The greatest overall season of the Simpsons

Ahhh the Simpson’s my favorite T.V. show in the world I have loved it when I first saw it and I continue to love it. To be fair the sixth and the fourth season are probably my favorite seasons but if I had to go with one I would make it the sixth season. Season six contains a lot of my favorite episodes and most of them are very funny.

Episodes:

Bart of darkness
Plot: It is summer and Bart and Lisa have Homer to buy a pool. When they obtain the pool they instantly become very popular, then Bart breaks his leg and isolates him in his room. He thinks he sees Flanders murder his wife, it is up to Lisa and Bart to find the truth.
Overall: this is a great episode that perfectly starts off the sixth season, it offers us many laughs and fun quotes.
Rating: 10/10

Lisa’s Rival
Plot: Lisa thinks she is the smartest kid in the school, then one day a girl named Allison comes in her class. She is a genius and is better at everything than Lisa. Lisa wants to be friends but wants to be smart so she sabotages Allison’s diorama.
Overall: This episode did a good job of showing Lisa’s personality, she is nice but wants to be the best.
Rating 10/10

Another Simpson’s clip show
Plot: In another Simpson’s clip show Marge thinks that love is gone and wants to get examples from her family. In this clip show we see various instances where Bart, Lisa, Marge, and Homer have been in love with some one.
Overall: usually Simpson’s clip shows are not that funny, this still holds true although I do think this episode is well done.
Rating 8/10

Itchy and Scratchy land
Plot: Bart and Lisa see a commercial for Itchy and Scratchy land and make Homer and Marge take them. When they get their all hell breaks lose as Bart and Homer get arrested and the robots turn evil.
Overall: this is a very funny episode that has some funny parodies. The Bort license plate scenario is priceless.
Rating 10/10

Sideshow Bob Roberts
Plot: Another entry in the Sideshow Bob series, this time Bob gets out of prison and runs for mayor. He tricks the people in Springfield to vote for him and he eventually wins. It is up to Bart and Lisa to stop him.
Overall: As a sideshow Bob episode this did seem to be lacking in laughs but the political humor is very good. Bob did not seem to be trying to kill Bart as much.
Rating: 9/9

Tree house of Horror V
Plot: The fist part is a parody of the “Shinning” (Opps I mean the shining) Homer goes crazy with no beer and T.V. and tries to kill his family up in the woods. The second part has Homer fixing a toaster when he accidentally travels back in time. The last part has the cafeteria killing kids to make the food.
Overall: this is in my opinion the best batch of Tree house of horror episodes ever. They are all flat out hilarious and have ton of laughs.
Rating: 10/10

Bart’s girlfriend
Plot: After going to a Sunday school service Bart sees Reverend LoveJoy’s daughter. He tries to impress her but he finds out that she wants him to be bad; they go out and commit lots of minor crimes.
Overall: I thought it was interesting to see Bart trying to act nice and good, when he really is not.
Rating: 10/10

Lisa on Ice
Plot: Lisa is failing P.E. and needs to try an outside sport so she won’t fail. After failing in the sports she tries she sees that she is a naturally great hockey goalie. She is a huge success on Apu’s team “The Gougers” Bart is on the “Pigs” and they end up facing each other in the last match.
Overall: I think this was a very touching episode as well as providing some genuine laughs.
Rating: 10/10

Homer Badman
Plot: after getting tickets to the candy convention Homer takes Marge and has a babysitter. When Homer takes the babysitter home she accuses him sexually harassing her. The media gets a hold of this and makes Homers life miserable until he is proven innocent.
Overall: this is where the Simpsons really shine in all their glory as they have a great premise and have many laughs.]
Rating: 10/10

Grandpa vs. Sexual inadequacy
Plot: Homer and Marges love life have gone sour, they try everything but nothing works. One day when Homer visits Grandpa and he has a potion that gets their sex life back on track. They go and sell the product, and all of the parents are no longer around. Bart gets obsessed with U.F.O.’s and thinks they may have something to do with it.
Overall: this is a very funny episode that has some great moments where some minor characters really shine.
Rating: 10/10

Fear of flying
Plot: Homer gets free airline tickets after putting people’s lives in danger. They get on the plane when they find that Marge has a fear of flying. They take her to a psychoanalyst and get her cured.
Overall: this episode is very interesting with Marge at the psychoanalyst and Homer fearing they will blame the problems on him.
Rating: 10/10

Homer the great
Plot: Homer witnesses Lennie and Carl acting different, he wants to know what is happening so he stalks them. He follows them to a secret society called the Stonecutters. After getting caught in there, he wants to join; when he does he sees it as the greatest thing in the world. One day he brings shame on the society and they see the “Mark”. He is a god and is the new leader.
Overall: in my opinion this is season sixes finest moment where Homer is viewed as a god. The incorrect take on history works very well in this not to mention one of the best songs ever sung.
Rating: 10/10

And Maggie makes three
Plot: It is another trip down memory lane and we see how Maggie came to be in the family. It all started with Homer quitting his job and getting his dream job, he takes Marge out and Maggie is the result. Things go perfect for Homer until he finds out about the pregnancy.
Overall: this is a very good episode that tells the tale of Maggie. I like how the episode started and how it was told.
Rating: 10/10

Bart’s Comet
Plot: After humiliating Skinner for his hot air balloon Skinner makes Bart help him with charting locations for comets. When Skinner leaves the telescope unattended Bart spots his own comet, he calls the observatory and gets his comet charted. The next day the town finds that the comet is coming at their town they decide to kill it.
Overall: this is a great episode that shows Springfield and how they handle situations which is very humorous.
Rating: 9/10

Homie the Clown
Plot: Krusty is living his rich life and not caring about his excessive spending. His accountant tells him he will go bankrupt so they set up a clown collage. Homer enrolls in it and becomes a clown. He gets more than he bargained for and is the target of the mob.
Overall: The first episode about Krusty is very funny and has a truly great sequence where Homer and Krusty pull of the bicycle trick.
Rating: 10/10

Bart vs. Australia
Plot: Bart is confused of the southern hemisphere and how water goes backwards in South America and Brand Mcnaile. He then calls all of the places and eventually gets to Australia; he uses a collect call and refuses to pay the money for it. Bart gets called to Australia and has to apologize.
Overall: this is tied for my favorite episode with Homer the great. This episode has so many laughs as this is one of the funniest episodes to ever grace this wonderful show.

Homer vs. Patty and Selma
Plot: Homer yet again makes a scheme to make money except that it has back fired. He goes home that night to see Patty and Selma degrading and making him sound like an idiot, he throws them out and makes sure to raise some money to make up to what he lost. Bart’s school is having a sports day where he must choose a sport; he gets the last one which happens to be ballet. Amazingly he is naturally gifted at it and becomes a success while hiding his face in a mask.
Overall: this was a good episode that had great moments where Homer had to make money and ultimately coming in for Marge at the end.
Rating: 10/10

A star is Burns
Plot: In order to attract more tourists Marge purposes the idea of a film festival and has participants. Homer nags Marge to let him on the jury so she lets him. When the festival comes it is a close race between Monty Burns overproduced Hollywood film and Barney Gumbles sad and well done film about being an alcoholic. Homers vote makes it a tie as he votes for the stupidest one: Man getting hit in the groin.
Overall: Once again Homer has to make a choice between a piece of art and a completely dumb film. I enjoyed the end where Burns tries to win an academy.
Rating: 10/10

Lisa’s wedding
Plot: The Simpson’s attend a renascence fair and Lisa wanders into a fourteen teller who gives her future. Lisa’s future is her going to collage and meeting the man of her dreams. The man is Hugh Parkfield and they get married. Of course Hugh has to meet Lisa’s parents which is a total utter disaster.
Overall: This is one of the greatest fast forward in time where we see Lisa’s future. In this Meet the Parents/Simpson’s it is full of laughs plus touching moments. The part where Homer and Bart welcome Hugh is priceless
Rating: 10/10

Two dozen and one greyhounds
Plot: Santa’s little Helper and his girlfriend gives birth to twenty five puppies. At first the Simpson’s are excited but find that it is hard to have that many so they are forced to give them away. Mr. Burns wants them and gets his way. Bart and Lisa go to his mansion to see what he is going to do to them.
Overall: in this 101 Dalmatians type episode we see Mr. Burns wanting to make coats. The musical number that makes fun of the Beauty and Beast. Too bad it lacks some laughs.
Rating: 9/10

The PTA disbands
Plot: Due to very low funding in Springfield elementary there is a strike. During the strike Bart becomes overly excited and needs limits. Lisa becomes paranoid and keeps doing school work. The PTA must get local people to teach the students, which Bart keeps getting rid of.
Overall: this is a very funny episode with the school. It has some great laughs as well as some well done parodies.
Rating: 10/10

Round Springfield
Plot: Bart gets terribly sick from eating Krusty O’s he gets a lawsuit and gets 500$. While they are at the doctors Lisa sees her idol Bleeding Gums Murphy. They talk and reunite. The next day when Lisa visits him he is dead. She goes to Comic book guys store and wants to buy Bleeding Gums album but it is 500$. Bart lends her the money he won in the lawsuit. Lisa feels very sad and plays Sax with Bleeding Gums one last time.
Overall: this is probably the most emotional and saddest episode on the collection. This episode plays tribute to Bleeding Gums Murphy and is very emotional. I enjoyed Bart’s side story about the Krusty O’s.
Rating: 10/10

The Springfield connection
Plot: Marge and Homer go for a night out on town; Homer gets swindled into playing a trick game. Marge runs after him and catches him. Marge sees the excitement and likes it a lot so she becomes a cop. She does very well but unfortunately quits due to too much corruption.
Overall: This was a funny episode that showed a different side of Marge, I enjoyed it very much and it has some great moments.
Rating: 10/10

Lemon of Troy
Plot: Bart and Millhouse are selling lemonade from the lemon tree, they need more lemons so they go and get some. When they are there it is right next to Shelbyville and they get in a verbal fight. The next day they see the lemon tree is gone and they must go in and get it.
Overall: this is such a great episode that is classic in every sense. It has a great setup that involves Ned’s R.V. and Homers oddball schemes.
Rating: 10/10

Who shot Burns’s part one
Plot: Springfield elementary strikes oil and gets rich. They can have lots of extra activities. Mr. Burns sees this and wants the oil and he gets it. He also devises a plan to block out the sun so they have to buy Burn’s brand electronics. The town is aware of this and everyone wants to shoot him. In the end someone does and no one knows who did it.
Overall: This was a nice two part episode that showed the evil side of Burn’s. I enjoyed the suspects who all had a reason to shoot him.
Rating: for the last time 10/10

Overall this is my favorite collection of Simpson’s to date. I think it contains some very memorable episodes with very few to none below average episodes. This season did a great job of showing each characters personalities. All the episodes are good so what are you waiting for if you don’t all ready own this? I recommend this to fans of the show as well as anyone who likes a good animated comedy show.

5 stars