TV season
1996-10-27
Episode 1
1996-10-27 • 23 min
A Halloween trilogy. This time, Bart meets his "pure evil" Siamese twin; Lisa's science project attacks Bart; aliens Kang and Kodos invade as Clinton and Dole's replicas just before the 1996 Presidential election.
Episode 2
1996-11-03 • 23 min
In an idyllic planned community, Homer works for a new boss who has trouble with the government. Meanwhile, the rest of the family has difficulty dealing with the bucolic burg.
Episode 3
1996-11-10 • 23 min
When Moe sees that Homer can absorb massive blows to the head, he turns him into a prizefighter and sets up a match with heavyweight champion Drederick Tatum.
Episode 4
1996-11-17 • 23 min
Mr. Burns' boorish long-lost son Larry gets the brush-off from Burns, but Homer hatches a plan to reconcile them.
Episode 5
1996-11-24 • 23 min
After trespassing and damaging property at a mysterious old house, Bart is required to work there as a punishment... but it turns out to be a burlesque house.
Episode 6
1996-12-01 • 23 min
Kirk and Luann Van Houten are getting a divorce. Homer is confident that it will never happen to him, but Kirk tells him how quickly things can change.
Episode 7
1996-12-15 • 23 min
Lisa develops a crush on Nelson and tries to change him into a better person. Meanwhile, Homer finds an autodialer and starts a telemarketing scam.
Episode 8
1996-12-29 • 23 min
A hurricane destroys the Flanders' home and they have to move into the church basement. The people of Springfield gather to rebuild their house, but when Ned sees the poor workmanship, he has a complete breakdown.
Episode 9
1997-01-05 • 23 min
After eating a dish laced with potent peppers during the chili cookoff, Homer has hallucinations where a mystical coyote urges him to find his soulmate.
Episode 10
1997-01-12 • 23 min
Homer witnesses something out of this world in Springfield woods, but no one believes him -- not even FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, who come to investigate the incident.
Episode 11
1997-01-19 • 23 min
Marge's new pretzel franchise is failing until Homer strikes a deal with Fat Tony, Springfield's local mobster.
Episode 12
1997-02-02 • 23 min
To promote teamwork amongst the power plant's employees, Mr. Burns makes them go on a corporate retreat up in the mountains.
Episode 13
1997-02-07 • 23 min
Marge is stressed by the demands of motherhood and the Simpsons get a magical British nanny, who floats down from the sky holding an umbrella.
Episode 14
1997-02-09 • 23 min
In an attempt to boost ratings, the Itchy and Scratchy Show adds a new "in-your-face" character voiced by Homer.
Episode 15
1997-02-16 • 23 min
The Simpsons befriend a shop owner, but when Homer discovers the man is gay, he worries about his influence on Bart.
Episode 16
1997-02-23 • 23 min
When Sideshow Bob is released from prison, his brother Cecil puts him in charge of building Springfield's new hydroelectric dam.
Episode 17
1997-03-02 • 23 min
Lisa has a stellar reputation as a babysitter, but when Homer and Marge leave her in charge of Bart and Maggie, everything starts going wrong.
Episode 18
1997-03-16 • 23 min
When Prohibition is revived in Springfield, Homer and Bart supply the town with alcohol.
Episode 19
1997-04-06 • 23 min
Bart discovers Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel kissing, and it's not long before the whole town knows of their secret affair.
Episode 20
1997-04-13 • 23 min
When Bart can't pay the credit card bill for his expensive new purebred dog, the repo men unwittingly take Santa's Little Helper.
Episode 21
1997-04-20 • 23 min
Financially ruined, Mr. Burns turns to Lisa for help in building a recycling business. Lisa believes he's changed, but his new business venture takes a shocking new direction.
Episode 22
1997-04-27 • 23 min
Disturbed that Reverend Lovejoy has lost interest in counseling parishioners, Marge volunteers as the "Listen Lady." Meanwhile, Homer sees his likeness on a box of Japanese detergent.
Episode 23
1997-05-04 • 23 min
A hardworking new employee at the power plant is consumed with resentment at Homer's undeserved success.
Episode 24
1997-05-11 • 23 min
Troy McClure presents three Simpsons spinoff spoofs: In "Chief Wiggum, P.I.," Chief Wiggum becomes a New Orleans detective. Next, Grampa Simpson's soul is trapped inside Moe's Love tester machine in "The Love-Matic Grampa." Finally, the Simpson family hosts a '70s-style variety show.
Episode 25
1997-05-18 • 23 min
Lisa joins the all-male military school where Bart is sent for discipline. Then comes the hazing.
