- Homer recounts the story of Maggie's birth when the kids ask why there are no photos of her in the family album.
- Bart, Lisa and Homer are tuned into an episode of "Knight Boat: The Crime Solving Boat" when Marge interrupts to begin family time, an hour specifically set aside to avoid the television. Lisa gets out the family photo album and questions why there are no pictures of Maggie inside. Homer decides to tell the story of Maggie's birth to answer the question.
A few years ago, when Bart was 8 and Lisa was 6, Homer carefully budgeted his pay cheques at the Nuclear Power Plant so that he can finally pay off his debt and quit his job. He does so, making Mr. Burns look a fool by using his head as a bongo as he exits with glory. He goes to work at Barney's Bowl-A-Rama, his dream job, where everybody is friendly and kind. Homer enjoys the work and the Simpson family have enough money for the four of them.
Later, after a celebration "snuggle", Marge suddenly becomes aware that she is pregnant. She tries to keep it a secret from Homer, who she is sure will not be happy, but he eventually finds out thanks to Patty and Selma who purposely set out to inform him without directly "telling".
Soon enough, Homer realises that he cannot keep his job at the Bowl-A-Rama because he doesn't make enough money to support a brand new baby. To his disappointment, and to the disappointment of the bowling alley regulars and the manager, he quits his job and pleads with Mr. Burns to give him his old job back at the Nuclear Power Plant. Mr. Burns agrees, but places a demoralizing plaque in Homer's office saying, "Don't forget: you're here forever."
At the hospital, Maggie is born, and Homer, who was previously unexcited about the arrival of his third child, falls in love with her the moment she is born. Back in the present, Bart and Lisa are still wondering what the tale has to do with the missing pictures in the photo album. Homer smiles and says that he put them in the place he needed them most.
Back at his work station, it is revealed that he has positioned them purposely over the plaque so that it reads, "Do it for her."
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