The Simpsons

1989
4,6
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Season 4 episodes (22)

1 Kamp Krusty
92/09/24
Season-only
Bart and Lisa go off for the summer to Krusty's camp for kids, but instead of meeting Krusty they meet his bean-counting surrogate, Mr. Black. With their children gone, Homer and Marge enjoy a romantic summer, but Bart and Lisa are put to work making crummy merchandise, until Krusty returns and sets things right - by taking the kids to Tijuana.
2 A Streetcar Named Marge
92/10/01
Season-only
Marge wins the lead in a musical production of "A Street Names Desire." While rehearsing, Marge sticks Maggie in the Ayn Rand Day Care Center, where her pacifier is immediately taken from her.
3 Homer the Heretic
92/10/08
Season-only
Homer decides not to go to church one Sunday and has the greatest morning of his life. He continues to avoid services, causing Marge to worry about the fate of his soul. Then, one Sunday, Homer inadvertently burns the house down, and is saved by the heroism of the local fire department, manned by volunteers of all faiths.
4 Lisa the Beauty Queen
92/10/15
Season-only
After a caricature artist does an unflattering portrait of Lisa, she enters a junior beauty pageant to regain her self-esteem
5 Treehouse of Horror III
92/10/29
Season-only
In "Clown Without Pity," a Krusty the Clown doll goes berserk in the Simpson home. In "King Homer," Marge is wooed by a giant ape. In "Dial 'Z' for Zombies," Lisa's attempt to bring back her dead cat turns the town of Springfield into a pack of marauding zombies.
6 Itchy and Scratchy, the Movie
92/11/03
Season-only
When Bart's negligence sends Maggie careening down the street in a runaway car, Homer forbids Bart from seeing the new film about Itchy and Scratchy.
7 Marge Gets a Job
92/11/05
Season-only
Marge gets a job at the nuclear plant, where Mr. Burns develops a crush on her. He kidnaps her idol, Tom Jones, in a futile attempt to win her away from Homer. Meanwhile, Bart becomes the boy who cried "wolf" - literally
8 New Kid On the Block
92/11/12
Season-only
A single mom moves in next door to the Simpsons, with a teenage daughter with whom Bart falls in love. Unfortunately for him, she has a crush on Jimbo Jones. Meanwhile, Homer sues an all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant when it won't let him eat all he can eat.
9 Mr. Plow
92/11/19
Season-only
Homer starts a thriving snowplow business, only to have his best friend Barney start a rival service, complete with commercials featuring Linda Ronstadt. Homer is so jealous he sends Barney into an avalanche and certain death, then repents and risks his own life to save his friend's.
10 Lisa's First Words
92/12/03
Season-only
In this flashback episode, we see the birth of Lisa and young Bart's jealousy towards her. But he softens when he hears her first word: "Bart." Then we hear (but no one else does) Maggie's first word.
11 Homer's Triple Bypass
92/12/17
Season-only
Homer has a heart attack, leaving him near death. He must get a bypass operation, but is only able to afford the cut-rate doctor, Nick Riviera. But, guided by Lisa, Dr. Nick performs the surgery and saves Homer's life.
12 Marge vs. the Monorail
93/01/14
Season-only
A fast-talking con man, Lyle Lanley, sells the people of Springfield a monorail, and Homer is thrilled to be the conductor. Marge warns that the monorail is a mistake, and is proven correct when it speeds out of control, with a VIP passenger aboard.
13 Selma's Choice
93/01/21
Season-only
A death in Marge's family sends the Simpsons to a funeral, and makes Selma wonder if she should have a child before it's too late. But after she takes Bart and Lisa to the Duff Gardens theme park - where Lisa drinks water on a ride and goes berserk - Selma scratches her maternal itch with a pet iguana.
14 Brother from the Same Planet
93/02/04
Season-only
When Homer is late picking Bart up from soccer, Bart decides to get a "Big Brother" who'll take care of him. Out of jealousy, Homer gets a "Little Brother," and then gets in a knock-down drag-out fight with Bart's Big Brother. Meanwhile, Lisa runs up a huge phone bill calling a 900 line run by a teen film star.
15 I Love Lisa
93/02/11
Season-only
Feeling sorry for luckless classmate Ralph Wiggum, Lisa gives him a valentine. He develops a huge crush on her, which ends unhappily when she tells him that she doesn't reciprocate on a Krusty the Clown anniversary special. Ralph's dad, Police Chief Wiggum, takes vengeance on Homer, but in the end the kids agree to be friends.
16 Duffless
93/02/18
Season-only
After skipping work for a Duff Brewery tour, Homer is arrested for driving while intoxicated. He is at first miserable, but uses the opportunity to find out what life is like without beer. Meanwhile, Lisa makes Bart the subject of a Clockwork Orange-style science fair project.
17 Last Exit to Springfield
93/03/11
Season-only
Lisa goes to the dentist and learns that she needs braces. At the same time, Mr. Burns tries to remove the dental plan from the plant employees' benefits, and an upset Homer becomes a union leader, taking the workers out on a strike. Burns tries to run the plant with robots, but cannot dent the workers' resolve, and agrees to restore the dental plan if Homer will resign as union leader.
18 So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show
93/04/01
Season-only
In this April Fool's Day-themes clip show, Bart shakes up a bottle of beer, intending to soak Homer, but winds up putting his father into a coma. The family reminisces about the past while waiting at Homer's bedside.
19 The Front
93/04/15
Season-only
Bart and Lisa write Itchy & Scratchy cartoons using Grandpa to submit them to the studio. But when one wins an award, Grandpa is appalled to see what he has been putting his name on. Also, contains a short, short feature entitled "The Adventures of Ned Flanders."
20 Whacking Day
93/04/29
Season-only
Springfield engages in an annual ritual of whacking at snakes with sticks - a ritual Lisa is determined to stop. Meanwhile, Bart is kicked out of school after a prank and home-schooled by Marge.
21 Marge in Chains
93/05/06
Season-only
Marge inadvertently shoplifts from the Kwik-E-Mart and is sent to a women's prison, leaving the family to fend for themselves.
22 Krusty Gets Cancelled
93/05/13
Season-only
A rival TV show starring an incredibly talented ventriloquist's dummy goes on opposite Krusty, and he is taken off the air. Bart and Lisa decide he must do a comeback special to save his career. They enlist the help of celebrities and the special is a huge success.

About this show

Winner of the 2019 Emmy® Award for Outstanding Animated Program, THE SIMPSONS continues to strike a chord with viewers for irreverently poking fun at anything and everything. With its subversive humor and delightful wit, the series has made an indelible imprint on American pop culture, and its family members – Homer (Dan Castellaneta), Marge (Julie Kavner), Bart (Nancy Cartwright), Lisa (Yeardley Smith) and Maggie – are television icons. Already the longest-running scripted series in television history, the Emmy® Award-, Annie Award- and Peabody Award-winning animated comedy has surpassed Gunsmoke's record of the most episodes for a scripted primetime television series. THE SIMPSONS is a Gracie Films Production in association with 20th Century Fox Television. The series was created by Matt Groening and developed by James L. Brooks, Matt Groening and Sam Simon. James L. Brooks and Matt Groening are executive producers. Al Jean and Matt Selman also serve as executive producers and the series' showrunners.

Ratings and reviews

4,6
11,3K reviews
Keith Lowry
17 January 2016
Now, listen to me for a second. I don't mean to offend anyone in any way, and this is just my view. Personally, I've watched this show since I was eight-years-old. The Simpsons was such a witty show back then and had stories with creative transitions. For me, this show had plots that I was never able to predict. Right now, however, the plots just aren't as imaginative and creative as they used to be, and most of them are recycled. I can usually predict what will happen in an episode near its beginning now.
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M
10 October 2019
I watched alot of the simpsons growing up. It seems to have gotten stale. And their show has indeed become manipulative in its values and seems to sway away from core comedic roots. Now like many others like south park, the simpsons has become too involved in territory I dont believe any comedy should get involved in. Just because theres so much ill water.
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Michael Driver
28 March 2013
The Simpsons are past their prime. I quit watching quite some time ago as the show has just become worn out. The producers, and writers aren't really making any effort, and haven't for quite a long time, in truly making the program worth watching any longer. Sad. FOX had a great show in FUTURAMA, and put absolutely nothing in it. Let it sit, and moulder, cancelled it, then just let it go, but keep this now unworthy program on artificial life-support! No understanding American television networks.
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