer to ruin his marriage, but Homer's love is too strong and he goes back home to her, after punching Moe when he finds out that Marge is the "Midge" Moe always refers to. Nigel then explains that he has a way for Moe to break up the Simpsons and make money in the process.
Back at home, Marge refuses to listen to Homer and goes to bed, crying all night. In the morning, Marge is still angry and tells Homer to go to a ballgame with Ned because she does not want to talk to him. Homer is on his way back from the game but notices Moe's Tavern is closed. Moe arrives in a fancy car and tells them he got set up by Nigel at a new 104th-floor super-exclusive bar called MoHo House. At the grand opening of MoHo House, Homer and Marge split up at the center, and Nigel raises up the bet, betting his entire fortune against the rights to an aghast Smithers and Burns accepts. Moe manages to charm Marge and dances with her, while Smithers gives Homer a gift he'd had been planning to give to his mom for her 81st birthday in order to keep Nigel from winning the bet. Moe runs away when it seems like Marge might be interested in him, but a bartenders' advice to Marge about how Homer treats her the same way over time because he likes the way their relationship is backfires when Marge misinterpretssees Homer's offering of Smithers' gift which is clearly not for her (he forgot to change the card Smithers had written), and ignores his pleas to forgive him.
Homer tries to give her the gift but Marge sees it is not for her (Homer did not change the card which wished Happy 81st Birthday to Smithers' mom), and ignores Homer's pleas to forgive him. At MoHo House, Moe listens to a blues pianist who says via song that his effort to end the Simpsons' marriage is wrong. Moe later texts Marge to meet him at the place, and then Homer, who shows up angry but then listens to Moe's message (after Moe apologizes to an angry Marge for always calling her Midge): Moe will never steal Marge from Homer, but someone else will if Homer does not start treating her well consistently. Homer offers a cute cartoon of him and Marge, and she is won over again. The two make peace, and Burns wins the bet but Smithers, furious at being wagered again by Burns, lies that Nigel is a figment of his imagination and that the check was a fro-yo coupon, leading Burns to tear up the check. To thank him, Nigel gives Smithers a kiss on the lips. As the story ends, Moe returns to his old dive tavern and an elated Barney, while Burns agrees to a new fairer employee contract with Smithers.
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