The Simpsons

2021

4.6

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Season 5 episodes (22)

1 Homer's Barbershop Quartet

9/30/93

While at a flea market, the Simpsons discover an old barbershop quartet album starring Homer. Homer reveals that he was once a singer / songwriter for a popular group known as The Be Sharps, whose rise and fall eerily paralleled that of The Beatles.

2 Cape Feare

10/7/93

An anonymous letter writer makes ominous threats to Bart. The Simpsons discover they were sent by Sideshow Bob who, when released from prison, harasses the Simpsons and then attempts to kill Bart with a machete. But Bob's vanity foils him yet again.

3 Homer Goes to College

10/14/93

Homer must return to college in order to keep his position at the nuclear plant. He tries to turn his collegiate experience into a rowdy riot (à la Animal House) and nearly ruins the life of his kind, understanding dean - not to mention his three nerdy tutors, Gary, Doug and Benjamin.

4 Rosebud

10/21/93

Mr. Burns has a birthday celebration featuring a performance by The Ramones. Yet he is despondent, pining for his last childhood teddy bear, Bobo. Meanwhile Maggie gets Bobo from Bart who finds it in a bag of ice. This leads to a furious struggle between Burns and the baby for ownership of the bear.

5 Treehouse of Horror IV

10/28/93

When Homer announces he would sell his soul for a donut, the Devil, disguised as Ned Flanders, shows up to take him up on the offer. While riding to school, Bart believes he sees a malevolent gremlin on the side of the bus. Mr. Burns is Dracula, in a spoof of Francis Ford Coppola's vampire film.

6 Marge On the Lam

11/4/93

Marge goes out on a girls' night with the next-door neighbor Ruth Powers. When Chief Wiggum attempts to pull Ruth over, she flees and reveals she stole the car from her ex-husband. Pursued by the cops, they drive over a chasm - only to land safely on a pile of garbage.

7 Bart's Inner Child

11/11/93

Homer buys a trampoline which injures many of the neighborhood children. To avoid future impulsive behavior on Homer's part, Marge orders a videotape to help them communicate better. Brad Goodman, the tape's host, comes to Springfield and recommends the townspeople should all get in touch with their inner child, like Bart - with a disastrous results.

8 Boy Scoutz N the Hood

11/18/93

Bart and Millhouse do the town after drinking extra syrupy squishes and wake up to find they have joined a boy scouts. Homer and Ned accompany the scouts on a father-son rafting trip, which goes awry thanks to Homer.

9 The Last Temptation of Homer

12/9/93

Homer gets a beautiful new co-worker, Mindy Simmons, who likes the same things he does. When the two of them are sent on a business trip together, Marge fears for their marriage.

10 $pringfield

12/16/93

Springfield legalizes gambling, leading Burns to open a casino and Marge to become an addict. Burns grows more like Howard Hughes, while Bart turns his treehouse into a Vegas-style resort, complete with Singer Robert Goulet.

11 Homer the Vigilante

1/6/94

An elegant cat burglar terrorizes Springfield. Homer leads a mob of vigilantes who try to catch the thief but are unable to succeed until they learn from Grandpa that their nemesis is actually an old man.

12 Bart Gets Famous

2/3/94

Bart sneaks away from a field trip into the studio of Krusty the Clown, who hires him as an assistant. Bart gets a part on a sketch, but inadvertently messes it up, saying "I didn't do it," a catchphrase which catapults him to celebrity and an appearance on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien."

13 Homer and Apu

2/10/94

Homer goes undercover to reveal that Apu is selling tainted meat at his convenience store. Apu loses his job, and lives with the Simpsons until he and Homer go to India to appeal to the head of the Kwik-E-Mart corporation. Featuring the Emmy-nominated song "Who Needs The Kwik-E-Mart?"

14 Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy

2/17/94

Lisa gets upset by the sexism displayed by a talking Malibu Stacy Doll. She tracks down the creator of the doll with the aid of Springfield's biggest Malibu Stacy collector, Mr. Smithers. A new doll is created, modeled on Lisa, but proves unpopular.

15 Deep Space Homer

2/24/94

In an attempt to send an average man into space, Homer and Barney are recruited as astronauts. Homer is sent into orbit on a voyage with Apollo 11 veteran Buzz Aldrin. Homer saves the mission from disaster, but is dismayed when all the credit goes to an inanimate carbon rod.

16 Homer Loves Flanders

3/17/94

Flanders invited Homer to go with him to a football game and even gives him the game ball. Homer decides he's been too hard on his neighbor and is overly kind to Ned, which Ned finds increasingly aggravating. But in the end, the natural order of the Simpsons universe reasserts itself.

17 Bart Gets an Elephant

3/31/94

Bart wins an elephant in a radio giveaway. The elephant, which Bart names Stampy, turns out to be an ill behaved and uncontrollable, and the other Simpson pets feel neglected. Finally, the family places the petulant pachyderm in an animal refuge.

18 Burns' Heir

4/14/94

Burns holds auditions for an heir, and after Bart vandalizes his mansion, the old man chooses him. Burns tutor his protégé in all his evil ways, but when forced to choose between his patron and his family, Bart chooses the latter.

19 Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song

4/28/94

In the 100th episode of the series, Bart's dog gets loose in the school, and the ensuing havoc is so great, Principle Skinner loses his job. Ned Flanders replaces Skinner and Skinner returns to the army, but when Flanders brings his Christianity into the public school, a guilty Bart is able to get Flanders fired and get Skinner his old job back.

20 The Boy Who Knew Too Much

5/5/94

Bart plays hooky and witnesses a dispute between a waiter and Mayor Quimby's spoiled nephew Freddy. Freddy is accused of beating the waiter, and goes on trial, with Homer enjoying himself in the jury. Bart can exonerate the accused - but only by admitting he skipped school.

21 Lady Bouvier's Lover

5/12/94

Marge's mother is wooed by both Homer's father and Homer's boss. She nearly marries Mr. Burns, but when she sees the true evil in his nature, she decides to run off with Grandpa instead.

22 Secrets of a Successful Marriage

5/19/94

Homer goes to take an adult education class, but decides to teach one instead. He reveals intimate secrets about his marriage which, when Marge learns about them, infuriate her. Homer moves into Bart's treehouse until Marge's wealth dies down - which it finally does when he pledges not to betray her again.

About this show

Homer and Marge Simpson raise Bart, Lisa and baby Maggie in Springfield.

Ratings and reviews

4.6

11.3K reviews

Keith Lowry

January 17, 2016

Now, listen to me for a second. I don't mean to offend anyone in any way, and this is just my view. Personally, I've watched this show since I was eight-years-old. The Simpsons was such a witty show back then and had stories with creative transitions. For me, this show had plots that I was never able to predict. Right now, however, the plots just aren't as imaginative and creative as they used to be, and most of them are recycled. I can usually predict what will happen in an episode near its beginning now.

28 people found this review helpful

Mike Bravo (DarkRaven)

October 10, 2019

I watched alot of the simpsons growing up. It seems to have gotten stale. And their show has indeed become manipulative in its values and seems to sway away from core comedic roots. Now like many others like south park, the simpsons has become too involved in territory I dont believe any comedy should get involved in. Just because theres so much ill water.

Michael Driver

March 28, 2013

The Simpsons are past their prime. I quit watching quite some time ago as the show has just become worn out. The producers, and writers aren't really making any effort, and haven't for quite a long time, in truly making the program worth watching any longer. Sad. FOX had a great show in FUTURAMA, and put absolutely nothing in it. Let it sit, and moulder, cancelled it, then just let it go, but keep this now unworthy program on artificial life-support! No understanding American television networks.

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