The BEST episodes directed by Lance Kramer

Skinner's Sense of Snow
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7.77
1566 votes

#1 - Skinner's Sense of Snow

The Simpsons - Season 12 - Episode 8

A freak blizzard traps the students of Springfield Elementary inside their school. Their lives at stake, they are at the mercy of the rescue efforts of a woozy Homer and Ned.

Near-Death Wish
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7.59
3522 votes

#2 - Near-Death Wish

Futurama - Season 7 - Episode 10

The crew finds out Professor Farnsworth's parents are still alive on the Near Death Star.

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T.: The Terrestrial
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7.51
2431 votes

#3 - T.: The Terrestrial

Futurama - Season 7 - Episode 16

After being marooned on an distant planet, Fry is befriended by a young monster.

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Flanders' Ladder
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7.48
923 votes

#4 - Flanders' Ladder

The Simpsons - Season 29 - Episode 21

After getting struck by lightning, Bart receives visits from ghosts, who want closure only he can provide.

Saddlesore Galactica
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7.44
1103 votes

#5 - Saddlesore Galactica

The Simpsons - Season 11 - Episode 13

Homer and Bart befriend a diving horse at a county fair. They turn it into a racehorse with an attitude, whose success runs them afoul of mysterious, tree-dwelling jockeys.

Leela and the Genestalk
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7.38
2383 votes

#6 - Leela and the Genestalk

Futurama - Season 7 - Episode 22

Leela grows tentacles due to a rare condition, and stumbles upon a secret genetic engineering lab.

Crook and Ladder
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7.35
1107 votes

#7 - Crook and Ladder

The Simpsons - Season 18 - Episode 19

Maggie goes on a path of destruction in the Simpsons home after Marge follows advice in a parenting magazine and throws away her pacifier. Marge finally gives in and sends Homer to get Maggie a new pacifier, but when he cant find the right brand, Maggie comes up with her own substitute an especially squeaky dog toy. Homer cant sleep through the toys incessant squeaking and is driven to take sleeping pills, which turn him into a sleepwalker with a penchant for mischief. When one of Homers sleepwalking schemes leaves the entire Springfield Fire Department debilitated in the hospital, Homer and some of his fellow Springfieldians become volunteer firefighters. They extinguish several fires and are rewarded with gifts, but when the gifts stop coming, they seek other forms of compensation for their heroic acts.

How I Wet Your Mother
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7.34
2442 votes

#8 - How I Wet Your Mother

The Simpsons - Season 23 - Episode 16

Karma gets the best of Homer after he gets his friends in trouble, and as a result, his bedwetting problem worsens. The family goes on a mission to infiltrate his dreams to search for clues in his subconscious to determine the source of his problem. But just as things take a dangerous turn in the dream, a figure from Homer's past appears, and he is finally reassured that the fond memories of his mother Mona (guest voice Glenn Close) remain alive, giving him just the right amount of reassurance to cure him of his problem.

Caper Chase
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7.33
1617 votes

#9 - Caper Chase

The Simpsons - Season 28 - Episode 19

Disappointed in Yale, Mr. Burns decides to start his own for-profit university and Homer is hired as a professor.

'Tis the 30th Season
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7.29
806 votes

#10 - 'Tis the 30th Season

The Simpsons - Season 30 - Episode 10

After a failed Black Friday shopping spree, Marge is determined to fix Christmas. However, Homer and the kids surprise Marge with a vacation to a Florida resort.

Smoke on the Daughter
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7.28
1556 votes

#11 - Smoke on the Daughter

The Simpsons - Season 19 - Episode 15

Lisa enrolls in a ballet class and develops an addiction to secondhand smoke after being exposed to it by her smoking ballet classmates. Meanwhile, Homer lets Bart in on his secret beef jerky manufacturing operation.

Friends and Family
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7.27
2406 votes

#12 - Friends and Family

The Simpsons - Season 28 - Episode 2

Mr. Burns hires the Simpsons to play his live-in virtual reality family, but excludes Homer so that he may play dad. Now alone, Homer finds a new best friend in girl-next-door Julia, who eats, drinks and thinks like him.

Left Behind
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7.25
832 votes

#13 - Left Behind

The Simpsons - Season 29 - Episode 19

Homer gets Flanders a job at the plant, and he soon learns that no good deed goes unpunished when Flanders starts to insist on carpools and demands more from Homer's work performance. Meanwhile, Marge feels as though their marriage has lost its spark.

Goo Goo Gai Pan
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7.21
959 votes

#14 - Goo Goo Gai Pan

The Simpsons - Season 16 - Episode 12

Selma decides to adopt a child from China, but when the rules say she must be married, Homer must pose as her husband for the fearsome adoption agent Madame Wu.

Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington
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7.16
1154 votes

#15 - Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington

The Simpsons - Season 14 - Episode 14

Krusty gets elected to Congress in part to help get the flight path for Springfield Airport diverted from directly over Homer's house, but falls in line with the conservatives once he's there.

Hunka Hunka Burns in Love
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7.16
1438 votes

#16 - Hunka Hunka Burns in Love

The Simpsons - Season 13 - Episode 4

Homer's foray into the fortune writing business leads to a romance for Mr. Burns, who seeks advice from Homer to impress her.

The Wife Aquatic
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7.16
1094 votes

#17 - The Wife Aquatic

The Simpsons - Season 18 - Episode 10

Homer surprises Marge with a visit to her favorite childhood vacation spot: an island called Barnacle Bay. But when the family arrives, they are shocked to discover Barnacle Bay’s tourism and economy has been decimated by the disappearance of the local delicacy, the “Yum-Yum” fish. After causing some major damage to the boardwalk, Homer is forced to join a fishing crew to work off his debt and a parody of The Perfect Storm ensues.

Little Orphan Millie
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7.15
1464 votes

#18 - Little Orphan Millie

The Simpsons - Season 19 - Episode 6

After Milhouse's parents are lost at sea and assumed dead, he is forced to toughen up. His new confidence and personality help him become cooler than Bart. Meanwhile, Homer gets into trouble with Marge, when he can't remember her eye color.

The Old Man and the Key
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7.10
1104 votes

#19 - The Old Man and the Key

The Simpsons - Season 13 - Episode 13

Abe gets his driver's license back to impress a new woman at the retirement home.

Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes
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7.08
3308 votes

#20 - Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes

The Simpsons - Season 20 - Episode 1

Bounty hunter Ned is forced to scrap his partnership with Homer when the hapless layabout skips bail, and Marge mistakenly takes a job at an erotic bakery.

The Real Housewives of Fat Tony
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7.05
2368 votes

#21 - The Real Housewives of Fat Tony

The Simpsons - Season 22 - Episode 19

Fat Tony (voice of Joe Mantegna) woos Marge's sister Selma, and they marry. Marge worries that Selma is choosing her new lifestyle over family after the whirlwind romance, but Tony invites Homer and Marge to join them on a getaway at the Jersey shore. Meanwhile, Bart develops a gift for finding truffles, much to Lisa's delight.

How the Test Was Won
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6.99
1998 votes

#22 - How the Test Was Won

The Simpsons - Season 20 - Episode 11

Bart gets a perfect score on a practice test for a national achievement test, which not only rattles Lisa, but it means Bart gets to attend a special party instead of having to take the actual test. Meanwhile, Homer must avoid injuring himself for an entire afternoon after failing to pay his insurance.

Homer the Whopper
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6.98
3203 votes

#23 - Homer the Whopper

The Simpsons - Season 21 - Episode 1

Homer gets the lead in a movie about a superhero who can take on the powers of every superhero in any comic book he touches. To whip Homer into superhero shape, the studio hires a celebrity fitness trainer.

Clown V. Board of Education
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6.88
324 votes

#24 - Clown V. Board of Education

The Simpsons - Season 34 - Episode 21

Krusty opens a school for clowning, and it becomes the most successful thing he’s ever done.