The Springfield Isotopes are currently in first place thanks to their acquisition of Buck Mitchell. During a game at Isotope Stadium, Buck's singer wife Tabitha Vixx sings the first few bars of
The Star-Spangled Banner, then strips down to lingerie and launches into a lascivious performance of one of her own songs. Buck, humiliated, delivers a terrible performance during the game, causing the crowd to jeer him. He later sees
Homer and
Marge kissing on the Jumbo-Vision. Later that night, Buck shows up at the Simpsons' front door and asks for help with his marriage in exchange for season tickets. Marge doubts their ability to counsel other couples. Her doubts lead to her and Homer flirting, which Buck sees as an example of what he wants with his own wife. At the first session, Buck confesses he assumed Tabitha would give up her recording career to focus on his minor league baseball career, to which she responds she will not stay in a mismatched marriage. When Buck says he wants Tabitha to stop flaunting her body and Homer compliments it, Marge stops the session. At the next session, they discuss ways to keep their romance alive, which is successful. As a result, Buck's game returns to superior form. Tabitha continues her concert tour, and Homer comes to check on her in her dressing room. There, he gives her a neck rub while he eats fried chicken. Her loud moans and Homer's praise of the fried chicken are overheard through the door by Buck, who misinterprets them, so he enters and punches Homer. With his marriage troubled again, Buck plays poorly. Homer wants to get them back together, but Marge refuses to help due to his behavior. Later, Tabitha tells Marge that she plans to leave Buck. Marge tells her not to admit defeat. During Buck's next game, Homer hijacks the Duff blimp and spells out a message to Buck, supposedly from Tabitha, proclaiming her love. Buck, reinvigorated, hits the baseball into the blimp, causing it to deflate and crash onto the field. As Homer runs from the wreckage alone, Buck realizes Tabitha was not involved. He threatens Homer with his bat, but Marge dissuades him by saying that Homer was trying to help and that marriage is hard work but worth it. Tabitha comes on the Jumbo-Vision to tell Buck she wants to stay together, and he agrees. ==Production==