 The story then shifts to an Eastern University in 2010 ( at the time of the episode 's broadcast , fifteen years in the future ) , where a now 23 @-@ year @-@ old Lisa meets a English student named Hugh Parkfield . At first , the two quarrel over a book in the library and their respective academic talents , but the pair eventually fall madly in love . Hugh invites Lisa to come back to his home in England so she can meet his parents . While there , Hugh asks Lisa to marry him ; she immediately accepts . 
