Episodes
See also: List of The Simpsons episodes- Key
- In the № column the number refers to the order it aired during the entire series.
- In the # column the number refers to the episode number within its season.
- 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; for example, 1F for season five and 2F for season six. The second number is the order in which the episode was produced, which is not necessarily the airing order.
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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| 421 | 1 | "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" | Lance Kramer | Kevin Curran | September 28, 2008 (2008-09-28) | KABF17 |
| After serving a jail sentence for starting a brawl at an alcohol-free St. Patrick's Day parade, Homer becomes a bounty hunter and tags Flanders along for the ride. Meanwhile, an Irish man gives Marge a job at his bakery, which Marge soon discovers specializes in sexually suggestive pastries. Guest Stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Robert Forster and Joe Mantegna. |
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| 422 | 2 | "Lost Verizon" | Raymond S. Persi | John Frink | October 5, 2008 (2008-10-05) | KABF15 |
| Bart feels left out after realizing he is the only kid in this day and age without a cell phone, so he tries to work in a country club as a golf ball finder to earn money for it -- and finds Denis Leary's phone instead. Guest Stars: Denis Leary and Brian Grazer. |
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| 423 | 3 | "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble" | Michael Polcino | Bill Odenkirk | October 19, 2008 (2008-10-19) | KABF14 |
| Bart meets Simon Woosterfield, a boy who looks exactly like him and is a member of Springfield's richest family. As a prank, the two decide to switch places, but the joke is on Bart when Bart discovers that Simon is being targeted for murder by his own siblings. Guest Star: Joe Montana. |
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| 424 | 4 | "Treehouse of Horror XIX" | Bob Anderson | Matt Warburton | November 2, 2008 (2008-11-02) | KABF16 |
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Intro: Homer tries to vote for Barack Obama but the machine is rigged to place votes for John McCain -- and kill anyone who rats it out. How to Get Ahead in Dead-Vertising: After accidentally killing Krusty the Clown over the destruction of a daycare mural that used his image without his express permission, Homer is hired by two ad agents who have discovered a legal loophole in using celebrity likenesses in their advertising campaigns. It's the Grand Pumpkin, Milhouse: In this parody of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Milhouse summons a demon pumpkin, who goes berserk when he discovers that humans carve his brethren into jack-o-lanterns as Halloween tradition. |
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| 425 | 5 | "Dangerous Curves" | Matthew Faughnan | Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham | November 9, 2008 (2008-11-09) | KABF18 |
| In this latest flashback episode, Homer and Marge remember their dating years where a young Ned and Maude tries to keep them apart and their early years of marriage where Homer and Marge almost cheated on each other. Guest Star: Maurice LaMarche. |
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| 426 | 6 | "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" | Nancy Kruse | Tim Long | November 16, 2008 (2008-11-16) | KABF19 |
| Lisa becomes obsessed with crossword puzzles and enters a contest, where Homer places bets against his daughter in order to earn money lost from his couples break-up business. Guest Stars: Will Shortz, Merl Reagle and Scott Thompson. |
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| 427 | 7 | "Mypods and Boomsticks" | Steven Dean Moore | Marc Wilmore | November 30, 2008 (2008-11-30) | KABF20 |
| Bart makes friends with a Muslim boy named Bashir and his family, but Homer fears the family may be terrorists because of their religion. Meanwhile, Lisa is given a MyPod and becomes addicted to downloading songs on it. Guest Star: Shohreh Aghdashloo. |
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| 428 | 8 | "The Burns and the Bees" | Mark Kirkland | Stephanie Gillis | December 7, 2008 (2008-12-07) | KABF21 |
| After winning the "Austin Celtics" in a game of poker, Mr. Burns builds a new stadium in Springfield in the same place where Lisa has built a bee colony to save honeybees from extinction. Guest Stars: Mark Cuban, Jeff Bezos and Marv Albert. |
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| 429 | 9 | "Lisa the Drama Queen" | Matthew Nastuk | Brian Kelley | January 25, 2009 (2009-01-25) | KABF22 |
| Lisa meets a new girl named Juliet and helps her write stories about a fantasy world called Equalia, but spending too much time with Juliet (and the story) begins to warp Lisa's sense of reality. Guest Stars: Emily Blunt and Fall Out Boy. NOTE: This is the last episode to be broadcast in standard definition and the last one to include the old opening (which was used ever since season two) |
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| 430 | 10 | "Take My Life, Please" | Steven Dean Moore | Don Payne | February 15, 2009 (2009-02-15) | LABF01 |
| After an old high school rival named Vance is honored at on the Springfield Wall of Fame, Homer becomes depressed when he discovers that Principal Dondelinger rigged the student council election so Vance would win. While at an Italian restaurant, a mysterious chef shows Homer how his life would have turned out had he actually won. NOTE: Starting with this episode, The Simpsons is now broadcast in 720p high definition and now has a new opening (which is similar to the old one, only it includes new characters). |
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| 431 | 11 | "How the Test Was Won" | Lance Kramer | Michael Price | March 1, 2009 (2009-03-01) | LABF02 |
| Bart gets a perfect score on Springfield Elementary's latest standardized test, leaving Lisa worried that Bart may be smarter than her when Bart is rewarded with a field trip -- that turns out to be an elaborate trick into getting the low-testing students (and Principal Skinner) out of the way. Meanwhile, Homer forgets to mail off his insurance payment and must keep himself and the house accident-free until his coverage can be reinstated at 3:00pm. | ||||||
| 432 | 12 | "No Loan Again, Naturally" | Mark Kirkland | Jeff Westbrook | March 8, 2009 (2009-03-08) | LABF03 |
| The Simpsons get into a mortgage crisis of their own when Homer can't afford to pay off the money he borrows from his home equity loan (so he can finance his extravagant Mardi Gras parties) and the Simpsons sell their home to Ned Flanders. Guest Star: Maurice LaMarche. |
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| 433 | 13 | "Gone Maggie Gone" | Chris Clements | Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham | March 15, 2009 (2009-03-15) | LABF04 |
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Homer leaves Maggie on the doorstep of a convent, setting off a DaVinci Code-style chain of events involving The Freemasons and the hunt for a rare jewel. Meanwhile, Marge goes blind after viewing an eclipse without an eclipse shoe box viewer and Homer tries to cover up Maggie's disappearance. Guest Star: Ed Begley, Jr. |
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| 434 | 14 | "In the Name of the Grandfather" | Ralph Sosa | Matt Marshall | March 22, 2009 (2009-03-22) | LABF11 |
| After neglecting his father during a wheelbarrow race, Homer makes it up to Grampa Simpson by taking him to a pub in Ireland, only to learn that pubs are not popular in Ireland anymore. Guest Stars: Colm Meaney, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. |
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| 435 | 15 | "Wedding for Disaster" | Chuck Sheetz | Joel H. Cohen | March 29, 2009 (2009-03-29) | LABF05 |
| When Reverend Lovejoy reveals to Homer and Marge that they are not legally married (after discovering that his license to wed expired around the time Homer and Marge remarried on the season eight episode "A Milhouse Divided," meaning that Homer and Marge were divorced all this time and Homer's marriage to his Vegas wife on "Viva Ned Flanders" should not have been recognized as bigamy like it was on "Brawl in the Family"), Homer and Marge decide to have another wedding to legitimize their union once and for all. But when Marge begins acting like a bridezilla and Homer mysteriously disappears, it is up to Bart and Lisa to save the day. Guest Star: Kelsey Grammer. |
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| 436 | 16 | "Eeny Teeny Maya Moe" | Nancy Kruse | John Frink | April 5, 2009 (2009-04-05) | LABF06 |
| Moe once again searches for love and falls for a woman named Maya over the Internet. However, when Moe meets Maya face-to-face, he discovers it is more like face-to-knee, as Maya is only three feet tall. Meanwhile, Maggie is put in a playground full of hostile babies. | ||||||
| 437 | 17 | "The Good, the Sad and the Drugly" | Rob Oliver | Marc Wilmore | April 19, 2009 (2009-04-19) | LABF07 |
| Bart sets up Milhouse to take the fall for a prank the two of them pulled, and the duo's friendship becomes strained when Bart falls for a charitable girl named Jenny. Meanwhile, Lisa becomes insane and depressed after reading Internet articles predicting that Springfield will be a barren wasteland in fifty years, and is given anti-depressants that turn her into a mindless zombie. Guest Star: Anne Hathaway. |
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| 438 | 18 | "Father Knows Worst" | Matthew Nastuk | Rob LaZebnik | April 26, 2009 (2009-04-26) | LABF08 |
| Marge discovers a sauna in the basement of their house and shuts herself off from the rest of the world. Meanwhile, Homer becomes a stricter parent after meeting a helicopter mom who criticizes Bart for being an academic failure and Lisa for being a social outcast. | ||||||
| 439 | 19 | "Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh" | Michael Polcino | J. Stewart Burns | May 3, 2009 (2009-05-03) | LABF10 |
| While desperately searching for a bathroom during her morning jog, Marge discovers how low-rent Springfield Elementary School really is and moves Bart and Lisa to Waverly Hills Elementary by having Homer rent an apartment there so the city inspector of Waverly Hills (who cracks down on out-of-towners who only register for a Waverly Hills address so they can send their kids to that town's school) does not get suspicious. Meanwhile, Bart helps Lisa become popular by telling others that Lisa is friends with a teenage pop star named Alaska Nebraska. Guest Stars: Ellen Page and Maurice LaMarche. |
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| 440 | 20 | "Four Great Women and a Manicure" | Raymond S. Persi | Valentina L. Garza | May 10, 2009 (2009-05-10) | LABF09 |
| While at a nail salon, Marge and Lisa argue over whether or not a woman can be smart, beautiful, and powerful all at once, which leads to yet another Simpsons anthology show, featuring four stories of women trying to survive in a man's world: Aunt Selma defending England as Queen Elizabeth I, Lisa in a non-copyright-infringing retelling of Snow White, Marge pushing Homer to be a great Shakespearean actor in a modern-day version of MacBeth, and Maggie fighting against conformity in a parody of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. Guest Star: Jodie Foster. Absent: Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson |
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| 441 | 21 | "Coming to Homerica" | Steven Dean Moore | Brendan Hay | May 17, 2009 (2009-05-17) | LABF12 |
| The citizens of Ogdenville swarm into Springfield in search of work after their local economy plummets (thanks, in no small part, to Krusty's veggie burgers, which contain tainted Ogdenville barley), but when the Ogdenvillians' Norwegian culture begins rubbing off on (and annoying) others, Mayor Quimby hires citizens to act as border patrol. |
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