The BEST episodes of The Simpsons season 13
Every episode of The Simpsons season 13, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Simpsons season 13!
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.
#1 - Weekend at Burnsie's
Season 13 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/7/2002
After a traumatizing eye injury, Homer becomes a habitual user of medical marijuana.
#2 - She of Little Faith
Season 13 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/16/2001
Homer and Bart get careless with a model rocket and accidentally do damage to Springfield's church, but when Mr. Burns offers to commercialize it to repair the destruction, Lisa leaves Christianity behind to become a Buddhist.
#3 - The Parent Rap
Season 13 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/2001
After Bart takes a joyride in a police car, a judge orders him to be tethered to Homer at all times.
#4 - The Frying Game
Season 13 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/19/2002
Homer and Marge find themselves on death row after they are framed for murder.
#5 - Little Girl in the Big Ten
Season 13 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/12/2002
Lisa pretends to be a college student when she befriends two college girls. Bart is forced to live in a plastic bubble after being bit by a mosquito.
#6 - I Am Furious Yellow
Season 13 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/28/2002
Bart's comic about Homer becomes a hit online, prompting Homer to attempt to control his anger.
#7 - Homer the Moe
Season 13 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/18/2001
Moe leaves Homer in charge of the bar to return to bartending school, until he returns and renovates shady bar into a hipster hangout, forcing Homer to set up "a hunting club" in his garage.
#8 - Sweets and Sour Marge
Season 13 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/20/2002
Marge rallies for a ban on sugar after Springfield is declared America's fattest town.
#9 - Brawl in the Family
Season 13 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/6/2002
A social services officer brings unity to the Simpson family, but their newfound happiness is threatened when the cocktail waitresses Homer and Ned drunkly married in Vegas shows up at their doors.
#10 - Jaws Wired Shut
Season 13 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/27/2002
Homer breaks his jaw in an accident, requiring it to be wired shut for a month. His resulting inability to talk makes him a better listener, and he becomes closer to family and friends because of it. They all like the new Homer much better, but when the wires come off and Homer retains his new attitude, everyone begins to miss the old Homer's antics.
#11 - Treehouse of Horror XII
Season 13 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/6/2001
In “Hex and the City” a gypsy puts a curse on Homer. In “House of Whack” the Simpsons' new automated house malfunctions and tries to kill Homer. And in “Wiz Kids” Bart and Lisa attend a school for wizards.
#12 - The Blunder Years
Season 13 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/9/2001
A hypnotist triggers a traumatic experience from Homer's childhood.
#13 - Papa's Got a Brand New Badge
Season 13 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/22/2002
Homer becomes chief of police after a scandal forces Wiggum out.
#14 - The Bart Wants What It Wants
Season 13 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/17/2002
Bart breaks up with his new girlfriend Greta, but gets jealous when she begins dating Milhouse.
#15 - Blame It on Lisa
Season 13 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/31/2002
When Lisa loses contact with an orphan she sponsored in Brazil, the family sets out to find him. But while there, Homer gets kidnapped.
#16 - The Sweetest Apu
Season 13 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/5/2002
Apu's marriage is on the rocks after Manjula finds out he cheated on her.
#17 - Hunka Hunka Burns in Love
Season 13 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/2/2001
Homer's foray into the fortune writing business leads to a romance for Mr. Burns, who seeks advice from Homer to impress her.
#18 - The Old Man and the Key
Season 13 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/10/2002
Abe gets his driver's license back to impress a new woman at the retirement home.
#19 - Half-Decent Proposal
Season 13 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/10/2002
Marge's high school sweetheart Artie Ziff returns and offers Homer a million dollars to spend a weekend with Marge.
#20 - Tales From the Public Domain
Season 13 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/17/2002
Homer reads three stories from an overdue library book, imagining himself as Odysseus, Lisa as Joan of Arc and Bart as Hamlet.
#21 - The Lastest Gun in the West
Season 13 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/24/2002
Bart meets a retired cowboy movie star and convinces him to make a comeback on The Krusty the Clown Show.
#22 - Gump Roast
Season 13 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/21/2002
In this clip show, the citizens of Springfield honor Homer Simpsons with a Roast, but the festivities take a turn for the worst when aliens crash it.