The Best Episodes Directed By Jim Reardon

After skipping church one Sunday morning, Homer decides to quit church altogether and spend Sundays worshiping in his own way -- with cigars and beer.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: George Meyer

Homer joins the secret society of the Stonecutters and is suddenly exalted when the brethren discover his birthmark. The ancient order is shaken to the core by the ineptitude of its new Chosen One.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: John Swartzwelder

Homer tries to gain sixty pounds so he can stay home on disability. When he nearly causes a catastrophe at the plant, Homer reconsiders his plan.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: Dan Greaney

Homer and Barney become competitors in the snow-plowing business.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: Jon Vitti

Lack of beer and cable TV make Homer a crazed killer; the present is altered by a time-traveling Homer; and Principal Skinner turns detention students into food.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: Bob Kushell

A hardworking new employee at the power plant is consumed with resentment at Homer's undeserved success.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: John Swartzwelder

Bart and Milhouse wonder if anything interesting happens to the citizens of Springfield, which leads to a series of interconnected vignettes.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: Bill Oakley

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.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: Ken Keeler

Designated driver Barney absconds to Manhattan in Homer's car and leaves it there. But when the family journeys to the Big Apple to retrieve their property, Homer discovers his car has been booted.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: Ian Maxtone-Graham

After a DUI, Homer swears off beer for a month. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa's sibling rivalry plays out in the school science fair.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: David M. Stern

Maggie attacks Homer with a mallet after seeing it on Itchy & Scratchy. Marge begins a protest outside the production offices, demanding the show be retooled to prevent further violence.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: John Swartzwelder

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.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: Dan Greaney

Homer takes Nuclear Physics 101 at the local college, where he gets a trio of nerdy tutors expelled for extracurricular activities.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: Conan O'Brien

Stuck in his room with a broken leg, Bart hears a high-pitched scream. When he looks through his telescope, he sees a guilty Ned Flanders burying the evidence.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: Dan McGrath

After their bank account is drained at a cyber-cafe, the Simpsons go on a disastrous low-budget trip to Japan, where they wind up as contestants on a humiliating game show.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: Dan Greaney

A fortuneteller predicts Lisa's engagement and wedding to a fellow student from an upper-crust British family.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: Greg Daniels

Homer leads a vigilante group to catch the Springfield Cat Burglar, who then robs the museum.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: John Swartzwelder

Homer feuds with the Springfield garbage men and decides to run for Sanitation Commissioner. After winning the election with a sleazy campaign, Homer can’t keep the extravagant promises he made to the town.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: Ian Maxtone-Graham

Burns hires Major League ringers for the plant softball championship.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: John Swartzwelder

Maggie uses one of three wishes; a mind-reading Bart rules Springfield; Homer donates his brain to Mr. Burns' science project.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: Al Jean

Marge rediscovers her interest in art and takes up painting. When Mr. Burns hires her to paint his official portrait, Marge tries but fails to find his "inner beauty."

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: Brian K. Roberts

Springfield boys try to recapture the town's beloved lemon tree after it's stolen.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: Brent Forrester

Bart wins an elephant, but Homer won't let him keep it.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: John Swartzwelder

Flanders suffers a failure after Homer wishes him ill.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: Jon Vitti

When Homer helps Bart build a soapbox racer, it does little for the car but a lot for their relationship.

Director: Jim Reardon

Writer: Ken Levine