8.4/1028 votes#1 - Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 3/16/1997
When Prohibition is revived in Springfield, Homer and Bart supply the town with alcohol.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: John Swartzwelder
8.0/1029 votes#2 - Bart's Comet
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/1995
When Bart is forced to assist Principal Skinner in early-morning astronomy observations, he discovers a giant comet heading towards Springfield. Facing impending doom, the entire town shows up at the Flanders family bomb shelter.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: John Swartzwelder
7.9/1028 votes#3 - Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 4/28/1994
Bart takes his dog to school, which gets Skinner fired, which in turn leaves Bart missing his archnemesis.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Bill Oakley
7.9/1029 votes#4 - 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.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Steve Young
7.7/1029 votes#5 - Treehouse of Horror VI
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1995
In "Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores," strange atmospheric conditions bring giant advertising statues to life. In "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace," Groundskeeper Willie is killed in a freak accident and seeks revenge in the childrens' dreams. In the final segment, Homer steps through a secret portal and becomes three-dimensional.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: David X. Cohen
7.6/1028 votes#6 - Lisa on Ice
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1994
Lisa's surprising ability at hockey spawns jealousy in Bart and a showdown when their teams meet.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Mike Scully
7.2/1027 votes#7 - Two Dozen and One Greyhounds
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 4/9/1995
The Simpson household's overrun with puppies--the offspring of Santa's Little Helper and his new girlfriend from which Mr. Burns would love to make a greyhound-skin tuxedo.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Mike Scully
7.2/1026 votes#8 - Miracle on Evergreen Terrace
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 12/21/1997
After accidentally ruining the family’s Christmas tree and presents, Bart buries the evidence and claims a burglar stole everything. When Kent Brockman does a human interest story on the family’s tragic loss, the townspeople shower the family with generosity… until the truth comes out.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Ron Hauge
7.2/1032 votes#9 - Simpsorama
Season 26 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2014
The Planet Express crew come to present-day Springfield to prevent the Simpsons from destroying the future.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
7.1/1023 votes#10 - Lisa Gets an 'A'
Season 10 Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/1998
Stuck at home with a cold, Lisa gets addicted to a video game and neglects her homework. Her A+++ on a test wins the school a grant, but when she confesses that she cheated, Skinner covers it up. Meanwhile, Homer raises a lobster.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Ian Maxtone-Graham
7.0/1028 votes#11 - Bart's Inner Child
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1993
Springfield emulates Bart after he's praised by a self-help guru.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: George Meyer
7.0/106 votes#12 - The Many Saints of Springfield
Season 34 Episode 13 - Aired 2/19/2023
When Ned Flanders falls on hard times, Fat Tony makes him an offer he can't refuse.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Al Jean
6.9/1019 votes#13 - Pokey Mom
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 1/14/2001
Marge tries to rehabilitate a convict with remarkable artistic talent. Meanwhile, Homer uses a trash can to fix people's spines.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Tom Martin
6.9/1015 votes#14 - Fraudcast News
Season 15 Episode 22 - Aired 5/23/2004
Mr. Burns buys out Springfield's media outlets after a newspaper mistakenly reports his death, and Lisa's homemade newspaper is next on his list.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Don Payne
6.7/1021 votes#15 - I'm with Cupid
Season 10 Episode 14 - Aired 2/14/1999
Apu is making the husbands of Springfield look bad with his extravagent Valentine's Day efforts for Manjula. When the men try to sabotage Apu's grand gesture, they accidentally wind up benefiting from it.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Dan Greaney
6.7/1019 votes#16 - Days of Future Future
Season 25 Episode 18 - Aired 4/13/2014
Set in the future, Homer has a new clone for every time he dies. Lisa is married to a zombie version of Milhouse, while Bart deals with custody issues with his ex-wife, Jenda. Each defines what love means to them.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
6.6/1015 votes#17 - 500 Keys
Season 22 Episode 21 - Aired 5/15/2011
After finding the keys to every door in Springfield, Lisa finds a hidden room beneath the elementary school.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: John Frink
6.5/1020 votes#18 - 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.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Ian Maxtone-Graham
6.5/1018 votes#19 - The Fight Before Christmas
Season 22 Episode 8 - Aired 12/5/2010
When the rest of the family seems to lack Christmas spirit, Marge contacts Martha Clause.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Dan Castellaneta
6.5/1015 votes#20 - Lisa Gets the Blues
Season 29 Episode 17 - Aired 4/22/2018
When the Simpsons' flight to Gainesville gets re-routed to New Orleans, Lisa is forced to face her failures, and regain her confidence as a jazz musician. Meanwhile, Bart is intrigued by the voodoo in Louisiana, and Homer is intrigued by the drinking.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Brian Kelley
6.5/106 votes#21 - The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby
Season 31 Episode 18 - Aired 4/19/2020
Mr. Burns tasks Homer with swindling Cletus Spuckler out of his newfound helium fortune. Meanwhile, Maggie is reunited with Hudson from Playdate with Destiny again, only for Marge to tear them apart after his mother annoys her.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Tom Gammill
6.4/1019 votes#22 - Special Edna
Season 14 Episode 7 - Aired 1/5/2003
Ms. Edna Krabappel begins to lose faith in her relationship with Principal Skinner and becomes depressed. Bart wants to cheer her up and decides to nominate her for the Teacher of the Year Award. Ms. Krabappel and the Simpsons are given a free trip to Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida. Skinner decides that he needs to do something to win Edna back, so he follows them there. He tries to sabotage Edna's chances of winning the award, in hopes that she will become so depressed that she will come back to him. However, he has a change of heart and proposes to her.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Dennis Snee
6.4/1016 votes#23 - Dial 'N' for Nerder
Season 19 Episode 14 - Aired 3/9/2008
Homer cheats on his diet, so Marge gets a reality show called "The Sneakers" to check up on him. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa fear that a prank they played on Martin Prince had deadly consequences.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Carolyn Omine
6.4/1020 votes#24 - Homerland
Season 25 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2013
A parody of "Homeland". Homer starts to act strangely polite after returning from a nuclear power plant convention, prompting a suspicious Lisa to ask an intense FBI agent named Annie (Kristen Wiig) to help her solve this mystery.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Stephanie Gillis
6.3/1014 votes#25 - The Book Job
Season 23 Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/2011
Homer creates a team, including author Neil Gaiman, to write the next hit "tween" book; after receiving an advance copy of the work from his publisher, Homer learns there's more to the business than he imagined.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: James L. Brooks
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"Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" is the best rated episode directed by Bob Anderson. It scored 8.4/10 based on 28 votes. It was written by John Swartzwelder. It aired on 3/16/1997 and is rated 0.4 points higher than their second-best episode, "Bart's Comet".