The BEST episodes directed by Mark Kirkland
#1 - Burns' Heir
The Simpsons - Season 5 - Episode 18
The childless Mr. Burns selects Bart as his heir and begins grooming him for his new role. As a test of loyalty, Mr. Burns orders Bart to fire Homer.
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#2 - Mountain of Madness
The Simpsons - Season 8 - Episode 12
To promote teamwork amongst the power plant's employees, Mr. Burns makes them go on a corporate retreat up in the mountains.
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#3 - Last Exit to Springfield
The Simpsons - Season 4 - Episode 17
Homer negotiates his union's contract with Mr. Burns, mindful that he needs a dental plan for Lisa's new braces. Burns mistakes Homer's utter ineptitude for strategy and concedes, on the condition that Homer resign as union president.
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#4 - Lisa the Vegetarian
The Simpsons - Season 7 - Episode 5
After visiting a local petting zoo, Lisa becomes a vegetarian and faces ridicule from family and friends. When she lashes out and ruins Homer's barbecue, she learns a lesson in tolerance.
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#5 - The Old Man and the Lisa
The Simpsons - Season 8 - Episode 21
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.
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#6 - Team Homer
The Simpsons - Season 7 - Episode 12
Homer catches Mr. Burns in an ether-induced haze and asks for $500 for his bowling team. When Burns' head clears, he demands to join the team. Meanwhile, Bart's inflammatory T-shirt provokes Principal Skinner to require school uniforms.
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#7 - Homer and Apu
The Simpsons - Season 5 - Episode 13
Fired for selling tainted meat to Homer, Apu tries to make amends to the Simpsons, and Homer joins him in a pilgrimage to Kwik-E-Mart headquarters in India.
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#8 - The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
The Simpsons - Season 12 - Episode 6
As Mr. X, Homer starts his own web page where he reveals Springfield's secrets. But when his information runs out, he resorts to making up news. When one of his stories turns out to be true, he is kidnapped and taken to "The Island," a place where those who know too much are taken out of society.
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#9 - Homer vs. Patty and Selma
The Simpsons - Season 6 - Episode 17
Desperate for money, Homer takes a loan from his sisters-in-law, Patty and Selma, who make him their slave. Bart discovers a natural talent for ballet.
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#10 - Sideshow Bob Roberts
The Simpsons - Season 6 - Episode 5
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 through the Simpson's' home, Bart and Lisa set out to prove the election was rigged.
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#11 - A Fish Called Selma
The Simpsons - Season 7 - Episode 19
Washed up and plagued by scandal, Troy McClure sees a marriage to Selma as his ticket back to success.
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#12 - The Homer They Fall
The Simpsons - Season 8 - Episode 3
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.
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#13 - Summer of 4 Ft. 2
The Simpsons - Season 7 - Episode 25
On a family vacation, Lisa tries on a new identity to fit in with the other kids at the beach. Jealous, Bart reveals her true nerdiness to the group.
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#14 - Behind the Laughter
The Simpsons - Season 11 - Episode 22
In this satire of VH1's "Behind The Music," we learn the secrets of the Simpsons' rise, fall, and ultimate success.
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#15 - Girly Edition
The Simpsons - Season 9 - Episode 21
Lisa becomes the anchor of a kids’ news program but is upstaged by Bart’s treacly human interest stories. At home, Homer corrupts a helper monkey.
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#16 - The Springfield Connection
The Simpsons - Season 6 - Episode 23
After Marge helps catch a petty criminal, the adrenaline rush inspires her to join the Springfield Police Department, but police corruption makes her question her newfound calling.
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#17 - Kamp Krusty
The Simpsons - Season 4 - Episode 1
When Bart and Lisa attend Kamp Krusty, they find the summer camp is more like a prison camp. When Krusty doesn't show up, the kids seize control and take their case to the media.
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#18 - Fear of Flying
The Simpsons - Season 6 - Episode 11
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.
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#19 - Marge Simpson in: 'Screaming Yellow Honkers'
The Simpsons - Season 10 - Episode 15
A new Canyonero SUV turns timid Marge into an aggressive driver, and her road rage lands her in traffic school. But when a stampede occurs at the zoo, the town looks to Marge to save the day.
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#20 - Bart Carny
The Simpsons - Season 9 - Episode 12
When the carnival comes to town, Homer and Bart wind up working the ring toss. A father-son team of grifters shows them the downside of the “carny code,” but the Simpsons beat them at their own game.
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#21 - Lisa's Rival
The Simpsons - Season 6 - Episode 2
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, but she's consumed with envy and competitiveness.
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#22 - The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace
The Simpsons - Season 10 - Episode 2
A midlife crisis prompts Homer to quit his job and become an inventor.
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#23 - Don't Fear the Roofer
The Simpsons - Season 16 - Episode 16
Homer meets a new friend, Ray the Roofer, but gets confined to a mental institution when his friends and family believe he made him up.
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#24 - Dark Knight Court
The Simpsons - Season 24 - Episode 16
Lisa comes to her brother's defense when Bart is accused of an Easter prank involving the school marching band, the horn section and some rotten eggs. Meanwhile, Mr. Burns seizes the opportunity to realize his lifelong ambition to become a superhero.
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#25 - Beware My Cheating Bart
The Simpsons - Season 23 - Episode 18
When Bart supervises Jimbo's girlfriend at a movie, she develops a crush on him; Homer is persuaded to buy a state-of-the-art treadmill with a television, and he becomes obsessed with watching it from the treadmill, but not actually working out.
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#26 - The Parent Rap
The Simpsons - Season 13 - Episode 2
After Bart takes a joyride in a police car, a judge orders him to be tethered to Homer at all times.
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#27 - He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs
The Simpsons - Season 19 - Episode 1
After Homer saves Mr. Burns' life he is rewarded with a trip in Mr. Burns' private plane. A depressed Homer realizes he will never again receive a chance to fly in a luxurious private jet and Marge hires Homer a life coach to help get him out of his rut.
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#28 - Mommie Beerest
The Simpsons - Season 16 - Episode 7
The family is celebrating by having brunch at a fancy restaurant; Homer has finally paid off the mortgage. Lisa and Bart get into a food fight, embarrassing Homer. Homer goes to Moe's, where a visit from the health inspector, results in his death from eating one of Moe's pickled eggs. The new health inspector comes down hard and Moe's is closed until the violations are cleared up. The regulars hold an Irish wake for the demise of Moe's. Homer decides to help Moe reopen his bar; and he gets a new mortgage for their home. When Marge finds out, as a new co-owner she goes with Homer to the bar and tells Moe that there are going to be changes until he pays them back. On Homer's next visit, he finds Marge behind the bar, protecting their investment. She sends him home to take care of the kids, while she sells Moe on the idea of remodeling the place into an English pub. The new place opens and is a success; the kids tell Homer that they've noticed that Marge is spending more time at Moe's than he ever did. Homer becomes worried; but Marge tells him there is nothing to worry about. They go to a movie together, but they are joined by Moe. Homer is more worried than ever; Lenny and Carl tell Homer that Marge and Moe are having an emotional affair. When Marge and Moe are leaving to go to a convention together in Aruba, Homer makes a mad dash to the airport and gets to the airplane as it is taxing down the runaway. He confronts Moe, but Moe makes him realize that he really doesn't know that much about his wife. Homer concedes defeat, but Marge tells Moe that she doesn't love him. She tells Homer that she is totally committed to him. In Aruba, Marge makes Moe realize that he might be able to make a woman happy some day with a few changes. Marge realizes that no one is home watching the kids, but the kids aren't at home as Bart has them entered in a European balloon race.
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#29 - Treehouse of Horror VIII
The Simpsons - Season 9 - Episode 4
In “The Homega Man,” Homer faces a post-apocalyptic Springfield. Next, Bart attempts to become Superfly in "Fly vs. Fly." In “Easy-Bake Coven,” amidst a witch hunt in 1649, Marge and her sisters invent trick-or-treating.
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#30 - The Old Man and the C Student
The Simpsons - Season 10 - Episode 20
When Bart ruins Springfield's chance to host the Olympics, the kids are sentenced to community service work at the retirement home. To help the residents recapture their youth, Bart takes them on an ill-fated boat ride.
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#31 - Homer Goes to Prep School
The Simpsons - Season 24 - Episode 9
With the end of the world looming, Homer decides to join an off the grid group of survivalists who've set up a secret sanctuary outside of Springfield to prep for the apocalypse. However, a skeptical Marge is suspicious of the plans.
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#32 - Sweets and Sour Marge
The Simpsons - Season 13 - Episode 8
Marge rallies for a ban on sugar after Springfield is declared America's fattest town.
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#33 - D'oh-in in the Wind
The Simpsons - Season 10 - Episode 6
In a quest to learn Homer's middle name, Homer and Grandpa travel to his mother's old commune, where Homer embraces the hippie life.
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#34 - My Big Fat Geek Wedding
The Simpsons - Season 15 - Episode 17
Principal Seymour Skinner and Ms. Edna Krabappel finally get married, until Edna has second thoughts, and soon falls for Comic Book Guy and they plan a Star Trek like wedding. Principal Skinner plans to prevent it.
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#35 - Little Big Mom
The Simpsons - Season 11 - Episode 10
When Marge leaves the house to recuperate from a skating injury, everything goes to hell - until Lisa convinces Homer and Bart they have leprosy.
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#36 - Diatribe of a Mad Housewife
The Simpsons - Season 15 - Episode 10
Marge is inspired to write a novel, but the storyline of the book (a fat, mean husband, and a handsome, sweet neighbor) makes Homer jealous.
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#37 - Brother's Little Helper
The Simpsons - Season 11 - Episode 2
Bart is put on medication to control his behavior, but the pills cause him to become paranoid and insane.
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#38 - Pygmoelian
The Simpsons - Season 11 - Episode 16
Plastic surgery gives Moe the bartender a handsome new face and a whole new life as a soap opera star.
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#39 - Three Gays of the Condo
The Simpsons - Season 14 - Episode 17
After yet another Homer and Marge fight, Homer ends up sharing a condo with two homosexuals - who don't exactly think Homer is straight.
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#40 - Homer the Father
The Simpsons - Season 22 - Episode 12
When Homer insists Bart must earn the new dirt bike he wants, Bart comes up with a scheme; James Lipton interviews a TV cast.
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#41 - The Italian Bob
The Simpsons - Season 17 - Episode 8
After being humiliated by Mrs. Krabappel's class, Mr. Burns finally decides to buy a new car, so he orders a Lamborgotti Fasterossa. He sends Homer and his family to the factory in Italy to pick the car up. The family takes a tour of Italy in the new car, but an accident with the car and a cheese truck has the family pushing the car into the town of Salsiccia. They find out that only one person in the town speaks English and it happens to be their mayor. The family goes to meet the mayor and they are surprised to see that it is Sideshow Bob, and he is equally surprised to see them. Sideshow Bob tells them how he came to Italy, become mayor and started a family with his wife (Francesca) and son (Gino). He hopes that the Simpsons will keep the secret of his criminal past, but Lisa’s first exposure to drinking wine leads to loose lips, which sinks his ship. Sideshow Bob, being no longer welcome in his new home, swears a vendetta on the Simpson family. The Simpsons go on the run from Sideshow Bob, who is joined by his wife and son as the vendetta affects their entire family. In Rome, the family discovers that Krusty is preparing to perform the lead in “I Pagliacci.” The Simpsons hide as extras within the show, but Krusty gets tossed off-stage only to be replaced by Sideshow Bob, whose family has the Simpsons surrounded. Krusty and his limo save the day, while Sideshow Bob and his family adjust to their unresolved vendetta.
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#42 - All's Fair in Oven War
The Simpsons - Season 16 - Episode 2
Marge enters the great Oven Fresh bake-off contest and resorts to cheating. After discovering Homer’s old Playdude magazines, Homer tells Bart about the birds and bees, which a horrified Bart quickly spreads to other children.
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#43 - Simpson Safari
The Simpsons - Season 12 - Episode 17
The Simpsons win a trip to Africa after Homer finds a golden animal cracker from the 60's in the loft.
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#44 - Fatzcarraldo
The Simpsons - Season 28 - Episode 14
When all the fast food restaurants in Springfield become healthy, Homer turns to the last bastion of greasy food for comfort — and digs up some childhood memories along the way. Meanwhile, Lisa must find a good news story when the future of her school radio station is in jeopardy.
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#45 - Moe 'N' a Lisa
The Simpsons - Season 18 - Episode 6
Lisa aides Moe in discovering his inner-poet and he gains swift popularity and recognition from a group of successful American authors, when Lisa helps to get his poetry published. However, Lisa is crushed, when Moe enjoys his newfound success with literary giants and fails to credit Lisa for her assistance in his poetry.
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#46 - Helter Shelter
The Simpsons - Season 14 - Episode 5
The Simpsons family must participate in a reality television show in which they try to live in the same way that the families did in the 1800s.
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#47 - Postcards from the Wedge
The Simpsons - Season 21 - Episode 14
When Bart fails to turn in his homework, Mrs. Krabappel sends a letter home about Bart's behaviour. Despite Bart's best efforts to intercept it, Homer reads the letter, and he and Marge visit Principal Skinner for a parent-teacher conference. Furious, Homer punishes him, but Marge takes a more sympathetic approach. When Bart realizes he can pit Homer and Marge against each other to his benefit, his scheming reaches new heights.
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#48 - Homer Scissorhands
The Simpsons - Season 22 - Episode 20
After Homer discovers a genius talent for styling hair and opens his own salon, he becomes Springfield’s most in-demand hair stylist. But having to listen to women’s problems and gossip all day long leads Homer to believe his gift may actually be a curse. Meanwhile, when Milhouse decides to live each day to the fullest, he comes out of his shell and professes his love for Lisa, only to have his heart broken. Milhouse then catches the eye of popular fifth-grader Taffy, causing Lisa to make a bold move.
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#49 - Replaceable You
The Simpsons - Season 23 - Episode 4
Bart’s science fair project, a mechanical baby seal, outshines Lisa’s brainy asteroid model and quickly becomes a popular pet among the retirement home patrons. Meanwhile, Homer’s new and eager assistant Roz, steals Homer’s job, forcing him to team up with Flanders to reveal her true colors and evil past.
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#50 - The Regina Monologues
The Simpsons - Season 15 - Episode 4
The Simpsons visit London, where Grampa hopes to meet his old sweetheart Edwina. Confused by the London traffic system, Homer accidentally rams Queen Elizabeth II's coach and gets put in the Tower of London.
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