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Program id: 456
The Simpsons : Season 8
Treehouse of Horror VII : (Ep. 1)
8 / 10 (40 votes)
Episode 1 - aired : Oct 1996

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.

Writer: Dan Greaney
Writer: David X. Cohen
Writer: Ken Keeler
Director: Mike B. Anderson
You Only Move Twice : (Ep. 2)
9 / 10 (43 votes)
Episode 2 - aired : Nov 1996

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.

Writer: John Swartzwelder
Director: Mike B. Anderson
The Homer They Fall : (Ep. 3)
8 / 10 (40 votes)
Episode 3 - aired : Nov 1996

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.

Writer: Jonathan Collier
Director: Mark Kirkland
Burns, Baby Burns : (Ep. 4)
7 / 10 (35 votes)
Episode 4 - aired : Nov 1996

Mr. Burns' boorish long-lost son Larry gets the brush-off from Burns, but Homer hatches a plan to reconcile them.

Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: Ian Maxtone-Graham
Bart After Dark : (Ep. 5)
8 / 10 (34 votes)
Episode 5 - aired : Nov 1996

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.

Writer: Richard Appel
Director: Dominic Polcino
A Milhouse Divided : (Ep. 6)
8 / 10 (32 votes)
Episode 6 - aired : Dec 1996

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.

Writer: Steve Tompkins
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Lisa's Date with Density : (Ep. 7)
7 / 10 (33 votes)
Episode 7 - aired : Dec 1996

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.

Writer: Mike Scully
Director: Susie Dietter
Hurricane Neddy : (Ep. 8)
8 / 10 (39 votes)
Episode 8 - aired : Dec 1996

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.

Writer: Steve Young
Director: Bob Anderson
El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer) : (Ep. 9)
8 / 10 (33 votes)
Episode 9 - aired : Jan 1997

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.

Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: Ken Keeler
The Springfield Files : (Ep. 10)
9 / 10 (39 votes)
Episode 10 - aired : Jan 1997

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.

Writer: Reid Harrison
Director: Steven Dean Moore
The Twisted World of Marge Simpson : (Ep. 11)
8 / 10 (35 votes)
Episode 11 - aired : Jan 1997

Marge's new pretzel franchise is failing until Homer strikes a deal with Fat Tony, Springfield's local mobster.

Writer: Jennifer Crittenden
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Mountain of Madness : (Ep. 12)
8 / 10 (33 votes)
Episode 12 - aired : Feb 1997

To promote teamwork amongst the power plant's employees, Mr. Burns makes them go on a corporate retreat up in the mountains.

Writer: John Swartzwelder
Director: Mark Kirkland
Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala (Annoyed Grunt) cious : (Ep. 13)
8 / 10 (35 votes)
Episode 13 - aired : Feb 1997

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.

Writer: Al Jean
Writer: Mike Reiss
Director: Chuck Sheetz
The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show : (Ep. 14)
8 / 10 (40 votes)
Episode 14 - aired : Feb 1997

In an attempt to boost ratings, the Itchy and Scratchy Show adds a new "in-your-face" character voiced by Homer.

Writer: David X. Cohen
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Homer's Phobia : (Ep. 15)
8 / 10 (41 votes)
Episode 15 - aired : Feb 1997

The Simpsons befriend a shop owner, but when Homer discovers the man is gay, he worries about his influence on Bart.

Writer: Ron Hauge
Director: Mike B. Anderson
Brother from Another Series : (Ep. 16)
8 / 10 (34 votes)
Episode 16 - aired : Feb 1997

When Sideshow Bob is released from prison, his brother Cecil puts him in charge of building Springfield's new hydroelectric dam.

Writer: Ken Keeler
Director: Pete Michels
My Sister, My Sitter : (Ep. 17)
8 / 10 (33 votes)
Episode 17 - aired : Mar 1997

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.

Writer: Dan Greaney
Director: Jim Reardon
Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment : (Ep. 18)
9 / 10 (37 votes)
Episode 18 - aired : Mar 1997

When Prohibition is revived in Springfield, Homer and Bart supply the town with alcohol.

Writer: John Swartzwelder
Director: Bob Anderson
Grade School Confidential : (Ep. 19)
8 / 10 (32 votes)
Episode 19 - aired : Apr 1997

Bart discovers Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel kissing, and it's not long before the whole town knows of their secret affair.

Writer: Rachel Pulido
Writer: Bill Oakley
Director: Susie Dietter
The Canine Mutiny : (Ep. 20)
7 / 10 (30 votes)
Episode 20 - aired : Apr 1997

When Bart can't pay the credit card bill for his expensive new purebred dog, the repo men unwittingly take Santa's Little Helper.

Writer: Ron Hauge
Director: Dominic Polcino
The Old Man and the Lisa : (Ep. 21)
8 / 10 (29 votes)
Episode 21 - aired : Apr 1997

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.

Writer: John Swartzwelder
Director: Mark Kirkland
In Marge We Trust : (Ep. 22)
8 / 10 (33 votes)
Episode 22 - aired : Apr 1997

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.

Writer: Donick Cary
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Homer's Enemy : (Ep. 23)
8 / 10 (45 votes)
Episode 23 - aired : May 1997

A hardworking new employee at the power plant is consumed with resentment at Homer's undeserved success.

Writer: John Swartzwelder
Director: Jim Reardon
The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase : (Ep. 24)
7 / 10 (31 votes)
Episode 24 - aired : May 1997

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.

Writer: Steve Tompkins
Writer: Dan Greaney
Writer: David X. Cohen
Writer: Ken Keeler
Director: Neil Affleck
The Secret War of Lisa Simpson : (Ep. 25)
8 / 10 (34 votes)
Episode 25 - aired : May 1997

Lisa joins the all-male military school where Bart is sent for discipline. Then comes the hazing.

Writer: Richard Appel
Director: Mike B. Anderson