High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Homer`s Enemy" is the twenty-third episode of the eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It was first broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on May 4, 1997. The episode`s plot centers on the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant`s hiring a new employee named Frank Grimes. Despite Homer`s attempts to befriend him, Grimes is angered by Homer`s laziness and incompetence despite leading a comfortable life. He eventually declares himself Homer`s enemy. Meanwhile, Bart buys a run-down factory for a dollar.