Homer and Marge to end marriage on The Simpsons show 8 Photos . Updated: 11 Jun 2015, 04:04 PM IST Livemint Marge and Homer Simpson of Fox TV's longest-running cartoon show The Simpsons are going to split up again! The couple that also separated legally in season eight and then remarried, is slated for a divorce in the upcoming season 1/8The Simpsons family. Homer and Marge have been married since the show began in 1989, and have seen all sorts of ups and downs of marriage and child rearing. 2/8The couple separated briefly in season eight’s episode ‘A Milhouse Divided’, when Homer realised that Marge deserves better. But the best thing about Homer and Marge Simpson is that they endure. 3/8The world’s most beloved animated husband and wife team have endured Homer’s drunkenness among other issues. 4/8Or times like when Homer befriended a hipster and called him to stay next door, inviting trouble to Springfield, the fictional town where the Simpsons live 5/8Marge and Homer’s marital problems are also nothing unique. Marge’s flirtations with bowling instructor Jacques and Homer’s flirting with country western singer Lurleen Lumpkin do lead to quarrels, but they always find a way back to each other. 6/8But in the very first episode of season 27 it is discovered that Homer has narcolepsy (a sleep disorder). The disease takes a toll on their marriage, ending in the couple’s split. 7/8Homer and Marge will legally separate, and Homer will fall in love with his pharmacist who’s voiced by Lena Dunham. 8/8Will their separation this time around be permanent? Guess we’ll have to watch the next season of “The Simpsons” that airs on Fox on September 27 to find out.