The Simpsons (1989)

Season 18

September 10, 2006 22 Episodes

Episodes

The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer
Episode 1
6.7

The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer

Sep 10, 2006

22 minutes

Lisa's friendship with Fat Tony's son Michael prompts mob boss Tony to invite the Simpsons over for dinner. Michael says he'd rather be a chef than take over the family business, but that's before Tony is shot by a rival mobster.

Jazzy and the Pussycats
Episode 2
6.4

Jazzy and the Pussycats

Sep 17, 2006

23 minutes

A child psychiatrist suggests drumming to channel Bart's energy, and the boy proves he's got the beat when he shows some talent on the skins.

Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em
Episode 3
6.4

Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em

Sep 24, 2006

23 minutes

Marge reads Homer's carpentry books and becomes very handy at fixing things. Gender bias keeps the townspeople from accepting a female carpenter, so Marge pretends that Homer does the work. Meanwhile, Bart torments Skinner when he learns the principal has an extreme allergy to peanuts.

Treehouse of Horror XVII
Episode 4
6.2

Treehouse of Horror XVII

Nov 5, 2006

23 minutes

The 17th annual Halloween trilogy. Included: "Married to the Blob," in which a meteor turns Homer into a monster; "You Gotta Know When to Golem," about a monster from Jewish folklore; and "The Day the Earth Looked Stupid," about an alien invasion.

G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)
Episode 5
6.5

G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)

Nov 12, 2006

22 minutes

Homer is bamboozled by Army recruiters and winds up in basic training, where he runs afoul of a tough-minded colonel and is assigned to play the enemy in war games.

Moe'N'a Lisa
Episode 6
6.4

Moe'N'a Lisa

Nov 19, 2006

23 minutes

Lisa sees poetry in the notes Moe sticks to the walls of his hotel room, so she sends his work to a poetry journal, which publishes it, making Moe the toast of the literary circuit.

Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair)
Episode 7
6.7

Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair)

Nov 26, 2006

23 minutes

Homer is fired and decides to buy an ice-cream truck. Marge makes use of the mountains of Popsicle sticks from Homer's ice-cream consumption by creating sculptures of Springfield citizens with them, leading to a feature about her on the news.

The Haw-Hawed Couple
Episode 8
7.0

The Haw-Hawed Couple

Dec 10, 2006

23 minutes

When Bart ends up the only guest at Nelson's birthday party, the bully decides he's his best friend and goes about protecting Bart in a parody of "Goodfellas." Meanwhile, Homer reads Lisa to sleep and debates on whether to reveal the book's sad ending to her.

Kill Gil, Volumes I & II
Episode 9
5.8

Kill Gil, Volumes I & II

Dec 17, 2006

23 minutes

Homer jumps into a brawl during a holiday ice-skating show. To escape the melee, Marge takes the family Christmas shopping, where a chance encounter with Gil leads to bad luck for Gil and the Simpson clan.

The Wife Aquatic
Episode 10
5.9

The Wife Aquatic

Jan 7, 2007

22 minutes

Selma and Patti's home movies make Marge nostalgic for the Barnacle Bay vacations of her youth, so Homer takes the family there, but the area has changed since the Bouviers were little girls.

Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times
Episode 11
7.1

Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times

Jan 28, 2007

23 minutes

Homer learns three lessons about revenge from stories told by Marge, Lisa and Bart that parody "The Count of Monte Cristo," "Revenge of the Nerds" and "Batman Begins."

Little Big Girl
Episode 12
6.4

Little Big Girl

Feb 11, 2007

22 minutes

Lisa pretends to be Native American for multicultural day at school. Meanwhile, Bart finds love with an older woman.

Springfield Up
Episode 13
6.7

Springfield Up

Feb 18, 2007

23 minutes

A documentary filmmaker who interviewed a group of Springfield schoolchildren 32 years ago has followed up at eight-year intervals to film how their lives have unfolded.

Yokel Chords
Episode 14
6.3

Yokel Chords

Mar 4, 2007

23 minutes

Bart has to see a psychiatrist after he starts a panic at school by telling a story about a murderous cafeteria worker. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to civilize Cletus Spuckler's hillbilly children, with mixed results.

Rome-Old and Juli-Eh
Episode 15
6.4

Rome-Old and Juli-Eh

Mar 11, 2007

22 minutes

Selma and Grampa embark on a May-December romance, and Bart and Lisa get into trouble with deliverymen over cardboard boxes.

Homerazzi
Episode 16
6.8

Homerazzi

Mar 25, 2007

22 minutes

After a celebrity scandal is accidentally captured in a family photo, Homer decides to become a paparazzo.

Marge Gamer
Episode 17
6.9

Marge Gamer

Apr 22, 2007

23 minutes

Marge goes online for the first time and becomes obsessed with a role-playing game that Bart and many of their neighbors are playing. Meanwhile, Lisa develops her own obsession--for soccer--and Homer becomes a referee.

The Boys of Bummer
Episode 18
6.0

The Boys of Bummer

Apr 29, 2007

23 minutes

Bart goes from hero to goat on his Little League team after an error in the championship game. Meanwhile, Homer falls asleep on a bed in a department store. When he's awakened, he raves about the mattress and is given a job as a salesman.

Crook and Ladder
Episode 19
6.4

Crook and Ladder

May 6, 2007

23 minutes

Homer, Apu, Moe and Skinner volunteer as firemen after Homer's sleepwalking accident injures the town's firefighters. They do some light looting at the fires to make up for not being compensated, but Marge and Lisa shame them into mending their ways.

Stop or My Dog Will Shoot!
Episode 20
6.4

Stop or My Dog Will Shoot!

May 13, 2007

23 minutes

The Simpsons' pooch, Santa's Little Helper, becomes a police dog.

24 Minutes
Episode 21
7.3

24 Minutes

May 20, 2007

23 minutes

In a parody of "24," the school's Counter Truancy Unit tries to stop three sixth-graders planning to disrupt the school bake sale with a stink bomb.

You Kent Always Say What You Want
Episode 22
6.7

You Kent Always Say What You Want

May 20, 2007

23 minutes

Newsman Kent Brockman is fired for swearing on the air when Homer dumps coffee in his lap, but Lisa gets Brockman back in the game with her Webcam.