To peer into the future, Christine consults her horoscope, dusts off her crystal ball, shuffles her Tarot cards, traces her lifeline and devours her fortune cookies - but still can't see to avoid the slime coming her way.
The show looks into a future where newspapers are no longer needed for their news content and computers will have 256 gigabytes of memory, where kids have multiple arms, where Barth's burgers become Triple-Barthy-Added-Additive pills, and where rising unemployment links with increased longevity to raise the public school grade level to 17. The bomb drops but Lisa still needs a note to return to class. New policies for noncompetitive sports force a coach to encourage his players to give it their worst. Kevin's growth rate forces Nasti to envision a future where he can't put the kid on the rack anymore. Valerie tells Dougie a nuclear fairy tale. A computerized kitchen leaves the Prevorts with both nerves and food raw. Lance ruins Christmas by giving Dougie more than what he asked for. A computer error puts Mike in detention. Christine believes she can circumvent all future slimings but overlooks technical upgrades.—statmanjeff