The BEST episodes directed by Michael Polcino
#1 - The Mansion Family
The Simpsons - Season 11 - Episode 12
Worried about his health, Mr. Burns visits the Mayo Clinic. He lets Homer housesit his mansion, which leads of course to an offshore knife fight and an attack by Chinese pirates.
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#2 - Pray Anything
The Simpsons - Season 14 - Episode 10
Homer turns to religion to help him get what he wants and is soon awarded the church in an injury settlement, which he turns into his personal party pad.
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#3 - The Great Money Caper
The Simpsons - Season 12 - Episode 7
The whole town of Springfield conspires to teach Homer and Bart a lesson after the pair begin running confidence scams.
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#4 - The Frying Game
The Simpsons - Season 13 - Episode 21
Homer and Marge find themselves on death row after they are framed for murder.
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#5 - The Father, the Son & the Holy Guest Star
The Simpsons - Season 16 - Episode 21
Bart is given the role of a cooper in the school's medieval festival, while Lisa is the queen. Bart is blamed and expelled when rats come out of large pie that is presented to the queen. Marge looks for a new school for Bart and decides to try out a Catholic school. In his first day at school Bart encounters a tough nun and Father Sean. Bart takes a liking to Father Sean and begins to embrace the Catholic faith, which concerns Homer and Marge. Homer goes to the school with the purpose of taking Bart out of school, only to himself being converted before the night is through. With her husband and son gone Marge finds herself alone at church. Reverend Lovejoy tells her that when they die she and Homer will be going to different heavens. Marge, Ned and Reverend Lovejoy go to Homer and Bart's first communion class to at the very least liberate Bart from becoming Catholic. To bring Bart back to his old religion they take him to a religious festival. Father Sean and Homer arrive hoping to take Bart back, but Bart in one his rare moments of insight brings both sides together, that is until 1,000 years later.
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#6 - YOLO
The Simpsons - Season 25 - Episode 4
Marge encourages Homer to cross an item off an old to-do list by inviting an old pen pal to visit; Lisa institutes an honor code at school.
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#7 - The Bart Wants What It Wants
The Simpsons - Season 13 - Episode 11
Bart breaks up with his new girlfriend Greta, but gets jealous when she begins dating Milhouse.
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#8 - Fland Canyon
The Simpsons - Season 27 - Episode 19
Homer recalls a tense family vacation to the Grand Canyon with the Flanders family. At first, the Flanders’ perfection puts the families at odds, but when they get stranded and Ned and Homer go for help, the families finally bond.
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#9 - Looking for Mr. Goodbart
The Simpsons - Season 28 - Episode 20
Bart gets in trouble on Grandparents Day at school and is forced to hang out with Skinner’s mother as punishment. After spending time with various grandmas in the neighborhood, he learns the benefits of hanging out with the elderly, but eventually recognizes the dangers of taking advantage of them. Meanwhile, Peekimon Get has taken over the town of Springfield.
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#10 - The Homer of Seville
The Simpsons - Season 19 - Episode 2
After a freak accident, Homer becomes an opera singer and finds himself star of the Springfield Opera. Soon he becomes mobbed by fans and gains himself a female stalker.
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#11 - Them, Robot
The Simpsons - Season 23 - Episode 17
Mr. Burns replaces all of Springfield Power Plant's employees with robots (guest voice Brent Spiner) but decides to keep Homer as the sole human worker. With unemployment at an all-time high and mechanical arms operating the workplace, Springfield becomes a dismal and humorless place. But when Homer's machine-programmed peers start to turn on the community and his former real-life employees come to the rescue, they all realize that robots can't replace human friends.
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#12 - Singin' in the Lane
The Simpsons - Season 29 - Episode 7
Homer and the guys reunite their old bowling team to cheer up Moe, only to end up in fierce competition with a team of arrogant millionaires. Meanwhile, Lisa and Marge try to teach Bart that money isn’t everything.
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#13 - Regarding Margie
The Simpsons - Season 17 - Episode 20
Marge goes on a cleaning frenzy before the housekeeper she’s won the services of comes to the house. One spot remains and she mixes a number of toxic cleaners together to tackle the job. The noxious mixture knocks her out and she wakes up suffering from amnesia. Marge is taken home and the family tries to bring back her memory. She starts to get back memories of her children and other insignificant things, but when it comes to remembering her husband, nothing he does seems to jog her memory. When he can’t get her to remember him, he tries to win her all over again, especially after Patty and Selma get her back out on the dating scene.
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#14 - Thursdays with Abie
The Simpsons - Season 21 - Episode 9
Grampa is sitting on a bench waiting for his family when a thoughtful-looking man named Marshall Goldman approaches him and asks to hear about his life. Grampa tells Goldman about the time he was on a World War II battleship, which was hit by an enemy torpedo, and Goldman, a human-interest columnist, publishes it in The Springfield Shopper. Later, Grampa meets Mitch Albom and shares another story with Goldman for a follow-up article. Homer becomes jealous of Grampa's newfound fame and seeks a surrogate father. But when Homer discovers a draft of Goldman's third story, he must race to find Grampa before it is published and his life is changed forever.
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#15 - Trust But Clarify
The Simpsons - Season 28 - Episode 5
Lisa and Bart investigate Krusty’s suspicious new "Krustaceans" candy. Meanwhile, Homer wants a promotion at the nuclear plant and asks Marge to help him dress the part, and news anchor Kent Brockman struggles to find his feet in the changing media world.
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#16 - Throw Grampa from the Dane
The Simpsons - Season 29 - Episode 20
After receiving an insurance payout, the Simpsons go to Denmark, so Grampa can benefit from the country's free healthcare.
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#17 - Love is a Many-Splintered Thing
The Simpsons - Season 24 - Episode 12
Bart's dream girl, Mary Spuckler, comes to town, but his failure to pay her enough attention is having a negative impact on their relationship. Meanwhile, Homer once again runs afoul of Marge and lands in the doghouse.
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#18 - Double, Double, Boy in Trouble
The Simpsons - Season 20 - Episode 3
An irreverent take on the Prince and the Pauper. Bart enthusiastically trades lives with a wealthy lookalike after landing himself in trouble for triggering a rampage of vacuum cleaners, but finds the lavish lifestyle too much when he becomes the target of all his new friends' pranks.
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#19 - E Pluribus Wiggum
The Simpsons - Season 19 - Episode 10
In an effort to raise money with a bond issue Mayor Quimby moves up election day, making Springfield's primary election the first in the nation causing the media, candidates and political pundits to descend in the city.
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#20 - How Munched is that Birdie in the Window?
The Simpsons - Season 22 - Episode 7
Bart helps nurse an injured pigeon back to health. After Santa's Little Helper eats the bird, Bart has a hard time coping with the loss. Worried that Bart needs some help getting over the loss, Marge and Homer take him to a therapy session with Dr. Thurston, who advises that the only cure for Bart’s blues is to give away the family dog, but when the Simpsons visit the pup’s new home, a shock causes them to rethink their decision.
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#21 - Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh
The Simpsons - Season 20 - Episode 19
When Marge learns Springfield Elementary is the worst school in the state, she and Homer rent an apartment in the upscale Waverly Hills school district so Bart and Lisa can attend a better school. Meanwhile, Homer moves into the rented Waverly Hills apartment and gets used to the bachelor lifestyle.
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#22 - The Bart of War
The Simpsons - Season 14 - Episode 21
Bart and Milhouse are forced into community service after destroying Flanders' Beatles memorial and join separate community groups, pitting themselves against each other.
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#23 - Wad Goals
The Simpsons - Season 32 - Episode 13
Bart becomes a successful caddy, but Marge worries it is ruining his character.
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#24 - Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times
The Simpsons - Season 18 - Episode 11
In an effort to stop Homer from taking revenge on the Rich Texan for cutting him off on the highway, Marge, Lisa and Bart offer up three cautionary tales of revenge.The Count of Monte Fatso: A parody of the book and film The Count of Monte Cristo, in which Homer is cast as the Count.Revenge of the Geeks: Using a futuristic device called the “Get-back-inator,” Milhouse takes revenge on the Springfield Elementary bullies.Bartman Begins: A parody of the Batman origin story, in which Bart is cast in the title role.
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#25 - Screenless
The Simpsons - Season 31 - Episode 15
Marge implements a screen time limit for the whole family, all of whom all easily adjust to the new lifestyle. However, Marge realizes that she is the one addicted - not her husband and children.
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#26 - Werking Mom
The Simpsons - Season 30 - Episode 7
Marge wants a job, and stumbles into becoming a plastic food storage container-selling drag queen. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to make the world better in the style of "Amelie".
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#27 - The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed
The Simpsons - Season 21 - Episode 16
When Homer is playing noisily in the yard, it disrupts Flanders' bible-study group. Coaxed by the reverend, a frustrated Flanders takes it upon himself to redeem Homer by inviting the Simpson family on his church retreat to Jerusalem. Unappreciative of the history and culture, Homer would rather hang out at the hotel's breakfast buffet rather than tour the city. But when an eccentric tour guide takes the group to famous monuments, including the Dome of the Rock and the Wailing Wall, Homer finally proves he is not beyond salvation.
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#28 - The Ten-Per-Cent Solution
The Simpsons - Season 23 - Episode 8
Krusty the Clown is fired from his show and gets a new agent named Annie to help him stage a comeback.
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#29 - The Fat Blue Line
The Simpsons - Season 31 - Episode 3
When the wrong man is arrested for pickpocketing Springfield during the San Castellaneta street festival, Chief Wiggum sets out to catch the real criminal.
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#30 - I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh
The Simpsons - Season 30 - Episode 20
Marge becomes director of Springfield's local theater, armed with Lisa's script resembling "Hamilton"; Homer joins a baby class with Maggie, and he takes a liking to supervisor Chloe.
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#31 - The 7 Beer Itch
The Simpsons - Season 32 - Episode 5
When Marge and the kids take a seaside vacation, Homer is unwittingly tempted by a British femme fatale.
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