"Brother from Another Series" is the sixteenth episode of the eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 23, 1997. Sideshow Bob is released from prison after his arrest in "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" into the care of his brother Cecil and claims to be a changed man. However, Bart does not believe him and tries to find out what Bob is up to. It was the first episode directed by Pete Michels and was written by Ken Keeler. The episode guest stars Kelsey Grammer in his sixth appearance as Sideshow Bob and David Hyde Pierce in his first appearance as Cecil. The title is not only a pun on the movie The Brother from Another Planet (used for a previous episode as well), but for the fact that guest stars Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce also played bickering brothers Frasier Crane and Niles Crane, respectively, on the NBC sitcom Frasier. Plot Krusty the Clown is performing live from the Springfield Prison and he talks to Sideshow Bob, who tells him of his crimes while trying to kill Bart Simpson after framing Krusty for armed robbery. Bob is later declared a changed man by Reverend Lovejoy and leaves prison on a work-release program, despite Bart's protests that Bob has tried to kill him several times. Although they have not spoken for ten years, Bob is taken into the care of his brother Cecil. Since he is Springfield's chief hydrological and hydrodynamical engineer, Cecil employs Bob to supervise the construction of a hydroelectric dam in a river near the town. Bart, believing Bob is still plotting his murder, follows his every move. Bob — annoyed by Bart's intrusions and the dam's incompetent laborers, Cletus and his family — expresses his desire to see the dam burst and obliterate Springfield. While searching Bob's trailer at the dam construction site, Bart and Lisa discover a briefcase full of cash. When confronted with the money, Bob denies knowing about it, stating he used his finances to put concrete in the dam's walls — which he discovers are hollow and poorly constructed. Cecil arrives armed and reveals his own intention to embezzle the money from the project, and his plans to frame Bob as the scapegoat when the dam collapses from shoddy construction. Cecil's motivation for the crime is