Plot

Bart witnesses the alleged assault of a waiter by Mayor Quimby's nephew, but coming forward will mean admitting to skipping class and facing the consequences.

After playing hooky from school, Bart sneaks in to Mayor Quimby's nephew Freddy's birthday party and witnesses a confrontation between Freddy and a waiter, Freddy is accused of beating the waiter but Bart knows what really happened, should he keep quiet or tell the truth and risk getting Cort playing hooky?—wodder-1

Bart is in the biggest dilemma he could be in. He's seen a French waiter get injured, and Freddy Quimby has been blamed for causing the injuries. If Bart doesn't say, Quimby will go to jail, but if he does say, he'll reveal he skived school- and Principal Skinner is part of the jury! Both are as dumb as each other. Will Bart say what happened even if it means falling into Skinner's trap and revealing he skived?—movieguy3

After growing bored in school, Bart forges a note to go home early, but the forgery is picked up on by Principal Skinner, and he heads out into the town to find Bart.

Bart manages to stay a few steps ahead of Skinner, and ends up hopping into the back of a car belonging to Freddie Quimiby, Mayor Quimby's nephew, which happens to be going to Freddie's Birthday Party at the family's compound.

Bart mingles with the celebrities for a bit, before heading into the kitchen. As he observes a giant rice krispy square, Freddie follows a server in, demanding the server pronounce the word "chowder" as "chow-dah." When the server refuses, Freddie can be heard going, "Alright, you asked for it. I'm gonna enjoy this!"

The words are followed by a clattering of sound, before the server's body falls to the floor.

Freddie Quimby is arrested on suspicion of attacking the waiter, though Bart knows the truth...but fears coming clean will reveal to Principal Skinner that he was skipping school.

The trial soon begins, and both Homer and Skinner are on the jury.

The Quimby's have paid off numerous people to claim Freddie was nowhere near the compound on the day of the accident, and it seems that Freddie may go free.

Freddie's lawyer calls his client up, claiming that Freddie wouldn't be the kind of person to lose his temper over the pronunciation of the word "chowder." However, this causes Freddie to suddenly lose his temper, shouting that it is pronounced "chow-dah," threatening to kill his lawyer and the jury.

Needless to say, Freddie's defense has backfired.

The jury convenes, but Homer deadlocks the jury, after he's shown where the jury will be sequestered, taking advantage of the freebies!

Finally, Bart comes clean, and is put on the witness stand. Bart then relates that after Freddie claimed "I'm gonna enjoy this," he popped open a bottle of champagne and left. Once he did, the waiter then ended up clumsily injuring himself in the kitchen.

The waiter objects, claiming he is not a 'clumsy, Clouseau-esque waiter,' before stumbling over his chair, and plummeting out a side window into a truck full of mouse traps.

The court finds Freddie innocent, and Bart is given detention by Skinner, though commended for telling the truth.