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Bob is released from prison once again in " Sideshow Bob Roberts " ( season six, 1994 ), and runs for Mayor of Springfield as the Republican Party candidate.

He defeats Democratic Party incumbent Joe Quimby in a landslide, but Bart and Lisa discover that Bob rigged the election, leading to another incarceration.

Bob escapes from prison for the first time in " Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming " ( season seven, 1995 ), and threatens to blow up Springfield with a nuclear bomb unless the city stops broadcasting all television shows.

He is thwarted when he finds out that the bomb itself is a dud, then kidnaps Bart and flies the Wright Brothers ' plane in an attempt to kill himself, Bart, and Krusty ( who is hiding inside a shack ).

This too is thwarted, and Bob returns to prison.

In the following season, Bob takes advantage of the prison's work release program, and appears to be genuinely redeemed.

In " Brother from Another Series ," Reverend Lovejoy declares him a changed man and recommends him for a work release opportunity.

Bob is discharged from prison into the care of his brother Cecil, who is Springfield's chief hydrological and hydrodynamical engineer.

However, the scheming Cecil, still smarting over his failed audition for Krusty, tries to frame Bob by sabotaging the Springfield Dam.

Bob, Bart, and Lisa together stop Cecil and save the town, and both brothers, despite Bob's genuine innocence, are sent to prison.