Best Simpsons Episode By Season
As apparent a discrepancy as there is between the show of, say, the early to mid-90's and today, this list is to determine the best episode of each season of the Simpsons. I've based this on personal opinion, but hopefully there at least seems to be some sense in these decisions. Enjoy!
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- DirectorBrad BirdStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter Krusty is found guilty of robbing the Kwik-E-Mart following Homer's eyewitness testimony, Bart and Lisa set out to prove his innocence.
- DirectorRich MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightLisa has a crush on her substitute teacher; Bart decides to run for class president.
- DirectorJim ReardonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer and his co-workers qualify for the plant softball team's league final, but Mr. Burns hires nine professional MLB players in order to win a $1 million bet.
- DirectorMark KirklandStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightWhen Mr. Burns revokes the plant's dental plan, forcing Lisa to be fitted with cheap, ugly braces, Homer leads its union into going on strike.
- DirectorJim ReardonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightWhen a surprise inspection of the nuclear power plant reveals that Homer is not qualified to do his job, he is forced to go to college.
- DirectorSwinton O. Scott IIIStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer recounts the story of Maggie's birth when the kids ask why there are no photos of her in the family album.
- DirectorMark KirklandStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter realizing how unpopular she is, a disillusioned Lisa sees the vacation to Ned Flanders' beach house as an opportunity to reinvent herself.
- DirectorBob AndersonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter alcohol is banned in Springfield, Homer adopts the moniker of the "Beer Baron" to bootleg liquor, prompting an investigation from an uptight Treasury agent.
- DirectorDominic PolcinoStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer recounts the story of Bart's first day of school, which corresponds with the story of how Lisa got her saxophone.
- DirectorJim ReardonSteven Dean MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer receives an evil hair transplant; Bart and Lisa get trapped in an Itchy and Scratchy cartoon; Maggie is revealed to be an alien.
- DirectorNeil AffleckJim ReardonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer doesn't like it when Barney quits drinking; Bart and Lisa get into trouble when they enter a photo contest for the new phone book cover.
- DirectorJim ReardonMike B. AndersonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer's rush to the hospital to re-attach his severed thumb, Lisa's rush to school to win the science fair, and Bart's run-in with an illegal fireworks scheme interconnect from their point of view.
- DirectorJim ReardonLauren MacMullanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMarge's high school sweetheart Artie Ziff returns and offers Homer a million dollars to spend a weekend with Marge.
- DirectorJim ReardonNancy KruseStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightLisa participates in the Spellympics, but Homer is busy traveling cross-country as Krusty Burger test-markets a new sandwich. Lisa is confident that she will win, until she learns that the contest is rigged against her.
- DirectorJim ReardonSteven Dean MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter spending all his money on an expensive gift for himself, and the family thinking he should be less of an egoist, Homer decides to change his ways.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanMark KirklandStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer meets a new friend, Ray the Roofer, but gets confined to a mental institution when his friends and family think he made him up.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanNancy KruseStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightSpringfield Elementary is divided into two separate schools (one for boys, one for girls) following Principal Skinner's demotion. Concerned that the boys are receiving a higher standard of education, Lisa disguises herself as a boy.
- DirectorMark KirklandRaymond S. PersiStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightBart and Lisa join forces to stop the school bullies from setting off a stink bomb at the school bake sale.
- 1989– 30mTV-148.1 (2.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorChuck SheetzMark KirklandStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer goes to Dr. Frink to help him recover his memories from the night before, and he discovers, based on his interpretation of the memories, that Marge is having an affair.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonNancy KruseStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMoe begins dating a little person he met on the Internet, while Maggie is being bullied at the playground next to Moe's where Homer is leaving her.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonSteven Dean MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightBart becomes jealous of Maggie and Lisa's special bond as sisters, so he goes to an orphanage and "adopts" a little brother.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonMark KirklandStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer picks up parenting advice from an 80s sitcom; Bart becomes involved in trading nuclear secrets.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonRob OliverStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightThirty years in the future the Simpsons get together for Christmas. Bart and Lisa are struggling as parents to connect with their children.