 Before returning to work full-time on "The Simpsons", Jean had worked on a television series called "Teen Angel" together with Mike Reiss and Freiberger.While working on "Teen Angel", Freiberger suggested that, if Jean was ever to run "The Simpsons", he should hire Freiberger as a writer on the series.For the thirteenth season, Jean became show runner and assigned Freiberger to write the episode.