The two came up with a story that saw an ill factory worker in Japan cough into boxes that were being used to ship a popular juicer to the good people of Springfield.
Marge is arrested for accidentally shoplifting while trying to get supplies for her family, who have all gotten sick.
When the juicers begin to arrive, six to eight weeks later, everyone gets sick.
For “Marge in Chains,” Bill Oakley and co-writer Josh Weinstein were simply given the task of making sure that Marge Simpson would end up arrested and in jail, with showrunner Al Jean not caring how she got there.