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30 mins
9/30/1993
1.
Homer's Barbershop Quartet
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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.
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Director:
Matt Kirkland
Writer:
Jeff Martin
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Guest starring:
Dan Jordan, Shelby Grimm, George Economou, James Campbell, George Harrison, David Crosby
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30 mins
10/7/1993
2.
Cape Feare
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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.
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Director:
Rich Moore
Writer:
Jon Vitti
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Guest starring:
Kelsey Grammer
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30 mins
10/14/1993
3.
Homer Goes To College
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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.
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Director:
Jim Reardon
Writer:
Conan O'Brien
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30 mins
10/21/1993
4.
Rosebud
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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.
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Director:
Wesley Archer
Writer:
John Swartzwelder
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Guest starring:
Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Marky Ramone, C.J. Ramone
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30 mins
10/28/1993
5.
Treehouse Of Horror IV
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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.
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Director:
David Silverman
Writer:
Conan O'Brien
/ Greg Daniels
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30 mins
11/4/1993
6.
Marge On The Lam
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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.
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Director:
Matt Kirkland
Writer:
Bill Canterbury
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Guest starring:
Pamela Reed, George Fenneman
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30 mins
11/11/1993
7.
Bart's Inner Child
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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.
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Director:
Bob Anderson
Writer:
George Meyer
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Guest starring:
James Brown
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30 mins
11/18/1993
8.
Boy Scoutz N' The Hood
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After a reckless Squishee bender with Milhouse, Bart wakes to the shocking realization that he joined the Junior Campers. Lured by pocketknives and knot-tying lessons, Bart assimilates into the group but then must face the father-son rafting trip.
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Director:
Jeffrey Lynch
Writer:
Dan McGrath
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Guest starring:
Ernest Borgnine
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30 mins
12/9/1993
9.
The Last Temptation Of Homer
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Homer struggles with his attraction to new coworker Mindy, a beautiful engineer whose love for doughnuts is equal to his own.
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Director:
Carlos Baeza
Writer:
Frank Mula
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Guest starring:
Werner Klemperer, Michelle Pfeiffer
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30 mins
12/16/1993
10.
$pringfield (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Love Legalized Gambling)
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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.
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Director:
Wesley Archer
Writer:
Bill Oakley
/ Josh Weinstein
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Guest starring:
Gerry Cooney, Robert Goulet
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30 mins
1/6/1994
11.
Homer The Vigilante
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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.
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Director:
Jim Reardon
Writer:
John Swartzwelder
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Guest starring:
Sam Neill
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30 mins
2/3/1994
12.
Bart Gets Famous
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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.
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Director:
Susie Dietter
Writer:
John Swartzwelder
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Guest starring:
Conan O'Brien
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30 mins
2/10/1994
13.
Homer And Apu
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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.
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Director:
Mark Kirkland
Writer:
Greg Daniels
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Guest starring:
James Woods
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30 mins
2/17/1994
14.
Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy
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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.
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Director:
Jeffrey Lynch
Writer:
Bill Oakley
/ Josh Weinstein
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Guest starring:
Kathleen Turner
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30 mins
2/24/1994
15.
Deep Space Homer
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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.
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Director:
Carlos Baeza
Writer:
David Mirkin
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Guest starring:
Buzz Aldrin, James Taylor
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30 mins
3/17/1994
16.
Homer Loves Flanders
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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.
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Director:
Wesley Archer
Writer:
David Richardson II
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30 mins
3/31/1994
17.
Bart Gets An Elephant
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Bart wins a wacky radio contest and forgoes the cash to claim the gag prize instead: an elephant.
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Director:
Jim Reardon
Writer:
John Swartzwelder
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30 mins
4/14/1994
18.
Burns' Heir
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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.
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Director:
Mark Kirkland
Writer:
Jace Richdale
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30 mins
4/28/1994
19.
Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song
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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.
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Director:
Bob Anderson
Writer:
Bill Oakley
/ Josh Weinstein
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Guest starring:
Marcia Wallace
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30 mins
5/5/1994
20.
The Boy Who Knew Too Much
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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.
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Director:
Jeffrey Lynch
Writer:
John Swartzwelder
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30 mins
5/12/1994
21.
Lady Bouvier's Lover
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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.
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Director:
Wesley Archer
Writer:
Bill Oakley
/ Josh Weinstein
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30 mins
5/19/1994
22.
Secrets Of A Successful Marriage
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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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Director:
Carlos Baeza
Writer:
Greg Daniels
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