A Milhouse Divided Marge because the writers felt that tertiary characters could not carry an audience's interest for an entire episode. Bill Oakley has said that he felt the episode would have failed had they stuck with the Van Houtens for the third act and most of the other writers also felt that it was the right move. The idea for the dinner party came from Oakley, who had wanted to have a party similar to the one in "The War of the Simpsons". For the second half of the episode, Luann was redesigned to look more youthful and was given a new
A City by the Light Divided additional vocals on "We Will Overcome". In mid-February, recording was finished and the album was in the process of being mixed by Fridmann. Tom Coyne mastered the album at Sterling sound, in New York City. On February 5, 2006, "A City by the Light Divided" was announced for release in May. In mid-February, the group were working on ideas for a music vide for "Counting 5-4-3-2-1" with production companies Refused TV and Artificial Army. The song was made available for streaming on February 28. From mid March to the beginning of April, the band went on the first leg of