The BEST episodes of The Simpsons season 11

Every episode of The Simpsons season 11, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Simpsons season 11!

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.

Last Updated: 4/17/2024Network: FOXStatus: Continuing
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Behind the Laughter
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7.68
1078 votes

#1 - Behind the Laughter

Season 11 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/21/2000

In this satire of VH1's "Behind The Music," we learn the secrets of the Simpsons' rise, fall, and ultimate success.

Directors: Mark Kirkland
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E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)
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7.66
1653 votes

#2 - E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)

Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/1999

Fleeing from a duel, Homer takes his family to live on a farm. There he discovers that by mixing tomatoes, tobacco and radioactivity from the nuclear plant, he can create a dangerously delicious new substance.

Directors: Bob Anderson
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Treehouse of Horror X
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7.58
1535 votes

#3 - Treehouse of Horror X

Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/1999

In "I Know What You Diddily-Iddly-Did" the SImpsons fear they have killed Ned Flanders. "Desperately Xeeking Xena" satirizes superheroes of yore with "Stretch Dude" Bart and "Clobber Girl" Lisa. And "Life's A Glitch, Then You Die" depicts the upcoming horror of Y2K.

Directors: Pete Michels
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The Mansion Family
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7.54
1177 votes

#4 - The Mansion Family

Season 11 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/23/2000

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.

Directors: Michael Polcino
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Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder
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7.51
1428 votes

#5 - Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder

Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/1999

Homer bowls a perfect 300 game, then concludes that the greatest accomplishment of his life is behind him. He reconnects with the world by bonding with baby Maggie.

Directors: Mike B. Anderson
Writer: Al Jean
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Missionary: Impossible
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7.50
1150 votes

#6 - Missionary: Impossible

Season 11 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/20/2000

When Homer fails to give money he promised over the phone, he is forced by PBS stars to flee the country. He becomes a missionary on a small tropical island, where he introduces the natives to casino gambling.

Writer: Ron Hauge
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Faith Off
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7.50
1342 votes

#7 - Faith Off

Season 11 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/16/2000

Homer gets a bucket stuck on his head, and when it is removed the town is convinced that Bart has the powers of a faith healer. Then mobster Fat Tony tries to turn the boy's spiritual abilities into more sinister directions.

Directors: Nancy Kruse
Writer: Frank Mula
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Bart to the Future
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7.49
1274 votes

#8 - Bart to the Future

Season 11 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/19/2000

We see a possible future in which Bart is a grown-up slacker, living with Ralph Wiggum, while Lisa is no less than President of the United States.

Writer: Dan Greaney
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Days of Wine and D'ohses
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7.48
1131 votes

#9 - Days of Wine and D'ohses

Season 11 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/9/2000

After being embarrassed by a drunken video of himself, Barney vows to sober up. Newly clean, he gets work as a helicopter pilot.

Directors: Neil Affleck
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Saddlesore Galactica
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7.45
1084 votes

#10 - Saddlesore Galactica

Season 11 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/6/2000

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.

Directors: Lance Kramer
Writer: Tim Long
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Alone Again, Natura-Diddily
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7.43
1432 votes

#11 - Alone Again, Natura-Diddily

Season 11 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/13/2000

Ned's wife Maude is inadvertently killed by a T-shirt accident at an auto race. Homer and his family try to help Ned cope.

Directors: Jim Reardon
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Last Tap Dance in Springfield
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7.42
937 votes

#12 - Last Tap Dance in Springfield

Season 11 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/7/2000

Lisa enters a tap dancing academy, where the teacher is a child star who never quite grew up. Meanwhile, Homer gets laser eye surgery.

Directors: Nancy Kruse
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Grift of the Magi
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7.42
1439 votes

#13 - Grift of the Magi

Season 11 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/19/1999

In this Christmas-themed episode, the students of Springfield Elementary are unwittingly used as a focus group to test new toys. The product of their labors, a cuddly doll named Funzo, is a lot more sinister than he appears.

Directors: Matthew Nastuk
Writer: Tom Martin
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Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?
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7.37
1522 votes

#14 - Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?

Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/24/1999

With Lisa's help, Homer uses his vast knowledge of food to become the town's leading restaurant critic. But when he gets petty and vindictive in his criticisms, all the other chefs in town try to kill him.

Directors: Nancy Kruse
Writer: Al Jean
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Kill the Alligator and Run
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7.36
1168 votes

#15 - Kill the Alligator and Run

Season 11 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/30/2000

After a terrible bout with insomnia, Homer takes the family to Florida during spring break. There, they kill a beloved alligator and are sentenced to a chain gang.

Directors: Jen Kamerman
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Little Big Mom
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7.36
1285 votes

#16 - Little Big Mom

Season 11 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/9/2000

When Marge leaves the house to recuperate from a skating injury, everything goes to hell - until Lisa convinces Homer and Bart they have leprosy.

Directors: Mark Kirkland
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Eight Misbehavin'
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7.35
1260 votes

#17 - Eight Misbehavin'

Season 11 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/21/1999

Due to overuse of fertility medication, Apu and wife Manjula give birth to octuplets. Desperate for money, Apu loans the babies to an unscrupulous carny promoter, then needs Homer's help to get them back.

Writer: Matt Selman
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Brother's Little Helper
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7.33
1696 votes

#18 - Brother's Little Helper

Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1999

Bart is put on medication to control his behavior, but the pills cause him to become paranoid and insane.

Directors: Mark Kirkland
Writer: George Meyer
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Pygmoelian
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7.33
1080 votes

#19 - Pygmoelian

Season 11 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/27/2000

Plastic surgery gives Moe the bartender a handsome new face and a whole new life as a soap opera star.

Directors: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Larry Doyle
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge
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7.30
1124 votes

#20 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge

Season 11 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/14/2000

When Otto dumps his bride at the altar, she goes to live with the Simpsons - and the family comes to believe that Marge has lost her mind.

Writer: Larry Doyle
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Beyond Blunderdome
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7.23
1305 votes

#21 - Beyond Blunderdome

Season 11 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1999

Homer befriends Mel Gibson just as Mel is completing a remake of Mr. Smith Goes To Washington. Homer convinces Mel to make the film more violent, with disastrous results.

Writer: Mike Scully
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Take My Wife, Sleaze
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7.21
1416 votes

#22 - Take My Wife, Sleaze

Season 11 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/1999

After winning a motorcycle at a dance contest, Homer becomes part of a motorcycle gang. But when he puts Marge's photo in a biker magazine, a much tougher gang takes her, and he must win her back.

Directors: Neil Affleck
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