Springfield is threatened by giant political rage monsters, Mr. Burns is jump-scared by the ghosts of his abused workers on Thanksgiving and Homer bonds with a pair of extra-terrestrial jeans.
A tattooed man at a mysterious night circus transports Lisa into three strange stories from the innocent 1950s, the chilling retro-present, and a brutalist future where prestige TV rules the world.
Things go awry when British mentalist Derren Brown comes to Springfield. Homer gets hypnotized and believes he is Santa Claus, setting off a cheery chain-reaction through town.