"I'm Goin' to Praiseland" is the nineteenth episode of the twelfth season of The Simpsons. It aired on May 6, 2001, and is the last episode written by Julie Thacker (the wife of showrunner Mike Scully).
During an ice cream social at the church, Ned Flanders is reunited with Rachel Jordan. She stays with Flanders instead of going to a motel (at the insistence of The Simpsons), but Rachel leaves after being creeped out over Ned's obsession with mak...
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"I'm Goin' to Praiseland" is the nineteenth episode of the twelfth season of The Simpsons. It aired on May 6, 2001, and is the last episode written by Julie Thacker (the wife of showrunner Mike Scully).
During an ice cream social at the church, Ned Flanders is reunited with Rachel Jordan. She stays with Flanders instead of going to a motel (at the insistence of The Simpsons), but Rachel leaves after being creeped out over Ned's obsession with making Rachel look like his deceased wife, Maude (including making Rachel sleep on the side of the bed where Maude was and cutting Rachel's hair in Maude's style). Flanders asks The Simpsons to help him forget about Maude by throwing away everything in the house that reminds him of her. Homer, always wanting things done fast instead of properly, uses a woodchipper to get rid of Maude's Earthly possessions, except for a sketchbook. Flanders looks through his late wife's many sketches until he finds designs for a Christian theme park, Praiseland....
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