#Best modern simpsons episodes series#
One of the best episodes of the series to this point, " Cape Feare" took the idea of parodying a recent hit film and seamlessly interwove it into the show's own history and characters. SEASON FIVE: " Cape Feare" Written By: John Vitti Directed By: Rich Moore Plow," and " I Love Lisa." Phil Hartman gives a truly superb performance as the shifty monorail salesman, Lyle Lanley - with his highlight being the Music Man song and dance parody, "The Monorail Song" - and Leonard Nimoy appears as himself (in one of our Top 25 Guest Appearances), boring his fellow monorail passengers with obscure comments and teleporting out at the end of the episode. The Monorail" is one of the tightest and funniest episodes in the history of The Simpsons, let alone in season four, which contained plenty of other great episodes, including " Kamp Krusty," " Mr. From the episode's beginning with Homer driving and singing "Simpson, Homer Simpson" to the tune of "The Flintstones," to Marge's closing voiceover covering Springfield's other ridiculous endeavors (ending with an escalator that goes nowhere), there isn't a minute wasted. The Monorail" is filled with humor and spot-on parodies. the Monorail" Written By: Conan O'Brien Directed By: Rich MooreĮvery minute of the Conan O'Brien-scripted " Marge vs. This episode has tons of standout moments, from the appearance by Aerosmith (the first time a musical act of that caliber appeared as themselves on the series) a funny payoff for all of Bart's prank calls to Moe's, when a man named Hugh Jass actually does turn out to be a customer a deftly done Cheers parody at the height of Moe's success and Homer turning into a Phantom of the Opera type lunatic, as he shows up at Moe's to reveal the truth to everyone, and unaware that Moe was going to sell the recipe and split the profits with him, inadvertently ruins his own chances to make half a million dollars. Of course, it also helped show that he wasn't exactly the most trustworthy guy, as he steals Homer's secret recipe and uses it to turn his bar into a huge success, thanks to the "Flaming Moe" drink. Homer's drunken nights at Moe's bar were already a staple of The Simpsons, but this episode was one of the first to really give Moe the spotlight. SEASON THREE: "Flaming Moe's" Written By: Robert Cohen Directed By: Rich Moore and Alan Smart Although it may not have had the laugh-out-loud laughs that " Bart the Daredevil" had, it told a better story, and showed that despite being a jerk most of the time, Homer really did want to do right in his life. In the episode Homer is told that he has 24 hours to live after getting poisoned by bad Japanese food, and he decides to spend his last hours on earth living out everything that he has ever wanted to do. Even though there were many great episodes before it, " One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish" helped show just how dramatic The Simpsons could be. Bringing in random storylines intermixed with thoughtful family driven resolutions, the episodes grew to be more than just popular animation, but good television. The second season was a good time for The Simpsons as the rough animation style from season one was fixed, while the programs writing got a firm grasp on the role of the show. SEASON TWO: "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish" Written By: Nell Scovell Directed By: Wesley Archer "Crepes of Wrath" is one of the few Simpsons episodes where Bart seems to genuinely learn something - he speaks perfect French by the end of the episode (of course, he's never spoken in French since, but hey, you don't use it, you lose it). The episode's second storyline is just as strong, with the Simpson family taking in an Albanian exchange student named Adil, who turns out to be a spy looking to obtain nuclear secrets from Homer. The episode features a strong central storyline, with Bart being shipped off to France as an exchange student and being forced to work for two unscrupulous winemakers that mix antifreeze in their wine. SEASON ONE: "The Crepes of Wrath" Written By: George Meyer, Sam Simon, John Swartzwelder, and Jon Vitti Directed By: Wes Archer and Milton Grayīy the time " The Crepes of Wrath" aired, the eleventh episode in the series, The Simpsons was falling into its groove, showing many signs of the classic series it was to become.
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