The Pink Sphinx Holds Her Hearts on the Turn
Francine enters the strange and dangerous world of poker in order to learn how to hide her true feelings from Steve and Hayley.
Season: 18 Episode: 20
Total Episode Count: 364
Prod. no.: HAJN21
First Aired: December 4, 2023
Featuring: Francine
Also Appearing: Steve, Hayley, Roger, Stan, Klaus, Jeff, Buckle, Raymond, Tom, Marvin, Quackenbush, Stelio Kontos, Dr. Kalgary, Chinchilla Slim, Frog Rose
Musical Numbers: The Gambler
Director: Chris Bennett
Writers: Brett Cawley, Robert Maitia
Storyboarders: Ian Dibble, Ryan Rosendal, Ryan Stapleton, Bruna White
Roger's Disguise: Mardi Gras wear from "Jambalaya"
Plot:
During family game night, Francine discovers that she is easy to ready by the kids. Going for a drive to cry, she finds Roger tagging along and he suggests taking up poker to learn to hide her tells. After observing her, he coaches her to hide her thoughts from other poker players, but still isn't sure she can hide from the kids. He takes her to a casino to hone her skills further where she continues to have success as the coaching continues, except with the kids. Gaining sponsorship from a devilish poker backer, Frog Rose, she signs up for a big stakes poker game but finds she's facing the kids. Hayley, not knowing poker, is easily defeated, but she falls to Steve and she's taken away as part of her deal with Rose.
She finds she's been sentenced to spend eternity dealing in an illegal swamp casino, but is found by Roger and the kids. To win her back, the kids volunteer to sponsor Francine in a game against Rose. However, she's sank into a deep funk and can't respond at first, but they get through to her, and, after confessing that she hates family game night and had gone catatonic to completely hide her thoughts, bluffs her way to winning and earning her freedom.
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