The Simpsons (1987)
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
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5x01 Homer's Barbershop Quartet
01 October, 1993 4:00 am
Through flashbacks, Homer recalls the dizzying rise and fall of his Beatles-esque barbershop quartet. The Be Sharps reunite for one last concert on the roof of Moe's Tavern.
5x02 Cape Feare
08 October, 1993 4:00 am
When Bart receives death threats from newly paroled Sideshow Bob, the family goes into the Witness Relocation Program and starts a new life on a houseboat on Terror Lake.
5x03 Homer Goes to College
15 October, 1993 4:00 am
Burns discovers that Homer is grossly unqualified to be a nuclear safety inspector, so Homer enrolls at Springfield University to study nuclear physics. While there, Homer befriends three nerds and instigates a prank that gets them expelled.
5x04 Rosebud
22 October, 1993 4:00 am
Mr. Burns pines away for Bobo, his beloved childhood teddy bear and symbol of lost innocence. When the bear turns up in Maggie's possession, the resulting tug of war affects the whole town.
5x05 Treehouse of Horror IV
29 October, 1993 3:00 am
In "The Devil and Homer Simpson," Homer sells his soul for a doughnut. Next, in the Twilight Zone spoof "Terror at 5 1/2 Feet," everyone doubts Bart's sanity when he's the only one to see a gremlin sabotaging the school bus. In "Bart Simpson's Dracula," the family turns into vampires, and Lisa sends Homer to the Burns mansion in an attempt to kill the head vampire.
5x06 Marge on the Lam
05 November, 1993 4:00 am
When Marge has a girls' night out with a new neighbor, they wind up roaring toward a cliff in a Thelma-and-Louise-style car chase.
5x07 Bart's Inner Child
12 November, 1993 4:00 am
Bart heckles the guru at a self-help seminar, and the man presents him to the audience as a role model for their "inner child." But when the whole town tries to "be like Bart," things start to fall apart.
5x08 Boy-Scoutz 'N the Hood
19 November, 1993 4:00 am
After joining the Junior Campers while on a sugar high, Bart reluctantly invites Homer to accompany him on the annual father-son rafting trip, which goes awry.
5x09 The Last Temptation of Homer
10 December, 1993 4:00 am
Homer struggles with his attraction to new coworker Mindy, a beautiful engineer whose love for doughnuts is equal to his own.
5x10 $pringfield (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)
17 December, 1993 4:00 am
When gambling is legalized in Springfield, Mr. Burns opens an extravagant casino on the waterfront. Meanwhile, Bart opens a casino in his treehouse. Burns becomes a germ-phobic recluse and Homer must tear Marge away from the slot machines.
5x11 Homer the Vigilante
07 January, 1994 4:00 am
When a cat burglar prowls Springfield, Homer forms a citizens' watch group that winds up breaking more laws than they protect. When the cat burglar sets his sights on the world's biggest cubic zirconia, a clue comes from an unexpected source.
5x12 Bart Gets Famous
04 February, 1994 4:00 am
Working as Krusty the Clown's assistant, Bart accidentally steals the limelight by blurting an instant catchphrase: "I didn't do it." But when he tries to capitalize on his fifteen minutes of fame, the fans are fickle.
5x13 Homer and Apu
11 February, 1994 4:00 am
Fired for selling tainted meat to Homer, Apu tries to make amends to the Simpsons, and Homer joins him in a pilgrimage to Kwik-E-Mart headquarters in India.
5x14 Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy
18 February, 1994 4:00 am
Lisa is shocked to find that her new Malibu Stacy doll reinforces negative stereotypes of women. With Smithers' help, Lisa tracks down the original creator of Malibu Stacy and convinces her to market a new doll that's a better role model for girls.
5x15 Deep Space Homer
25 February, 1994 4:00 am
Dejected by a lack of recognition at work, Homer makes a crank call to NASA and winds up being chosen to ride into space with astronauts.
5x16 Homer Loves Flanders
18 March, 1994 4:00 am
Homer and Flanders bond over a football game. As the two friends become inseparable, Flanders struggles with a growing dislike of Homer that finally blows up in front of the entire church congregation.
5x17 Bart Gets an Elephant
01 April, 1994 5:00 am
Bart wins a wacky radio contest and forgoes the cash to claim the gag prize instead: an elephant.
5x18 Burns' Heir
15 April, 1994 4:00 am
The childless Mr. Burns selects Bart as his heir and begins grooming him for his new role. As a test of loyalty, Mr. Burns orders Bart to fire Homer.
5x19 Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song
29 April, 1994 4:00 am
When Bart gets Principal Skinner fired, Ned Flanders is brought in to act as principal. Skinner befriends his former nemesis and the pair look for a way to get Skinner reinstated.
5x20 The Boy Who Knew Too Much
06 May, 1994 4:00 am
Playing hooky, Bart sneaks onto the Quimby Compound and is the only witness when Mayor Quimby's ne'er-do-well nephew Freddy allegedly assaults a snooty French butler. But if he comes forward, he will be punished for truancy.
5x21 Lady Bouvier's Lover
13 May, 1994 4:00 am
Mr. Burns and Grandpa Simpson compete for the affections of Marge's mother. The more dashing suitor prevails, but in a scene straight out of The Graduate, Grandpa crashes the wedding just before Mrs. Bouvier becomes Mrs. Burns.
5x22 Secrets of a Successful Marriage
20 May, 1994 4:00 am
Homer teaches an adult education class on successful marriage, but his students show little interest until he starts telling them juicy details of his marriage to Marge. Furious, Marge kicks Homer out.
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