The BEST episodes of The Simpsons season 8
Every episode of The Simpsons season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Simpsons season 8!
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 - The Springfield Files
Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/12/1997
Homer witnesses something out of this world in Springfield woods, but no one believes him -- not even FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, who come to investigate the incident.
#2 - You Only Move Twice
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/3/1996
When Homer accepts a job offer, the Simpsons move to Cypress Creek, where everything seems too good to be true. Finally happy at his job, Homer fails to notice that his new boss is an evil megalomaniac bent on world domination.
#3 - Mountain of Madness
Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/2/1997
To promote teamwork amongst the power plant's employees, Mr. Burns makes them go on a corporate retreat up in the mountains.
#4 - Homer vs. the 18th Amendment
Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/16/1997
When Prohibition is revived in Springfield, Homer and Bart supply the town with alcohol.
#5 - The Old Man and the Lisa
Season 8 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/20/1997
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.
#6 - El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Our Homer)
Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/5/1997
After eating a dish laced with potent peppers during the chili cookoff, Homer has hallucinations where a mystical coyote urges him to find his soulmate.
#7 - Hurricane Neddy
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/29/1996
A hurricane destroys the Flanders' home and they have to move into the church basement. The people of Springfield gather to rebuild their house, but when Ned sees the poor workmanship, he has a complete breakdown.
#8 - Homer's Phobia
Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/16/1997
The Simpsons befriend a shop owner, but when Homer discovers the man is gay, he worries about his influence on Bart.
#9 - Homer's Enemy
Season 8 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/4/1997
A hardworking new employee at the power plant is consumed with resentment at Homer's undeserved success.
#10 - Grade School Confidential
Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/6/1997
Bart discovers Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel kissing, and it's not long before the whole town knows of their secret affair.
#11 - A Milhouse Divided
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/1/1996
Kirk and Luann Van Houten are getting a divorce. Homer is confident that it will never happen to him, but Kirk tells him how quickly things can change.
#12 - Brother From Another Series
Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/23/1997
When Sideshow Bob is released from prison, his brother Cecil puts him in charge of building Springfield's new hydroelectric dam.
#13 - The Twisted World of Marge Simpson
Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/19/1997
Marge's new pretzel franchise is failing until Homer strikes a deal with Fat Tony, Springfield's local mobster.
#14 - Lisa's Date With Density
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/15/1996
Lisa develops a crush on Nelson and tries to change him into a better person. Meanwhile, Homer finds an autodialer and starts a telemarketing scam.
#15 - In Marge We Trust
Season 8 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/27/1997
Disturbed that Reverend Lovejoy has lost interest in counseling parishioners, Marge volunteers as the "Listen Lady." Meanwhile, Homer sees his likeness on a box of Japanese detergent.
#16 - The Homer They Fall
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/10/1996
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.
#17 - The Canine Mutiny
Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/13/1997
When Bart can't pay the credit card bill for his expensive new purebred dog, the repo men unwittingly take Santa's Little Helper.
#18 - Bart After Dark
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/24/1996
After trespassing and damaging property at a mysterious old house, Bart is required to work there as a punishment... but it turns out to be a burlesque house.
#19 - The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show
Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/1997
In an attempt to boost ratings, the Itchy and Scratchy Show adds a new "in-your-face" character voiced by Homer.
#20 - The Secret War of Lisa Simpson
Season 8 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/18/1997
When Bart is sent to military school after playing a prank on the town, Lisa decides to join him... as the school's only girl cadet.
#21 - Treehouse of Horror VII
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/27/1996
In "The Thing and I," Bart discovers his evil Siamese twin in the attic. In "The Genesis Tub," Lisa's science experiment becomes a quickly-developing micro-universe, where she is thought of as God and Bart is the devil. In "Citizen Kang," aliens replace Clinton and Dole just in time for the election.
#22 - Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala (Annoyed Grunt) cious
Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/7/1997
Marge is stressed by the demands of motherhood and the Simpsons get a magical British nanny, who floats down from the sky holding an umbrella.
#23 - Burns Baby Burns
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/17/1996
Mr. Burns' boorish long-lost son Larry gets the brush-off from Burns, but Homer hatches a plan to reconcile them.
#24 - My Sister, My Sitter
Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/2/1997
Lisa has a stellar reputation as a babysitter, but when Homer and Marge leave her in charge of Bart and Maggie, everything starts going wrong.
#25 - The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase
Season 8 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/11/1997
Troy McClure presents three Simpsons spinoff spoofs: In "Chief Wiggum, P.I.," Chief Wiggum becomes a New Orleans detective. Next, Grampa Simpson's soul is trapped inside Moe's Love tester machine in "The Love-Matic Grampa." Finally, the Simpson family hosts a '70s-style variety show.