A lot of people say that The Simpsons seasons 1-8 were the golden era and there are absolutely no episodes that makes no sense or that a character acts out of character. I honestly beg to differ and there is one episode that is so bizarre that I don't consider it canon. And that episode in question is season 8 episode 10 The Springfield Files.
Reasons:
The original plot was that Homer encounters an alien, but it was left in mystery whatever or not it was a real alien. It honestly shows in the episode that they changed their mind in halfway through (not one of it's kind, episode Homer's Triple Bypass did the same) and the reveal that it was just Mr. Burns is kind of an ass pull.
Speaking of Mr. Burns, there is no fucking way that he would ever trust a quack doctor. No he is not that stingy when it comes to his own health and it was established in Blood Feud that he hates quacks. + If he is ready to move heaven and earth to save Smithers, can you imagine what he would do to cheat Death?
Speaking about quacks, who are you and what have you done to Dr Nick? Dr Nick could care less about the money, that's why he is so cheap. The doctor who does care about the money is Dr Hibbert.
In summary, this episode would have been perfectly fine if they went with the original plot. Or if with Burns route just swap Nick with Hibbert.
