Series overview Season Episodes Originally aired Production line DVD release dates Blu-ray release dates Season premiere Season finale Region 1 Region 2 Region 4 Region A Region B 1 13 December 17, 1989 May 13, 1990 7Gxx September 25, 2001[10] September 24, 2001[11] October 3, 2001[12] TBA TBA 2 22 October 11, 1990 July 11, 1991 7Fxx August 6, 2002[13] July 8, 2002[14] July 23, 2002[15] TBA TBA 3 24 September 19, 1991 August 27, 1992 8Fxx August 26, 2003[16] October 6, 2003[17] November 12, 2003[18] TBA TBA 4 22 September 24, 1992 May 13, 1993 9Fxx June 15, 2004[19] August 2, 2004[20] August 25, 2004[21] TBA TBA 5 22 September 30, 1993 May 19, 1994 1Fxx December 21, 2004[22] March 21, 2005[23] March 22, 2005[24] TBA TBA 6 25 September 4, 1994 May 21, 1995 2Fxx August 16, 2005[25] October 17, 2005[26] March 29, 2006[27] TBA TBA 7 25 September 17, 1995 May 19, 1996 3Fxx / 3Gxx December 13, 2005[28] January 30, 2006[29] May 10, 2006[30] TBA TBA 8 25 October 27, 1996 May 18, 1997 4Fxx August 15, 2006[31] October 2, 2006[32] October 11, 2006[33] TBA TBA 9 25 September 21, 1997 May 17, 1998 5Fxx December 19, 2006[34] January 29, 2007[35] March 20, 2007[36] TBA TBA 10 23 August 23, 1998 May 16, 1999 AABFxx August 7, 2007[37] September 10, 2007[38] September 25, 2007[39] TBA TBA 11 22 September 26, 1999 May 21, 2000 BABFxx October 7, 2008[40] October 6, 2008[41] November 5, 2008[42] TBA TBA 12 21 November 1, 2000 May 20, 2001 CABFxx August 18, 2009[43] September 28, 2009[44] September 1, 2009[45] TBA TBA 13 22 November 6, 2001 May 22, 2002 DABFxx August 24, 2010[46] September 20, 2010[47] November 30, 2010[48] August 24, 2010[49] December 1, 2010[50] 14 22 November 3, 2002 May 18, 2003 EABFxx December 6, 2011[51] October 10, 2011[52] November 2, 2011[53] December 6, 2011[54] November 2, 2011[55] 15 22 November 2, 2003 May 23, 2004 FABFxx December 4, 2012[56] December 3, 2012[57] December 12, 2012[58] December 4, 2012[59] December 12, 2012[60] 16 21 November 7, 2004 May 15, 2005 GABFxx TBA December 2, 2013[61] December 11, 2013[62] TBA December 11, 2013[63] 17 22 September 11, 2005 May 21, 2006 HABFxx TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 18 22 September 10, 2006 May 20, 2007 JABFxx TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 19 20 September 23, 2007 May 18, 2008 KABFxx TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 20 21 September 28, 2008 May 17, 2009 LABFxx January 12, 2010[64] September 17, 2010[65] January 19, 2010[66] January 12, 2010[67] January 20, 2010[68] 21 23 September 27, 2009 May 23, 2010 MABFxx TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 22 22 September 26, 2010 May 22, 2011 NABFxx TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 23 22 September 25, 2011 May 20, 2012 PABFxx TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 24 22 September 30, 2012 May 19, 2013 RABFxx TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA 25 TBA September 29, 2013 May 2014 SABFxx TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Episodes See also: The Simpsons shorts Key The production code refers to the code assigned to the episode by the production team. The first two characters refer to the season the episode was made for. The first season is 7Gxx, the second is 7Fxx, the third is 8Fxx and the fourth is 9Fxx. After that, the fifth season started with 1F and continued in order until season nine (which was 5F). Starting with season ten, the production codes started with AABF, with the first letter changing for each season (i.e. BABF, CABF, etc.). The number at the end of the code is the order in which that episode was produced during that production run.[69] Season 1 (1989–90) Main article: The Simpsons (season 1) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 1 1 "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" "The Simpsons Christmas Special" David Silverman Mimi Pond December 17, 1989 7G08 26.7[70] 2 2 "Bart the Genius" David Silverman Jon Vitti January 14, 1990 7G02 24.5[70] 3 3 "Homer's Odyssey" Wes Archer Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky January 21, 1990 7G03 27.5[72] 4 4 "There's No Disgrace Like Home" Gregg Vanzo & Kent Butterworth Al Jean & Mike Reiss January 28, 1990 7G04 20.2[74] 5 5 "Bart the General" David Silverman John Swartzwelder February 4, 1990 7G05 27.1[76] 6 6 "Moaning Lisa" Wes Archer Al Jean & Mike Reiss February 11, 1990 7G06 27.4[78] 7 7 "The Call of the Simpsons" Wes Archer John Swartzwelder February 18, 1990 7G09 27.6[80] 8 8 "The Telltale Head" Rich Moore Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Sam Simon and Matt Groening February 25, 1990 7G07 28[82] 9 9 "Life on the Fast Lane" David Silverman John Swartzwelder March 18, 1990 7G11 33.5[84] 10 10 "Homer's Night Out" Rich Moore Jon Vitti March 25, 1990 7G10 30.3[86] 11 11 "The Crepes of Wrath" Wes Archer & Milton Gray George Meyer, Sam Simon, John Swartzwelder and Jon Vitti April 15, 1990 7G13 31.2[88][89] 12 12 "Krusty Gets Busted" Brad Bird Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky April 29, 1990 7G12 30.4[91][92][93] 13 13 "Some Enchanted Evening" David Silverman & Kent Butterworth Matt Groening & Sam Simon May 13, 1990 7G01 27.1[95] Season 2 (1990–91) Main article: The Simpsons (season 2) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 14 1 "Bart Gets an F" David Silverman David M. Stern October 11, 1990 7F03 33.6[97] 15 2 "Simpson and Delilah" Rich Moore Jon Vitti October 18, 1990 7F02 29.9[99] 16 3 "Treehouse of Horror" "The Simpsons Halloween Special" Part 1: Wes Archer Part 2: Rich Moore Part 3: David Silverman Part 1: John Swartzwelder Part 2: Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky Part 3: Edgar Allan Poe & Sam Simon October 25, 1990 7F04 27.4[101] 17 4 "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" Wes Archer Sam Simon & John Swartzwelder November 1, 1990 7F01 26.1[103] 18 5 "Dancin' Homer" Mark Kirkland Ken Levine & David Isaacs November 8, 1990 7F05 26.1[105] 19 6 "Dead Putting Society" Rich Moore Jeff Martin November 15, 1990 7F08 25.4[107] 20 7 "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" David Silverman George Meyer November 22, 1990 7F07 25.9[109] 21 8 "Bart the Daredevil" Wesley Meyer Archer Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky December 6, 1990 7F06 26.2[111] 22 9 "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge" Jim Reardon John Swartzwelder December 20, 1990 7F09 22.2[113] 23 10 "Bart Gets Hit by a Car" Mark Kirkland John Swartzwelder January 10, 1991 7F10 24.8[115] 24 11 "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish" Wesley M. Archer Nell Scovell January 24, 1991 7F11 24.2[117] 25 12 "The Way We Was" David Silverman Al Jean & Mike Reiss and Sam Simon January 31, 1991 7F12 26.8[119] 26 13 "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" Rich Moore Steve Pepoon February 7, 1991 7F13 26.2[121] 27 14 "Principal Charming" Mark Kirkland David Stern February 14, 1991 7F15 23.9[123] 28 15 "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" W.M. "Bud" Archer Jeff Martin February 21, 1991 7F16 26.8[125] 29 16 "Bart's Dog Gets an F" Jim Reardon Jon Vitti March 7, 1991 7F14 23.9[127] 30 17 "Old Money" David Silverman Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky March 28, 1991 7F17 21.2[129] 31 18 "Brush with Greatness" Jim Reardon Brian K. Roberts April 11, 1991 7F18 20.6[131] 32 19 "Lisa's Substitute" Rich Moore Jon Vitti April 25, 1991 7F19 17.7[133] 33 20 "The War of the Simpsons" Mark Kirkland John Swartzwelder May 2, 1991 7F20 19.7[135] 34 21 "Three Men and a Comic Book" Wes M. Archer Jeff Martin May 9, 1991 7F21 21[137] 35 22 "Blood Feud" David Silverman George Meyer July 11, 1991 7F22 17.3[139] Season 3 (1991–92) Main article: The Simpsons (season 3) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 36 1 "Stark Raving Dad" Rich Moore Al Jean & Mike Reiss September 19, 1991 7F24 22.9[141] 37 2 "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" Wes Archer George Meyer September 26, 1991 8F01 20.2[143] 38 3 "When Flanders Failed" Jim Reardon Jon Vitti October 3, 1991 7F23 22.8[145] 39 4 "Bart the Murderer" Rich Moore John Swartzwelder October 10, 1991 8F03 20.8[147] 40 5 "Homer Defined" Mark Kirkland Howard Gewirtz October 17, 1991 8F04 20.6[149] 41 6 "Like Father, Like Clown" Jeffrey Lynch with Brad Bird Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky October 24, 1991 8F05 20.2[151] 42 7 "Treehouse of Horror II" "The Simpsons Halloween Special II" Jim Reardon Part 1: Al Jean & Mike Reiss Part 2: Jeff Martin and George Meyer Part 3: Sam Simon and John Swartzwelder October 31, 1991 8F02 20[153] 43 8 "Lisa's Pony" Carlos Baeza Al Jean & Mike Reiss November 7, 1991 8F06 23[155] 44 9 "Saturdays of Thunder" Jim Reardon Ken Levine & David Isaacs November 14, 1991 8F07 24.7[157] 45 10 "Flaming Moe's" Rich Moore & Alan Smart Robert Cohen November 21, 1991 8F08 23.9[159] 46 11 "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk" Mark Kirkland Jon Vitti December 5, 1991 8F09 21.1[161] 47 12 "I Married Marge" Jeffrey Lynch Jeff Martin December 26, 1991 8F10 21.9[163] 48 13 "Radio Bart" Carlos Baeza Jon Vitti January 9, 1992 8F11 24.2[165] 49 14 "Lisa the Greek" Rich Moore Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky January 23, 1992 8F12 23.2[167] 50 15 "Homer Alone" Mark Kirkland David Stern February 6, 1992 8F14 23.7[169] 51 16 "Bart the Lover" Carlos Baeza Jon Vitti February 13, 1992 8F16 20.5[171] 52 17 "Homer at the Bat" Jim Reardon John Swartzwelder February 20, 1992 8F13 24.6[173] 53 18 "Separate Vocations" Jeffrey Lynch George Meyer February 27, 1992 8F15 23.7[175] 54 19 "Dog of Death" Jim Reardon John Swartzwelder March 12, 1992 8F17 23.4[177] 55 20 "Colonel Homer" Mark Kirkland Matt Groening March 26, 1992 8F19 25.5[179] 56 21 "Black Widower" David Silverman Story: Thomas Chastain and Sam Simon Teleplay: Jon Vitti April 9, 1992 8F20 17.3[181] 57 22 "The Otto Show" Wes Archer Jeff Martin April 23, 1992 8F21 17.5[183] 58 23 "Bart's Friend Falls in Love" Jim Reardon Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky May 7, 1992 8F22 19.5[185] 59 24 "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" Rich Moore John Swartzwelder August 27, 1992 8F23 17.2[187] Season 4 (1992–93) Main article: The Simpsons (season 4) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 60 1 "Kamp Krusty" Mark Kirkland David M. Stern September 24, 1992 8F24 21.8[189] 61 2 "A Streetcar Named Marge" Rich Moore Jeff Martin October 1, 1992 8F18 18.3[191] 62 3 "Homer the Heretic" Jim Reardon George Meyer October 8, 1992 9F01 19.3[193] 63 4 "Lisa the Beauty Queen" Mark Kirkland Jeff Martin October 15, 1992 9F02 19[195] 64 5 "Treehouse of Horror III" "The Simpsons Halloween Special III" Carlos Baeza Part 1: Al Jean & Mike Reiss Part 2: Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky Part 3: Sam Simon and Jon Vitti October 29, 1992 9F04 25.1[197] 65 6 "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" Rich Moore John Swartzwelder November 3, 1992 9F03 20.1[199] 66 7 "Marge Gets a Job" Jeff Lynch Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein November 5, 1992 9F05 22.9[199] 67 8 "New Kid on the Block" Wes Archer Conan O'Brien November 12, 1992 9F06 23.1[203] 68 9 "Mr. Plow" Jim Reardon Jon Vitti November 19, 1992 9F07 24[206] 69 10 "Lisa's First Word" Mark Kirkland Jeff Martin December 3, 1992 9F08 28.6[208] 70 11 "Homer's Triple Bypass" David Silverman Gary Apple & Michael Carrington December 17, 1992 9F09 23.6[210] 71 12 "Marge vs. the Monorail" Rich Moore Conan O'Brien January 14, 1993 9F10 23[212] 72 13 "Selma's Choice" Carlos Baeza David M. Stern January 21, 1993 9F11 24.5[214] 73 14 "Brother from the Same Planet" Jeff Lynch Jon Vitti February 4, 1993 9F12 23.8[216] 74 15 "I Love Lisa" Wes Archer Frank Mula February 11, 1993 9F13 25.2[218] 75 16 "Duffless" Jim Reardon David M. Stern February 18, 1993 9F14 25.7[220] 76 17 "Last Exit to Springfield" Mark Kirkland Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky March 11, 1993 9F15 22.4[222] 77 18 "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" Carlos Baeza Jon Vitti April 1, 1993 9F17 25.5[224] 78 19 "The Front" Rich Moore Adam I. Lapidus April 15, 1993 9F16 20.1[226] 79 20 "Whacking Day" Jeff Lynch John Swartzwelder April 29, 1993 9F18 20[228] 80 21 "Marge in Chains" Jim Reardon Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein May 6, 1993 9F20 17.3[230] 81 22 "Krusty Gets Kancelled" David Silverman John Swartzwelder May 13, 1993 9F19 19.4[232] Season 5 (1993–94) Main article: The Simpsons (season 5) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 82 1 "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" Mark Kirkland Jeff Martin September 30, 1993 9F21 83 2 "Cape Feare" Rich Moore Jon Vitti October 7, 1993 9F22 84 3 "Homer Goes to College" Jim Reardon Conan O'Brien October 14, 1993 1F02 85 4 "Rosebud" Wes Archer John Swartzwelder October 21, 1993 1F01 86 5 "Treehouse of Horror IV" "The Simpsons Halloween Special IV" David Silverman Wraparounds: Conan O'Brien Part 1: Greg Daniels & Dan McGrath Part 2: Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein Part 3: Bill Canterbury October 28, 1993 1F04 87 6 "Marge on the Lam" Mark Kirkland Bill Canterbury November 4, 1993 1F03 88 7 "Bart's Inner Child" Bob Anderson George Meyer November 11, 1993 1F05 89 8 "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood" Jeffrey Lynch Dan McGrath November 18, 1993 1F06 90 9 "The Last Temptation of Homer" Carlos Baeza Frank Mula December 9, 1993 1F07 91 10 "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)" Wes Archer Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein December 16, 1993 1F08 92 11 "Homer the Vigilante" Jim Reardon John Swartzwelder January 6, 1994 1F09 93 12 "Bart Gets Famous" Susie Dietter John Swartzwelder February 3, 1994 1F11 94 13 "Homer and Apu" Mark Kirkland Greg Daniels February 10, 1994 1F10 95 14 "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" Jeffrey Lynch Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein February 17, 1994 1F12 96 15 "Deep Space Homer" Carlos Baeza David Mirkin February 24, 1994 1F13 97 16 "Homer Loves Flanders" Wes Archer David Richardson March 17, 1994 1F14 98 17 "Bart Gets an Elephant" Jim Reardon John Swartzwelder March 31, 1994 1F15 99 18 "Burns' Heir" Mark Kirkland Jace Richdale April 14, 1994 1F16 100 19 "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" Bob Anderson Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein April 28, 1994 1F18 101 20 "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" Jeffrey Lynch John Swartzwelder May 5, 1994 1F19 102 21 "Lady Bouvier's Lover" Wes Archer Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein May 12, 1994 1F21 103 22 "Secrets of a Successful Marriage" Carlos Baeza Greg Daniels May 19, 1994 1F20 Season 6 (1994–95) Main article: The Simpsons (season 6) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 104 1 "Bart of Darkness" Jim Reardon Dan McGrath September 4, 1994 1F22 105 2 "Lisa's Rival" Mark Kirkland Mike Scully September 11, 1994 1F17 106 3 "Another Simpsons Clip Show" David Silverman Penny Wise[A] September 25, 1994 2F33 107 4 "Itchy & Scratchy Land" Wes Archer John Swartzwelder October 2, 1994 2F01 108 5 "Sideshow Bob Roberts" Mark Kirkland Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein October 9, 1994 2F02 109 6 "Treehouse of Horror V" "The Simpsons Halloween Special V" Jim Reardon Part 1: Bob Kushell Part 2: Greg Daniels & Dan McGrath Part 3: David S. Cohen October 30, 1994 2F03 110 7 "Bart's Girlfriend" Susie Dietter Jonathan Collier November 6, 1994 2F04 111 8 "Lisa on Ice" Bob Anderson Mike Scully November 13, 1994 2F05 112 9 "Homer Badman" Jeff Lynch Greg Daniels November 27, 1994 2F06 113 10 "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" Wes Archer Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein December 4, 1994 2F07 114 11 "Fear of Flying" Mark Kirkland David Sacks December 18, 1994 2F08 115 12 "Homer the Great" Jim Reardon John Swartzwelder January 8, 1995 2F09 116 13 "And Maggie Makes Three" Swinton O. Scott III Jennifer Crittenden January 22, 1995 2F10 117 14 "Bart's Comet" Bob Anderson John Swartzwelder February 5, 1995 2F11 118 15 "Homie the Clown" David Silverman John Swartzwelder February 12, 1995 2F12 119 16 "Bart vs. Australia" Wes Archer Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein February 19, 1995 2F13 120 17 "Homer vs. Patty and Selma" Mark Kirkland Brent Forrester February 26, 1995 2F14 121 18 "A Star Is Burns" Susie Dietter Ken Keeler March 5, 1995 2F31 122 19 "Lisa's Wedding" Jim Reardon Greg Daniels March 19, 1995 2F15 123 20 "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds" Bob Anderson Mike Scully April 9, 1995 2F18 124 21 "The PTA Disbands" Swinton O. Scott III Jennifer Crittenden April 16, 1995 2F19 125 22 "'Round Springfield" Steven Dean Moore Teleplay: Joshua Sternin & Jeffrey Ventimilia Story: Mike Reiss & Al Jean April 30, 1995 2F32 126 23 "The Springfield Connection" Mark Kirkland Jonathan Collier May 7, 1995 2F21 127 24 "Lemon of Troy" Jim Reardon Brent Forrester May 14, 1995 2F22 128 25 "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)" Jeffrey Lynch Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein May 21, 1995 2F16 Season 7 (1995–96) Main article: The Simpsons (season 7) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 129 1 "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)" Wes Archer Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein September 17, 1995 2F20 130 2 "Radioactive Man" Susie Dietter John Swartzwelder September 24, 1995 2F17 131 3 "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" Susie Dietter Jon Vitti October 1, 1995 3F01 132 4 "Bart Sells His Soul" Wesley Archer Greg Daniels October 8, 1995 3F02 133 5 "Lisa the Vegetarian" Mark Kirkland David S. Cohen October 15, 1995 3F03 134 6 "Treehouse of Horror VI" "The Simpsons Halloween Special VI" Bob Anderson Part 1: John Swartzwelder Part 2: Steve Tompkins Part 3: David S. Cohen October 29, 1995 3F04 135 7 "King-Size Homer" Jim Reardon Dan Greaney November 5, 1995 3F05 136 8 "Mother Simpson" David Silverman Richard Appel November 19, 1995 3F06 137 9 "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" Dominic Polcino Spike Feresten November 26, 1995 3F08 138 10 "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" Pound Foolish[A] Penny Wise[A] December 3, 1995 3F31 139 11 "Marge Be Not Proud" Steven Dean Moore Mike Scully December 17, 1995 3F07 140 12 "Team Homer" Mark Kirkland Mike Scully January 7, 1996 3F10 141 13 "Two Bad Neighbors" Wes Archer Ken Keeler January 14, 1996 3F09 142 14 "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" Susie Dietter Jennifer Crittenden February 4, 1996 3F11 143 15 "Bart the Fink" Jim Reardon Story: Bob Kushell Teleplay: John Swartzwelder February 11, 1996 3F12 144 16 "Lisa the Iconoclast" Mike B. Anderson Jonathan Collier February 18, 1996 3F13 145 17 "Homer the Smithers" Steven Dean Moore John Swartzwelder February 25, 1996 3F14 146 18 "The Day the Violence Died" Wesley Archer John Swartzwelder March 17, 1996 3F16 147 19 "A Fish Called Selma" Mark Kirkland Jack Barth March 24, 1996 3F15 148 20 "Bart on the Road" Swinton O. Scott III Richard Appel March 31, 1996 3F17 149 21 "22 Short Films About Springfield" Jim Reardon Richard Appel, David S. Cohen, Jonathan Collier, Jennifer Crittenden, Greg Daniels, Brent Forrester, Rachel Pulido, Steve Tompkins, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein and Matt Groening April 14, 1996 3F18 150 22 "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" Jeffrey Lynch Jonathan Collier April 28, 1996 3F19 151 23 "Much Apu About Nothing" Susie Dietter David S. Cohen May 5, 1996 3F20 152 24 "Homerpalooza" Wesley Archer Brent Forrester May 19, 1996 3F21 153 25 "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" Mark Kirkland Dan Greaney May 19, 1996 3F22 Season 8 (1996–97) Main article: The Simpsons (season 8) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 154 1 "Treehouse of Horror VII" "The Simpsons Halloween Special VII" Mike B. Anderson Part 1: Ken Keeler Part 2: Dan Greaney Part 3: David S. Cohen October 27, 1996 4F02 155 2 "You Only Move Twice" Mike Anderson John Swartzwelder November 3, 1996 3F23 156 3 "The Homer They Fall" Mark Kirkland Jonathan Collier November 10, 1996 4F03 157 4 "Burns, Baby Burns" Jim Reardon Ian Maxtone-Graham November 17, 1996 4F05 158 5 "Bart After Dark" Dominic Polcino Richard Appel November 24, 1996 4F06 159 6 "A Milhouse Divided" Steven Dean Moore Steve Tompkins December 1, 1996 4F04 160 7 "Lisa's Date with Density" Susie Dietter Mike Scully December 15, 1996 4F01 161 8 "Hurricane Neddy" Bob Anderson Steve Young December 29, 1996 4F07 162 9 "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)" Jim Reardon Ken Keeler January 5, 1997 3F24 163 10 "The Springfield Files" Steven Dean Moore Reid Harrison January 12, 1997 3G01 164 11 "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" Chuck Sheetz Jennifer Crittenden January 19, 1997 4F08 165 12 "Mountain of Madness" Mark Kirkland John Swartzwelder February 2, 1997 4F10 166 13 "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" Chuck Sheetz Al Jean & Mike Reiss February 7, 1997 3G03 167 14 "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" Steven Dean Moore David S. Cohen February 9, 1997 4F12 168 15 "Homer's Phobia" Mike B. Anderson Ron Hauge February 16, 1997 4F11 169 16 "Brother from Another Series" Pete Michels Ken Keeler February 23, 1997 4F14 170 17 "My Sister, My Sitter" Jim Reardon Dan Greaney March 2, 1997 4F13 171 18 "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" Bob Anderson John Swartzwelder March 16, 1997 4F15 172 19 "Grade School Confidential" Susie Dietter Rachel Pulido April 6, 1997 4F09 173 20 "The Canine Mutiny" Dominic Polcino Ron Hauge April 13, 1997 4F16 174 21 "The Old Man and the Lisa" Mark Kirkland John Swartzwelder April 20, 1997 4F17 175 22 "In Marge We Trust" Steven Dean Moore Donick Cary April 27, 1997 4F18 176 23 "Homer's Enemy" Jim Reardon John Swartzwelder May 4, 1997 4F19 177 24 "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" Neil Affleck Story: Ken Keeler Part 1: David S. Cohen Part 2: Dan Greaney Part 3: Steve Tompkins May 11, 1997 4F20 178 25 "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" Mike B. Anderson Richard Appel May 18, 1997 4F21 Season 9 (1997–98) Main article: The Simpsons (season 9) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 179 1 "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" Jim Reardon Ian Maxtone-Graham September 21, 1997 4F22 180 2 "The Principal and the Pauper" Steven Dean Moore Ken Keeler September 28, 1997 4F23 181 3 "Lisa's Sax" Dominic Polcino Al Jean October 19, 1997 3G02 182 4 "Treehouse of Horror VIII" "The Simpsons Halloween Special VIII" Mark Kirkland Part 1: Mike Scully Part 2: David S. Cohen Part 3: Ned Goldreyer October 26, 1997 5F02 183 5 "The Cartridge Family" Pete Michels John Swartzwelder November 2, 1997 5F01 184 6 "Bart Star" Dominic Polcino Donick Cary November 9, 1997 5F03 185 7 "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" Steven Dean Moore Richard Appel November 16, 1997 5F04 186 8 "Lisa the Skeptic" Neil Affleck David S. Cohen November 23, 1997 5F05 187 9 "Realty Bites" Swinton O. Scott III Dan Greaney December 7, 1997 5F06 188 10 "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" Bob Anderson Ron Hauge December 21, 1997 5F07 189 11 "All Singing, All Dancing" Mark Ervin Steve O'Donnell January 4, 1998 5F24 190 12 "Bart Carny" Mark Kirkland John Swartzwelder January 11, 1998 5F08 191 13 "The Joy of Sect" Steven Dean Moore Steve O'Donnell February 8, 1998 5F23 192 14 "Das Bus" Pete Michels David S. Cohen February 15, 1998 5F11 193 15 "The Last Temptation of Krust" Mike B. Anderson Donick Cary February 22, 1998 5F10 194 16 "Dumbbell Indemnity" Dominic Polcino Ron Hauge March 1, 1998 5F12 195 17 "Lisa the Simpson" Susie Dietter Ned Goldreyer March 8, 1998 4F24 196 18 "This Little Wiggy" Neil Affleck Dan Greaney March 22, 1998 5F13 197 19 "Simpson Tide" Milton Gray Joshua Sternin & Jeffrey Ventimilia March 29, 1998 3G04 198 20 "The Trouble with Trillions" Swinton O. Scott III Ian Maxtone-Graham April 5, 1998 5F14 199 21 "Girly Edition" Mark Kirkland Larry Doyle April 19, 1998 5F15 200 22 "Trash of the Titans" Jim Reardon Ian Maxtone-Graham April 26, 1998 5F09 201 23 "King of the Hill" Steven Dean Moore John Swartzwelder May 3, 1998 5F16 202 24 "Lost Our Lisa" Pete Michels Brian Scully May 10, 1998 5F17 203 25 "Natural Born Kissers" Klay Hall Matt Selman May 17, 1998 5F18 Season 10 (1998–99) Main article: The Simpsons (season 10) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 204 1 "Lard of the Dance" Dominic Polcino Jane O'Brien August 23, 1998 5F20 205 2 "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace" Mark Kirkland John Swartzwelder September 20, 1998 5F21 206 3 "Bart the Mother" Steven Dean Moore David S. Cohen September 27, 1998 5F22 207 4 "Treehouse of Horror IX" "The Simpsons Halloween Special IX" Steven Dean Moore Part 1: Donick Cary Part 2: Larry Doyle Part 3: David S. Cohen October 25, 1998 AABF01 208 5 "When You Dish Upon a Star" Pete Michels Richard Appel November 8, 1998 5F19 209 6 "D'oh-in in the Wind" Mark Kirkland & Matthew Nastuk Donick Cary November 15, 1998 AABF02 210 7 "Lisa Gets an "A"" Bob Anderson Ian Maxtone-Graham November 22, 1998 AABF03 211 8 "Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"" Mike B. Anderson John Swartzwelder December 6, 1998 AABF04 212 9 "Mayored to the Mob" Swinton O. Scott III Ron Hauge December 20, 1998 AABF05 213 10 "Viva Ned Flanders" Neil Affleck David M. Stern January 10, 1999 AABF06 214 11 "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" Mark Ervin Larry Doyle January 17, 1999 AABF07 215 12 "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" Steven Dean Moore Tom Martin, George Meyer, Brian Scully & Mike Scully January 31, 1999 AABF08 216 13 "Homer to the Max" Pete Michels John Swartzwelder February 7, 1999 AABF09 217 14 "I'm with Cupid" Bob Anderson Dan Greaney February 14, 1999 AABF11 218 15 "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"" Mark Kirkland David M. Stern February 21, 1999 AABF10 219 16 "Make Room for Lisa" Matthew Nastuk Brian Scully February 28, 1999 AABF12 220 17 "Maximum Homerdrive" Swinton O. Scott III John Swartzwelder March 28, 1999 AABF13 221 18 "Simpsons Bible Stories" Nancy Kruse Tim Long Larry Doyle Matt Selman April 4, 1999 AABF14 222 19 "Mom and Pop Art" Steven Dean Moore Al Jean April 11, 1999 AABF15 223 20 "The Old Man and the "C" Student" Mark Kirkland Julie Thacker April 25, 1999 AABF16 224 21 "Monty Can't Buy Me Love" Mark Ervin John Swartzwelder May 2, 1999 AABF17 225 22 "They Saved Lisa's Brain" Pete Michels Matt Selman May 9, 1999 AABF18 226 23 "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo" Jim Reardon Donick Cary & Dan Greaney May 16, 1999 AABF20 Season 11 (1999–2000) Main article: The Simpsons (season 11) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 227 1 "Beyond Blunderdome" Steven Dean Moore Mike Scully September 26, 1999 AABF23 228 2 "Brother's Little Helper" Mark Kirkland George Meyer October 3, 1999 AABF22 229 3 "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?" Nancy Kruse Al Jean October 24, 1999 AABF21 230 4 "Treehouse of Horror X" "The Simpsons Halloween Special X" Pete Michels Part 1: Donick Cary Part 2: Tim Long Part 3: Ron Hauge October 31, 1999 BABF01 231 5 "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)" Bob Anderson Ian Maxtone-Graham November 7, 1999 AABF19 232 6 "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder" Mike B. Anderson Al Jean November 14, 1999 BABF02 233 7 "Eight Misbehavin'" Steven Dean Moore Matt Selman November 21, 1999 BABF03 234 8 "Take My Wife, Sleaze" Neil Affleck John Swartzwelder November 28, 1999 BABF05 235 9 "Grift of the Magi" Matthew Nastuk Tom Martin December 19, 1999 BABF07 236 10 "Little Big Mom" Mark Kirkland Carolyn Omine January 9, 2000 BABF04 237 11 "Faith Off" Nancy Kruse Frank Mula January 16, 2000 BABF06 238 12 "The Mansion Family" Michael Polcino John Swartzwelder January 23, 2000 BABF08 239 13 "Saddlesore Galactica" Lance Kramer Tim Long February 6, 2000 BABF09 240 14 "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" Jim Reardon Ian Maxtone-Graham February 13, 2000 BABF10 241 15 "Missionary: Impossible" Steven Dean Moore Ron Hauge February 20, 2000 BABF11 242 16 "Pygmoelian" Mark Kirkland Larry Doyle February 27, 2000 BABF12 243 17 "Bart to the Future" Michael Marcantel Dan Greaney March 19, 2000 BABF13 244 18 "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses" Neil Affleck Deb Lacusta & Dan Castellaneta April 9, 2000 BABF14 245 19 "Kill the Alligator and Run" Jen Kamerman John Swartzwelder April 30, 2000 BABF16 246 20 "Last Tap Dance in Springfield" Nancy Kruse Julie Thacker May 7, 2000 BABF15 247 21 "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge" Steven Dean Moore Larry Doyle May 14, 2000 BABF18 248 22 "Behind the Laughter" Mark Kirkland Tim Long, George Meyer, Mike Scully & Matt Selman May 21, 2000 BABF19 Season 12 (2000–01) Main article: The Simpsons (season 12) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 249 1 "Treehouse of Horror XI" "The Simpsons Halloween Special XI" Matthew Nastuk Part 1: Rob LaZebnik Part 2: John Frink & Don Payne Part 3: Carolyn Omine November 1, 2000 BABF21 250 2 "A Tale of Two Springfields" Shaun Cashman John Swartzwelder November 5, 2000 BABF20 251 3 "Insane Clown Poppy" Bob Anderson John Frink & Don Payne November 12, 2000 BABF17 252 4 "Lisa the Tree Hugger" Steven Dean Moore Matt Selman November 19, 2000 CABF01 253 5 "Homer vs. Dignity" Neil Affleck Rob LaZebnik November 26, 2000 CABF04 254 6 "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" Mark Kirkland John Swartzwelder December 3, 2000 CABF02 255 7 "The Great Money Caper" Michael Polcino Carolyn Omine December 10, 2000 CABF03 256 8 "Skinner's Sense of Snow" Lance Kramer Tim Long December 17, 2000 CABF06 257 9 "HOMR" Mike B. Anderson Al Jean January 7, 2001 BABF22 258 10 "Pokey Mom" Bob Anderson Tom Martin January 14, 2001 CABF05 259 11 "Worst Episode Ever" Matthew Nastuk Larry Doyle February 4, 2001 CABF08 260 12 "Tennis the Menace" Jen Kamerman Ian Maxtone-Graham February 11, 2001 CABF07 261 13 "Day of the Jackanapes" Michael Marcantel Al Jean February 18, 2001 CABF10 262 14 "New Kids on the Blecch" Steven Dean Moore Tim Long February 25, 2001 CABF12 263 15 "Hungry, Hungry Homer" Nancy Kruse John Swartzwelder March 4, 2001 CABF09 264 16 "Bye Bye Nerdie" Lauren MacMullan John Frink & Don Payne March 11, 2001 CABF11 265 17 "Simpson Safari" Mark Kirkland John Swartzwelder April 1, 2001 CABF13 266 18 "Trilogy of Error" Mike B. Anderson Matt Selman April 29, 2001 CABF14 267 19 "I'm Goin' to Praiseland" Chuck Sheetz Julie Thacker May 6, 2001 CABF15 268 20 "Children of a Lesser Clod" Mike Polcino Al Jean May 13, 2001 CABF16 269 21 "Simpsons Tall Tales" Bob Anderson Part 1: John Frink & Don Payne Part 2: Bob Bendetson Part 3: Matt Selman May 20, 2001 CABF17 Season 13 (2001–02) Main article: The Simpsons (season 13) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code 270 1 "Treehouse of Horror XII" "The Simpsons Halloween Special XII" Jim Reardon Part 1: Joel H. Cohen Part 2: John Frink & Don Payne Part 3: Carolyn Omine November 6, 2001 CABF19 271 2 "The Parent Rap" Mark Kirkland George Meyer & Mike Scully November 11, 2001 CABF22 272 3 "Homer the Moe" Jen Kamerman Dana Gould November 18, 2001 CABF20 273 4 "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love" Lance Kramer John Swartzwelder December 2, 2001 CABF18 274 5 "The Blunder Years" Steven Dean Moore Ian Maxtone-Graham December 9, 2001 CABF21 275 6 "She of Little Faith" Steven Dean Moore Bill Freiberger December 16, 2001 DABF02 276 7 "Brawl in the Family" Matthew Nastuk Joel H. Cohen January 6, 2002 DABF01 277 8 "Sweets and Sour Marge" Mark Kirkland Carolyn Omine January 20, 2002 DABF03 278 9 "Jaws Wired Shut" Nancy Kruse Matt Selman January 27, 2002 DABF05 279 10 "Half-Decent Proposal" Lauren MacMullan Tim Long February 10, 2002 DABF04 280 11 "The Bart Wants What It Wants" Michael Polcino John Frink & Don Payne February 17, 2002 DABF06 281 12 "The Lastest Gun in the West" Bob Anderson John Swartzwelder February 24, 2002 DABF07 282 13 "The Old Man and the Key" Lance Kramer Jon Vitti March 10, 2002 DABF09 283 14 "Tales from the Public Domain" Mike B. Anderson Part 1: Andrew Kreisberg Part 2: Josh Lieb Part 3: Matt Warburton March 17, 2002 DABF08 284 15 "Blame It on Lisa" Steven Dean Moore Bob Bendetson March 31, 2002 DABF10 285 16 "Weekend at Burnsie's" Michael Marcantel Jon Vitti April 7, 2002 DABF11 286 17 "Gump Roast" Mark Kirkland Deb Lacusta & Dan Castellaneta April 21, 2002 DABF12 287 18 "I Am Furious (Yellow)" Chuck Sheetz John Swartzwelder April 28, 2002 DABF13 288 19 "The Sweetest Apu" Matthew Nastuk John Swartzwelder May 5, 2002 DABF14 289 20 "Little Girl in the Big Ten" Lauren MacMullan Jon Vitti May 12, 2002 DABF15 290 21 "The Frying Game" Michael Polcino John Swartzwelder May 19, 2002 DABF16 291 22 "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge" Pete Michels Dana Gould May 22, 2002 DABF17 Season 14 (2002–03) Main article: The Simpsons (season 14) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 292 1 "Treehouse of Horror XIII" David Silverman Part 1: Marc Wilmore Part 2: Brian Kelley Part 3: Kevin Curran November 3, 2002 DABF19 16.7[421] 293 2 "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" Mike B. Anderson Mike Scully November 10, 2002 DABF22 12.5[423] 294 3 "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade" Steven Dean Moore Tim Long November 17, 2002 DABF20 13.3[425] 295 4 "Large Marge" Jim Reardon Ian Maxtone-Graham November 24, 2002 DABF18 17.4[427] 296 5 "Helter Shelter" Mark Kirkland Brian Pollack & Mert Rich December 1, 2002 DABF21 15.1[429] 297 6 "The Great Louse Detective" Steven Dean Moore John Frink & Don Payne December 15, 2002 EABF01 15.5[431] 298 7 "Special Edna" Bob Anderson Dennis Snee January 5, 2003 EABF02 15.0[433] 299 8 "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" Mark Kirkland Matt Selman January 12, 2003 EABF03 12.8[435] 300 9 "Strong Arms of the Ma" Pete Michels Carolyn Omine February 2, 2003 EABF04 15.4[437] 301 10 "Pray Anything" Michael Polcino Sam O'Neal & Neil Boushell February 9, 2003 EABF06 13.4[439] 302 11 "Barting Over" Matthew Nastuk Andrew Kreisberg February 16, 2003 EABF05 21.3[441] 303 12 "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can" Nancy Kruse Kevin Curran February 16, 2003 EABF07 22.1[443] 304 13 "A Star Is Born Again" Michael Marcantel Brian Kelley March 2, 2003 EABF08 14.4[445] 305 14 "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington" Lance Kramer John Swartzwelder March 9, 2003 EABF09 14.4[447] 306 15 "C.E. D'oh" Mike B. Anderson Dana Gould March 16, 2003 EABF10 13.0[449] 307 16 "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky" Steven Dean Moore Dan Greaney & Allen Glazier March 30, 2003 EABF11 12.6[451] 308 17 "Three Gays of the Condo" Mark Kirkland Matt Warburton April 13, 2003 EABF12 12.02[453] 309 18 "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" Chris Clements Ian Maxtone-Graham April 27, 2003 EABF13 11.71[455] 310 19 "Old Yeller Belly" Bob Anderson John Frink & Don Payne May 4, 2003 EABF14 11.59[457] 311 20 "Brake My Wife, Please" Pete Michels Tim Long May 11, 2003 EABF15 10.56[459] 312 21 "The Bart of War" Michael Polcino Marc Wilmore May 18, 2003 EABF16 12.10[461] 313 22 "Moe Baby Blues" Lauren MacMullan J. Stewart Burns May 18, 2003 EABF17 13.44[461] Season 15 (2003–04) Main article: The Simpsons (season 15) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 314 1 "Treehouse of Horror XIV" Steven Dean Moore John Swartzwelder November 2, 2003 EABF21 16.22[464] 315 2 "My Mother the Carjacker" Nancy Kruse Michael Price November 9, 2003 EABF18 N/A 316 3 "The President Wore Pearls" Mike B. Anderson Dana Gould November 16, 2003 EABF20 N/A 317 4 "The Regina Monologues" Mark Kirkland John Swartzwelder November 23, 2003 EABF22 N/A 318 5 "The Fat and the Furriest" Matthew Nastuk Joel H. Cohen November 30, 2003 EABF19 N/A 319 6 "Today I Am a Clown" Nancy Kruse Joel H. Cohen December 7, 2003 FABF01 N/A 320 7 "'Tis the Fifteenth Season" Steven Dean Moore Michael Price December 14, 2003 FABF02 N/A 321 8 "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays" Bob Anderson Jon Vitti January 4, 2004 FABF03 N/A 322 9 "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot" Lauren MacMullan Dan Greaney & Allen Glazier January 11, 2004 FABF04 N/A 323 10 "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife" Mark Kirkland Robin J. Stein January 25, 2004 FABF05 N/A 324 11 "Margical History Tour" Mike B. Anderson Brian Kelley February 8, 2004 FABF06 N/A 325 12 "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore" Matthew Nastuk Julie Chambers & David Chambers February 15, 2004 FABF07 N/A 326 13 "Smart and Smarter" Steven Dean Moore Carolyn Omine February 22, 2004 FABF09 N/A 327 14 "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" Nancy Kruse Deb Lacusta & Dan Castellaneta March 14, 2004 FABF08 N/A 328 15 "Co-Dependent's Day" Bob Anderson Matt Warburton March 21, 2004 FABF10 N/A 329 16 "The Wandering Juvie" Lauren MacMullan John Frink & Don Payne March 28, 2004 FABF11 N/A 330 17 "My Big Fat Geek Wedding" Mark Kirkland Kevin Curran April 18, 2004 FABF12 N/A 331 18 "Catch 'Em If You Can" Matthew Nastuk Ian Maxtone-Graham April 25, 2004 FABF14 N/A 332 19 "Simple Simpson" Jim Reardon Jon Vitti May 2, 2004 FABF15 N/A 333 20 "The Way We Weren't" Mike B. Anderson J. Stewart Burns May 9, 2004 FABF13 N/A 334 21 "Bart-Mangled Banner" Steven Dean Moore John Frink May 16, 2004 FABF17 N/A 335 22 "Fraudcast News" Bob Anderson Don Payne May 23, 2004 FABF18 N/A Season 16 (2004–05) Main article: The Simpsons (season 16) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 336 1 "Treehouse of Horror XV" David Silverman Bill Odenkirk November 7, 2004 FABF23 11.29[465] 337 2 "All's Fair in Oven War" Mark Kirkland Matt Selman November 14, 2004 FABF20 11.64[467] 338 3 "Sleeping with the Enemy" Lauren MacMullan Jon Vitti November 21, 2004 FABF19 9.95[469] 339 4 "She Used to Be My Girl" Matthew Nastuk Tim Long December 5, 2004 FABF22 10.81[471] 340 5 "Fat Man and Little Boy" Mike B. Anderson Joel H. Cohen December 12, 2004 FABF21 10.31[473] 341 6 "Midnight Rx" Nancy Kruse Marc Wilmore January 16, 2005 FABF16 8.11[475] 342 7 "Mommie Beerest" Mark Kirkland Michael Price January 30, 2005 GABF01 9.97[477] 343 8 "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass" Steven Dean Moore Tim Long February 6, 2005 GABF02 23.07[479] 344 9 "Pranksta Rap" Mike B. Anderson Matt Selman February 13, 2005 GABF03 8.01[481] 345 10 "There's Something About Marrying" Nancy Kruse J. Stewart Burns February 20, 2005 GABF04 10.39[483] 346 11 "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister" Bob Anderson Jeff Westbrook March 6, 2005 GABF05 10.39[485] 347 12 "Goo Goo Gai Pan" Lance Kramer Lawrence Talbot[B] March 13, 2005 GABF06 10.28[487] 348 13 "Mobile Homer" Raymond S. Persi Tim Long March 20, 2005 GABF07 8.49[489] 349 14 "The Seven-Beer Snitch" Matthew Nastuk Bill Odenkirk April 3, 2005 GABF08 7.48[491] 350 15 "Future-Drama" Mike B. Anderson Matt Selman April 17, 2005 GABF12 8.31[493] 351 16 "Don't Fear the Roofer" Mark Kirkland Kevin Curran May 1, 2005 GABF10 11.92[495] 352 17 "The Heartbroke Kid" Steven Dean Moore Ian Maxtone-Graham May 1, 2005 GABF11 10.79[497] 353 18 "A Star Is Torn" Nancy Kruse Carolyn Omine May 8, 2005 GABF13 8.72[499] 354 19 "Thank God, It's Doomsday" Michael Marcantel Don Payne May 8, 2005 GABF14 10.05[501] 355 20 "Home Away from Homer" Bob Anderson Joel H. Cohen May 15, 2005 GABF15 8.17[503] 356 21 "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star" Michael Polcino Matt Warburton May 15, 2005 GABF09 9.69[505] Season 17 (2005–06) Main article: The Simpsons (season 17) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 357 1 "Bonfire of the Manatees" Mark Kirkland Dan Greaney September 11, 2005 GABF18 11.10[507] 358 2 "The Girl Who Slept Too Little" Raymond S. Persi John Frink September 18, 2005 GABF16 9.79[509] 359 3 "Milhouse of Sand and Fog" Steven Dean Moore Patric M. Verrone September 25, 2005 GABF19 10.19[511] 360 4 "Treehouse of Horror XVI" David Silverman Marc Wilmore November 6, 2005 GABF17 11.63[513] 361 5 "Marge's Son Poisoning" Mike B. Anderson Daniel Chun November 13, 2005 GABF20 11.4[515] 362 6 "See Homer Run" Nancy Kruse Stephanie Gillis November 20, 2005 GABF21 10.3[517] 363 7 "The Last of the Red Hat Mamas" Matthew Nastuk Joel H. Cohen November 27, 2005 GABF22 11[519] 364 8 "The Italian Bob" Mark Kirkland John Frink December 11, 2005 HABF02 10.39[521] 365 9 "Simpsons Christmas Stories" Steven Dean Moore Don Payne December 18, 2005 HABF01 9.8[523] 366 10 "Homer's Paternity Coot" Mike B. Anderson Joel H. Cohen January 8, 2006 HABF03 10.1[525] 367 11 "We're on the Road to D'ohwhere" Nancy Kruse Kevin Curran January 29, 2006 HABF04 9.04[527] 368 12 "My Fair Laddy" Bob Anderson Michael Price February 26, 2006 HABF05 9.51[529] 369 13 "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" Raymond S. Persi Ian Maxtone-Graham March 12, 2006 HABF06 9.72[531] 370 14 "Bart Has Two Mommies" Mike Marcantel Dana Gould March 19, 2006 HABF07 8.75[533] 371 15 "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife" Matthew Nastuk Ricky Gervais March 26, 2006 HABF08 N/A 372 16 "Million Dollar Abie" Steven Dean Moore Tim Long April 2, 2006 HABF09 7.83[536] 373 17 "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore" Mark Kirkland Dan Castellaneta & Deb Lacusta April 9, 2006 HABF10 8.20[538] 374 18 "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" Mike B. Anderson Jeff Westbrook April 23, 2006 HABF11 7.04[540] 375 19 "Girls Just Want to Have Sums" Nancy Kruse Matt Selman April 30, 2006 HABF12 8.7[542] 376 20 "Regarding Margie" Michael Polcino Marc Wilmore May 7, 2006 HABF13 8.50[544] 377 21 "The Monkey Suit" Raymond S. Persi J. Stewart Burns May 14, 2006 HABF14 8.3[546] 378 22 "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play" Bob Anderson Joel H. Cohen May 21, 2006 HABF16 8.23[548] Season 18 (2006–07) Main article: The Simpsons (season 18) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 379 1 "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer" Michael Marcantel Bill Odenkirk September 10, 2006 HABF15 11.50[550] 380 2 "Jazzy and the Pussycats" Steven Dean Moore Daniel Chun September 17, 2006 HABF18 8.94[551] 381 3 "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em" Mike B. Anderson Co-Director: Ralph Sosa Matt Warburton September 24, 2006 HABF20 9.72[552] 382 4 "Treehouse of Horror XVII" David Silverman & Matthew Faughnan Peter Gaffney November 5, 2006 HABF17 10.43[553] 383 5 "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)" Nancy Kruse Daniel Chun November 12, 2006 HABF21 11.43[554] 384 6 "Moe'N'a Lisa" Mark Kirkland Matt Warburton November 19, 2006 HABF19 9.31[555] 385 7 "Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)" Matthew Nastuk Carolyn Omine November 26, 2006 HABF22 10.90[556] 386 8 "The Haw-Hawed Couple" Chris Clements Matt Selman December 10, 2006 JABF02 8.29[557] 387 9 "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" Bob Anderson Jeff Westbrook December 17, 2006 JABF01 8.96[558] 388 10 "The Wife Aquatic" Lance Kramer Kevin Curran January 7, 2007 JABF03 13.90[559] 389 11 "Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times" Michael Polcino Joel H. Cohen January 28, 2007 JABF05 8.09[560] 390 12 "Little Big Girl" Raymond S. Persi Don Payne February 11, 2007 JABF04 8.27[561] 391 13 "Springfield Up" Chuck Sheetz Matt Warburton February 18, 2007 JABF07 8.80[562] 392 14 "Yokel Chords" Susie Dietter Michael Price March 4, 2007 JABF09 9.09[563] 393 15 "Rome-old and Juli-eh" Nancy Kruse Daniel Chun March 11, 2007 JABF08 8.98[564] 394 16 "Homerazzi" Matthew Nastuk J. Stewart Burns March 25, 2007 JABF06 6.91[565] 395 17 "Marge Gamer" Bob Anderson J. Stewart Burns April 22, 2007 JABF10 6.40[566] 396 18 "The Boys of Bummer" Rob Oliver Michael Price April 29, 2007 JABF11 7.57[567] 397 19 "Crook and Ladder" Lance Kramer Bill Odenkirk May 6, 2007 JABF13 7.72[568] 398 20 "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot" Matthew Faughnan John Frink May 13, 2007 JABF12 6.48[569] 399 21 "24 Minutes" Raymond S. Persi Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham May 20, 2007 JABF14 9.80[570] 400 22 "You Kent Always Say What You Want" Matthew Nastuk Tim Long May 20, 2007 JABF15 9.80[570] Season 19 (2007–08) Main article: The Simpsons (season 19) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 401 1 "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs" Mark Kirkland Joel H. Cohen September 23, 2007 JABF20 9.7[571] 402 2 "Homer of Seville" Michael Polcino Carolyn Omine September 30, 2007 JABF18 8.4[573] 403 3 "Midnight Towboy" Matthew Nastuk Stephanie Gillis October 7, 2007 JABF21 7.7[575] 404 4 "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Bob Anderson Dana Gould October 14, 2007 JABF19 8.8[577] 405 5 "Treehouse of Horror XVIII" Chuck Sheetz Marc Wilmore November 4, 2007 JABF16 11.7[578] 406 6 "Little Orphan Millie" Lance Kramer Mick Kelly November 11, 2007 JABF22 10.57[580] 407 7 "Husbands and Knives" Nancy Kruse Matt Selman November 18, 2007 JABF17 10.5[582] 408 8 "Funeral for a Fiend" Rob Oliver Michael Price November 25, 2007 KABF01 9.0[582] 409 9 "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" Chuck Sheetz J. Stewart Burns December 16, 2007 KABF02 10.15[584] 410 10 "E Pluribus Wiggum" Michael Polcino Michael Price January 6, 2008 KABF03 8.2[582] 411 11 "That '90s Show" Mark Kirkland Matt Selman January 27, 2008 KABF04 7.6[586] 412 12 "Love, Springfieldian Style" Raymond S. Persi Don Payne February 17, 2008 KABF05 N/A 413 13 "The Debarted" Matthew Nastuk Joel H. Cohen March 2, 2008 KABF06 N/A 414 14 "Dial 'N' for Nerder" Bob Anderson Carolyn Omine & William Wright March 9, 2008 KABF07 N/A 415 15 "Smoke on the Daughter" Lance Kramer Billy Kimball March 30, 2008 KABF08 7.10[591] 416 16 "Papa Don't Leech" Chris Clements Reid Harrison April 13, 2008 KABF09 6.9[593] 417 17 "Apocalypse Cow" Nancy Kruse Jeff Westbrook April 27, 2008 KABF10 7.69[595] 418 18 "Any Given Sundance" Chuck Sheetz Daniel Chun May 4, 2008 KABF11 6.18[597] 419 19 "Mona Leaves-a" Mike B. Anderson & Ralph Sosa Joel H. Cohen May 11, 2008 KABF12 6.02[600] 420 20 "All About Lisa" Steven Dean Moore John Frink May 18, 2008 KABF13 6.11[602] Season 20 (2008–09) Main article: The Simpsons (season 20) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 421 1 "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" Lance Kramer Kevin Curran September 28, 2008 KABF17 9.3[604] 422 2 "Lost Verizon" Raymond S. Persi John Frink October 5, 2008 KABF15 7.43[606] 423 3 "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble" Michael Polcino Bill Odenkirk October 19, 2008 KABF14 8.09[609] 424 4 "Treehouse of Horror XIX" Bob Anderson Matt Warburton November 2, 2008 KABF16 12.48[612] 425 5 "Dangerous Curves" Matthew Faughnan Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham November 9, 2008 KABF18 N/A 426 6 "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" Nancy Kruse Tim Long November 16, 2008 KABF19 8.52[616] 427 7 "Mypods and Boomsticks" Steven Dean Moore Marc Wilmore November 30, 2008 KABF20 N/A 428 8 "The Burns and the Bees" Mark Kirkland Stephanie Gillis December 7, 2008 KABF21 6.19[619] 429 9 "Lisa the Drama Queen" Matthew Nastuk Brian Kelley January 25, 2009 KABF22 5.75[621] 430 10 "Take My Life, Please" Steven Dean Moore Don Payne February 15, 2009 LABF01 6.82[624] 431 11 "How the Test Was Won" Lance Kramer Michael Price March 1, 2009 LABF02 N/A 432 12 "No Loan Again, Naturally" Mark Kirkland Jeff Westbrook March 8, 2009 LABF03 N/A 433 13 "Gone Maggie Gone" Chris Clements Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham March 15, 2009 LABF04 5.99[628] 434 14 "In the Name of the Grandfather" Ralph Sosa Matt Marshall March 17, 2009 (Sky1) March 22, 2009 (Fox) LABF11 6.15[630] 435 15 "Wedding for Disaster" Chuck Sheetz Joel H. Cohen March 29, 2009 LABF05 6.58[633] 436 16 "Eeny Teeny Maya Moe" Nancy Kruse John Frink April 5, 2009 LABF06 N/A 437 17 "The Good, the Sad and the Drugly" Rob Oliver Marc Wilmore April 19, 2009 LABF07 6.50[636] 438 18 "Father Knows Worst" Matthew Nastuk Rob LaZebnik April 26, 2009 LABF08 5.94[638] 439 19 "Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh" Michael Polcino J. Stewart Burns May 3, 2009 LABF10 6.75[640] 440 20 "Four Great Women and a Manicure" Raymond S. Persi Valentina L. Garza May 10, 2009 LABF09 5.16[642] 441 21 "Coming to Homerica" Steven Dean Moore Brendan Hay May 17, 2009 LABF12 5.86[643] Season 21 (2009–10) Main article: The Simpsons (season 21) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 442 1 "Homer the Whopper" Lance Kramer Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg September 27, 2009 LABF13 8.31[644] 443 2 "Bart Gets a 'Z'" Mark Kirkland Matt Selman October 4, 2009 LABF15 9.32[645] 444 3 "The Great Wife Hope" Matthew Faughnan Carolyn Omine October 11, 2009 LABF16 7.5[646] 445 4 "Treehouse of Horror XX" Mike B. Anderson & Matthew Schofield Daniel Chun October 18, 2009 LABF14 8.59[604] 446 5 "The Devil Wears Nada" Nancy Kruse Tim Long November 15, 2009 LABF17 9.04[647] 447 6 "Pranks and Greens" Chuck Sheetz Jeff Westbrook November 22, 2009 LABF18 7.03[649] 448 7 "Rednecks and Broomsticks" Bob Anderson & Rob Oliver Kevin Curran November 29, 2009 LABF19 9.02[650] 449 8 "O Brother, Where Bart Thou?" Steven Dean Moore Matt Selman December 13, 2009 MABF01 7.11[652] 450 9 "Thursdays with Abie" Michael Polcino Mitchell H. Glazer & Don Payne January 3, 2010 MABF02 8.65[655] 451 10 "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" Matthew Nastuk Stephanie Gillis January 10, 2010 LABF20 21.01[657] 452 11 "Million Dollar Maybe" Chris Clements Bill Odenkirk January 31, 2010 MABF03 5.11[660] 453 12 "Boy Meets Curl" Chuck Sheetz Rob LaZebnik February 14, 2010 MABF05 5.87[661] 454 13 "The Color Yellow" Raymond S. Persi Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham February 21, 2010 MABF06 6.08[662] 455 14 "Postcards from the Wedge" Mark Kirkland Brian Kelley March 14, 2010 MABF04 5.23[663] 456 15 "Stealing First Base" Steven Dean Moore John Frink March 21, 2010 MABF07 5.69[664] 457 16 "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed" Michael Polcino Kevin Curran March 28, 2010 MABF10 5.69[667] 458 17 "American History X-cellent" Bob Anderson Michael Price April 11, 2010 MABF08 5.65[669] 459 18 "Chief of Hearts" Chris Clements Carolyn Omine & William Wright April 18, 2010 MABF09 5.93[671] 460 19 "The Squirt and the Whale" Mark Kirkland Matt Warburton April 25, 2010 MABF14 5.94[673] 461 20 "To Surveil with Love" Lance Kramer Michael Nobori May 2, 2010 MABF12 6.06[675] 462 21 "Moe Letter Blues" Matthew Nastuk Stephanie Gillis May 9, 2010 MABF13 5.66[679] 463 22 "The Bob Next Door" Nancy Kruse John Frink May 16, 2010 MABF11 6.26[680] 464 23 "Judge Me Tender" Steven Dean Moore Dan Greaney & Allen Glazier May 23, 2010 MABF15 5.74[682] The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!, which aired immediately following "Once Upon a Time in Springfield", was assigned production number LABF21 and technically counts as a component of the 20th production season (and of the 21st broadcast season). It does not, however, count towards the series' official episode count. Season 22 (2010–11) Main article: The Simpsons (season 22) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 465 1 "Elementary School Musical" Mark Kirkland Tim Long September 26, 2010 MABF21 7.75[684] 466 2 "Loan-a Lisa" Matthew Faughnan Valentina L. Garza October 3, 2010 MABF17 8.59[685] 467 3 "MoneyBART" Nancy Kruse Tim Long October 10, 2010 MABF18 6.72[686] 468 4 "Treehouse of Horror XXI" Bob Anderson Joel H. Cohen November 7, 2010 MABF16 8.19[687] 469 5 "Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life" Matthew Nastuk Joel H. Cohen November 14, 2010 MABF20 8.97[688] 470 6 "The Fool Monty" Steven Dean Moore Michael Price November 21, 2010 NABF01 6.58[689] 471 7 "How Munched is That Birdie in the Window?" Michael Polcino Kevin Curran November 28, 2010 NABF02 9.38[690] 472 8 "The Fight Before Christmas" Bob Anderson & Matthew Schofield Dan Castellaneta & Deb Lacusta December 5, 2010 MABF22 9.54[691] 473 9 "Donnie Fatso" Ralph Sosa Chris Cluess December 12, 2010 MABF19 7.18[692] 474 10 "Moms I'd Like to Forget" Chris Clements Brian Kelley January 9, 2011 NABF03 12.6[693] 475 11 "Flaming Moe" Chuck Sheetz Matt Selman January 16, 2011 NABF04 6.47[694] 476 12 "Homer the Father" Mark Kirkland Joel H. Cohen January 23, 2011 NABF05 6.50[695] 477 13 "The Blue and the Gray" Bob Anderson Rob LaZebnik February 13, 2011 NABF06 5.61[696] 478 14 "Angry Dad: The Movie" Matthew Nastuk John Frink February 20, 2011 NABF07 6.35[697] 479 15 "The Scorpion's Tale" Matthew Schofield Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham March 6, 2011 NABF08 6.20[698] 480 16 "A Midsummer's Nice Dream" Steven Dean Moore Deb Lacusta & Dan Castellaneta March 13, 2011 NABF09 5.44[699] 481 17 "Love Is a Many Strangled Thing" Michael Polcino Bill Odenkirk March 27, 2011 NABF10 6.14[700] 482 18 "The Great Simpsina" Chris Clements Matt Warburton April 10, 2011 NABF11 4.99[701] 483 19 "The Real Housewives of Fat Tony" Lance Kramer Dick Blasucci May 1, 2011 NABF12 6.10[702] 484 20 "Homer Scissorhands" Mark Kirkland Peter Gaffney & Steve Viksten May 8, 2011 NABF13 5.48[703] 485 21 "500 Keys" Bob Anderson John Frink May 15, 2011 NABF14 6.00[704] 486 22 "The Ned-Liest Catch" Chuck Sheetz Jeff Westbrook May 22, 2011 NABF15 5.25[705] Season 23 (2011–12) Main article: The Simpsons (season 23) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 487 1 "The Falcon and the D'ohman" Matthew Nastuk Justin Hurwitz September 25, 2011 NABF16 8.08[706] 488 2 "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts" Steven Dean Moore Tim Long October 2, 2011 NABF17 6.19[707] 489 3 "Treehouse of Horror XXII" Matthew Faughnan Carolyn Omine October 30, 2011 NABF19 8.10[708] 490 4 "Replaceable You" Mark Kirkland Stephanie Gillis November 6, 2011 NABF21 7.97[709] 491 5 "The Food Wife" Timothy Bailey Matt Selman November 13, 2011 NABF20 7.50[710] 492 6 "The Book Job" Bob Anderson Dan Vebber November 20, 2011 NABF22 5.74[711] 493 7 "The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants" Steven Dean Moore Jeff Westbrook November 27, 2011 PABF01 5.61[712] 494 8 "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution" Michael Polcino Deb Lacusta & Dan Castellaneta December 4, 2011 PABF02 9.01[713] 495 9 "Holidays of Future Passed" Rob Oliver J. Stewart Burns December 11, 2011 NABF18 6.43[606] 496 10 "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson" Mark Kirkland John Frink January 8, 2012 PABF03 5.07[714] 497 11 "The D'oh-cial Network" Chris Clements J. Stewart Burns January 15, 2012 PABF04 11.48[715] 498 12 "Moe Goes from Rags to Riches" Bob Anderson Tim Long January 29, 2012 PABF05 5.12[716] 499 13 "The Daughter Also Rises" Chuck Sheetz Rob LaZebnik February 12, 2012 PABF06 4.26[717] 500 14 "At Long Last Leave" Matthew Nastuk Michael Price February 19, 2012 PABF07 5.77[718] 501 15 "Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart" Steven Dean Moore Marc Wilmore March 4, 2012 PABF09 5.09[719] 502 16 "How I Wet Your Mother" Lance Kramer Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham March 11, 2012 PABF08 4.97[720] 503 17 "Them, Robot" Michael Polcino Michael Price March 18, 2012 PABF10 5.25[721] 504 18 "Beware My Cheating Bart" Mark Kirkland Ben Joseph April 15, 2012 PABF11 4.86[722] 505 19 "A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again" Chris Clements Matt Warburton April 29, 2012 PABF12 5.00[723] 506 20 "The Spy Who Learned Me" Bob Anderson Marc Wilmore May 6, 2012 PABF13 4.84[724] 507 21 "Ned 'n Edna's Blend" Chuck Sheetz Jeff Westbrook May 13, 2012 PABF15 4.07[725] 508 22 "Lisa Goes Gaga" Matthew Schofield Tim Long May 20, 2012 PABF14 4.82[726] Season 24 (2012–13) Main article: The Simpsons (season 24) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 509 1 "Moonshine River" Bob Anderson Tim Long September 30, 2012 PABF21 8.08[727] 510 2 "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" Steven Dean Moore David Mandel & Brian Kelley October 7, 2012 PABF17 6.57[733] 511 3 "Adventures in Baby-Getting" Rob Oliver Bill Odenkirk November 4, 2012 PABF18 5.65[734] 512 4 "Gone Abie Gone" Matthew Nastuk Joel H. Cohen November 11, 2012 PABF16 6.86[735] 513 5 "Penny-Wiseguys" Mark Kirkland Michael Price November 18, 2012 PABF19 5.06[736] 514 6 "A Tree Grows in Springfield" Timothy Bailey Stephanie Gillis November 25, 2012 PABF22 7.46[737] 515 7 "The Day the Earth Stood Cool" Matthew Faughnan Matt Selman December 9, 2012 PABF20 7.44[738] 516 8 "To Cur with Love" Steven Dean Moore Carolyn Omine December 16, 2012 RABF01 3.77[740] 517 9 "Homer Goes to Prep School" Mark Kirkland Brian Kelley January 6, 2013 RABF02 8.97[741] 518 10 "A Test Before Trying" Chris Clements Joel H. Cohen January 13, 2013 RABF03 5.04[742] 519 11 "The Changing of the Guardian" Bob Anderson Rob LaZebnik January 27, 2013 RABF04 5.23[743] 520 12 "Love is a Many-Splintered Thing" Michael Polcino Tim Long February 10, 2013 RABF07 4.19[744] 521 13 "Hardly Kirk-ing" Matthew Nastuk Tom Gammill & Max Pross February 17, 2013 RABF05 4.57[745] 522 14 "Gorgeous Grampa" Chuck Sheetz Matt Selman March 3, 2013 RABF06 4.66[746] 523 15 "Black Eyed, Please" Matthew Schofield John Frink March 10, 2013 RABF09 4.85[747] 524 16 "Dark Knight Court" Mark Kirkland Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham March 17, 2013 RABF10 4.89[748] 525 17 "What Animated Women Want" Steven Dean Moore J. Stewart Burns April 14, 2013 RABF08 4.11[749] 526 18 "Pulpit Friction" Chris Clements Bill Odenkirk April 28, 2013 RABF11 4.54[750] 527 19 "Whiskey Business" Matthew Nastuk Valentina L. Garza May 5, 2013 RABF13 4.43[751] 528 20 "The Fabulous Faker Boy" Bob Anderson Brian McConnachie May 12, 2013 RABF12 4.16[752] 529 21 "The Saga of Carl" Chuck Sheetz Eric Kaplan May 19, 2013 RABF14 4.01[753] 530 22 "Dangers on a Train" Steven Dean Moore Michael Price May 19, 2013 RABF17 4.52[753] Season 25 (2013–14) Main article: The Simpsons (season 25) № # Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production code U.S. viewers (millions) 531 1 "Homerland"[754] TBA Stephanie Gillis[755] September 29, 2013 RABF20 N/A 532 2 "Treehouse of Horror XXIV"[756] Rob Oliver[757] Jeff Westbrook October 6, 2013 RABF16 N/A Upcoming episodes Production code Title RABF15 "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner"[759] SABF05 "Steal This Episode"[760] SABF09 "The Winter of His Content"[761] SABF10 "The War of Art"[762] TBA "Four Regrettings and a Funeral"[763] TBA "White Christmas Blues"[764] TBA "Labor Pains"[764] TBA "The Kid is All Right"[765] TBA "Brick Like Me"[766] TBA "Yolo"[767]