After Marge helps catch a petty criminal, the adrenaline rush inspires her to join the Springfield Police Department. Marge experiences feelings of power and authority that she’s never known before,…

The simmering rivalry between Springfield and a neighboring town heats up when Shelbyville kids steal Springfield’s prized lemon tree.

In Part I of this two-part suspense story, Mr. Burns’ evil schemes go too far. When Burns winds up shot, everyone is a suspect.

When Santa’s Little Helper sires a litter of puppies, Mr. Burns adopts them, secretly scheming to use their pelts to make a fur tuxedo. When Bart and Lisa confront Mr….

A teachers’ strike forces the Board of Education to enlist PTA members as substitute teachers. Realizing he preferred the old regime, Bart locks Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel in a room…

Lisa is reunited with her idol, Bleeding Gums Murphy, but their time together is short-lived. When the jazz legend passes away, a heartbroken Lisa wants to buy his rare album…

Krusty the Clown’s reckless spending forces him to open a clown college to keep afloat. New graduate Homer discovers the perks and perils of being Krusty.

After Bart’s prank phone call to Australia goes awry, the Simpsons must fly out to the land down under and apologize to the Australian people. When they discover Bart’s penalty…

Homer must turn to his sisters-in-law for a loan. Relishing Homer’s degradation, Patty and Selma make him their slave. But when the sisters are caught smoking on the job, Homer…

Springfield plays host to a film festival. Among the contenders for best film: Barney presents “Pukahontas,” a haunting meditation on his alcoholism; Mr. Burns commissions the fawning biography “A Burns…

A fortune teller foresees Lisa’s future marriage to an upper-crust Harvard classmate. After a series of embarrassing incidents, Lisa comes to realize that even though her family may not be…

Smitten with Reverend Lovejoy’s daughter Jessica, Bart tries to reform to win her heart — but what she really wants is a bad boy. When she steals the church collection…

When she nearly flunks gym class, Lisa is forced to take up a sport. She’s a natural at hockey, but things get complicated when her team faces off against Bart’s….

When Homer gropes for a gummy candy stuck to the babysitter’s pants, she mistakes his intentions and turns the town against him.

Grandpa Simpson’s miracle elixir reinvigorates Homer and Marge’s sex life. When father and son embark on an old-fashioned medicine show to sell the love tonic, they rake in the money,…

When they try to go on vacation, the family discovers Marge’s debilitating fear of flying. Marge consults a psychoanalyst to find the source of her baffling fear.

Homer joins the secret society of the Stonecutters and is suddenly exalted when the brethren discover his birthmark. The ancient order is shaken to the core by the ineptitude of…

The story of Maggie’s birth is told in flashbacks: after Homer quits the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant to pursue his dream of working at a bowling alley, Marge reveals that…

When Bart is forced to assist Principal Skinner in early-morning astronomy observations, he discovers a giant comet heading towards Springfield. Facing impending doom, the entire town shows up at the…

The family’s trip to Itchy & Scratchy Land takes an unexpected turn when high-tech robots malfunction and become violent.

Backed by a cabal of Republicans and the talk radio blowhard Birch Barlow, Sideshow Bob runs for mayor of Springfield. When new mayor Bob decides to build a freeway right…

In “The Shinning,” Homer becomes groundskeeper of Mr. Burns’ isolated mountain mansion. Next, in “Time and Punishment,” Homer tries to fix the toaster and winds up traveling through time. In…

Stuck in his room with a broken leg, Bart hears a high-pitched scream. When he looks through his telescope, he sees a guilty Ned Flanders burying the evidence.

Lisa feels threatened when a new girl moves to Springfield: Allison is smart, pretty, a great saxophone player and a crack diorama builder. Lisa tries to befriend her new rival,…

After reading the weepy best-seller The Bridges of Madison County, Marge sits down with the family and recalls romantic moments, along with temptations from her bowling instructor Jacques and Homer’s…