age . ▁Mar ge ▁arriv es ▁and ▁arr ests ▁H erman ▁and ▁his ▁hen ch men ▁as ▁they ▁are ▁about ▁to ▁assault ▁H omer . ▁While ▁Mar ge ▁is ▁hand c uff ing ▁his ▁min ions , ▁H erman ▁takes ▁H omer ▁host age ▁and ▁fle es ▁to ▁Bart ' s ▁tree ▁house . ▁H erman ▁tries ▁to ▁escape ▁using ▁a ▁pair ▁of ▁counter fe it ▁je ans ▁as ▁a ▁ro pe , ▁but ▁he ▁falls ▁to ▁the ▁ground ▁when ▁they ▁rip . ▁Mar ge ▁knows ▁H erman ' s ▁attempted ▁escape ▁is ▁do omed ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁je ans ' ▁sh od dy ▁st itch ing , ▁which ▁she ▁recogn izes ▁from ▁years ▁of ▁bu ying ▁je ans ▁for ▁her ▁husband ▁and ▁children . ▁ ▁After ▁W igg um ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁officers ▁conf isc ate ▁the ▁counter fe it ▁je ans ▁for ▁their ▁personal ▁use , ▁the ▁chief ▁inform s ▁Mar ge ▁that ▁they ▁cannot ▁det ain ▁H erman ▁because ▁the ▁evidence ▁has ▁myster iously ▁disappeared . ▁U ps et ▁at ▁the ▁cor ruption ▁on ▁the ▁force , ▁Mar ge ▁res ign s . ▁ ▁Production ▁" The ▁Spring field ▁Connection " ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Jonathan ▁Col lier ▁and ▁directed ▁by ▁Mark ▁Kirk land . ▁According ▁to ▁Col lier , ▁the ▁insp iration ▁for ▁the ▁episode ▁was ▁former ▁The ▁Sim ps ons ▁executive ▁producer ▁Mike ▁Re iss ' ▁wife . ▁At ▁one ▁point , ▁she ▁had ▁seriously ▁decided ▁that ▁she ▁wanted ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁police ▁officer ▁but ▁it ▁did ▁not ▁happen