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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 7 Episode 10 - Near-Death Wish
    7.6/10(43 votes)

    #1 - Near-Death Wish

    S7:E10

    The Professor is deeply disturbed when his parents return from virtual retirement aboard the Near-Death Star.

    Director:Lance Kramer
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  2. undefined Season 12 Episode 8 - Skinner's Sense of Snow
    7.4/10(26 votes)

    #2 - Skinner's Sense of Snow

    S12:E8

    A snowstorm traps the students of Springfield Elementary inside, with them overthrowing Principal Skinner when he uses his Army skills to control them. Meanwhile, Homer tries to rescue the children–using Flanders' car.

    Director:Lance Kramer
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  3. undefined Season 7 Episode 16 - T.: The Terrestrial
    7.3/10(43 votes)

    #3 - T.: The Terrestrial

    S7:E16

    After being marooned on a distant planet, Fry is befriended by a young monster.

    Director:Lance Kramer
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  4. undefined Season 25 Episode 11 - Specs and the City
    7.1/10(25 votes)

    #4 - Specs and the City

    S25:E11

    When Marge tries Homer's new high-tech glasses on, he learns she's seeing a marriage counselor; Bart refuses to buy Nelson a Valentine's Day card.

    Director:Lance Kramer
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  5. undefined Season 7 Episode 22 - Leela and the Genestalk
    7.0/10(42 votes)

    #5 - Leela and the Genestalk

    S7:E22

    After a rare condition causes Leela to grow tentacles, she stumbles upon a secret genetic engineering facility.

    Director:Lance Kramer
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  6. undefined Season 20 Episode 1 - Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes
    7.0/10(25 votes)

    #6 - Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes

    S20:E1

    Bounty hunter Ned is forced to scrap his partnership with Homer when the hapless layabout skips bail, and Marge mistakenly takes a job at an erotic bakery.

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  7. undefined Season 21 Episode 1 - Homer the Whopper
    7.0/10(25 votes)

    #7 - Homer the Whopper

    S21:E1

    Homer gets the lead in a movie about a superhero who can take on the powers of every superhero in any comic book he touches. To whip Homer into superhero shape, the studio hires a celebrity fitness trainer.

    Director:Lance Kramer
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  8. undefined Season 22 Episode 19 - The Real Housewives of Fat Tony
    7.0/10(20 votes)

    #8 - The Real Housewives of Fat Tony

    S22:E19

    Fat Tony and Marge's sister, Selma, fall in love and get married; Bart discovers a special ability.

    Director:Lance Kramer
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  9. undefined Season 26 Episode 21 - Bull-E
    7.0/10(22 votes)

    #9 - Bull-E

    S26:E21

    After Bart gets bullied at the school dance, Marge convinces the town to pass anti-bullying legislation. Homer then gets arrested and sent to rehab for bullying Ned Flanders, only to subsequently leave rehab as a hero.

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  10. undefined Season 34 Episode 21 - Clown v. Board of Education
    7.0/10(9 votes)

    #10 - Clown v. Board of Education

    S34:E21

    Krusty opens a school for clowning, and it becomes the most successful thing he's ever done.

    Director:Lance Kramer
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  11. undefined Season 23 Episode 16 - How I Wet Your Mother
    6.9/10(19 votes)

    #11 - How I Wet Your Mother

    S23:E16

    When Homer's bed-wetting worsens, his family tries to infiltrate his dreams to find the source of the problem.

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  12. undefined Season 32 Episode 18 - Burger Kings
    6.8/10(9 votes)

    #12 - Burger Kings

    S32:E18

    Mr. Burns gets into the plant-based burger business. Lisa refuses to believe he's up to no good.

    Director:Lance Kramer
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  13. undefined Season 21 Episode 20 - To Surveil with Love
    6.7/10(23 votes)

    #13 - To Surveil with Love

    S21:E20

    A bomb squad mistakenly blows up Homer's unattended gym bag, releasing radiation into the city and authorities react by suspending civil liberties. Wiggum and his men install surveillance cameras around Springfield and round up suspected terrorists, including groundskeeper Willie, but when monitoring the nonstop flow of video imagery proves to be too much, Wiggum enlists concerned citizens to help keep the city safe. Meanwhile, Lisa becomes fed up with being blonde, so she dyes her hair a dark color.

    Director:Lance Kramer
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  14. undefined Season 13 Episode 4 - A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love
    6.6/10(21 votes)

    #14 - A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love

    S13:E4

    Homer becomes a fortune cookie writer for a Chinatown restaurant. Mr. Burns reads one of Homer's fortunes, which says that the reader will find love before Flag Day is over. Burns goes searching for love and meets Gloria, a meter maid, and asks her out. Gloria reluctantly agrees, and Burns recruits Homer to help him look young and hip to his new girlfriend.

    Director:Lance Kramer
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  15. undefined Season 20 Episode 12 - No Loan Again, Naturally
    6.6/10(24 votes)

    #15 - No Loan Again, Naturally

    S20:E12

    When the adjustable rate on the Simpson couple's mortgage resets at more than the pair can afford, they must sell their house. Good Samaritan Ned Flanders buys the house and rents it out to them at an affordable rate. But Homer pushes his luck too far when he takes advantage of Ned's generous landlord duties.

    Director:Lance Kramer
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  16. undefined Season 11 Episode 13 - Saddlesore Galactica
    6.5/10(27 votes)

    #16 - Saddlesore Galactica

    S11:E13

    Homer and Bart befriend a diving horse at a county fair. They turn it into a racehorse with an attitude, whose success runs them afoul of mysterious, tree-dwelling jockeys.

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  17. undefined Season 19 Episode 6 - Little Orphan Millie
    6.5/10(20 votes)

    #17 - Little Orphan Millie

    S19:E6

    Milhouse stays with the Simpsons when his parents remarry each other and honeymoon on a cruise ship. But when his parents are knocked overboard and lost at sea, Milhouse decides to grow up and be a man.

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  18. undefined Season 16 Episode 12 - Goo Goo Gai Pan
    6.4/10(20 votes)

    #18 - Goo Goo Gai Pan

    S16:E12

    Selma has a severe hot flash while giving Mr. Burns his driving test. Dr. Hibbert explains that Selma is experiencing the onset of menopause. Selma, decides she wants a baby rather than grow old alone. Adoption is suggested, but the Springfield orphanage is empty. Lisa suggests adopting a baby girl from China - but when the Chinese government only allows married couples to adopt, Selma writes down Homer's name as her husband.

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  19. undefined Season 18 Episode 19 - Crook and Ladder
    6.4/10(16 votes)

    #19 - Crook and Ladder

    S18:E19

    Homer, Apu, Moe and Skinner volunteer as firemen after Homer's sleepwalking accident injures the town's firefighters. They do some light looting at the fires to make up for not being compensated, but Marge and Lisa shame them into mending their ways.

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  20. undefined Season 28 Episode 19 - The Caper Chase
    6.4/10(25 votes)

    #20 - The Caper Chase

    S28:E19

    Disappointed in Yale, Mr. Burns decides to start his own for-profit university and Homer is hired as a professor

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  21. undefined Season 19 Episode 15 - Smoke on the Daughter
    6.3/10(20 votes)

    #21 - Smoke on the Daughter

    S19:E15

    With Lisa's encouragement, Marge pursues her dream of becoming a ballerina. But when Marge auditions at the ballet academy, Lisa is invited to enroll. Unfortunately, Lisa becomes addicted to secondhand smoke from the other dancers. Meanwhile, Homer's beef-jerky operation runs into a snag.

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  22. undefined Season 28 Episode 2 - Friends and Family
    6.3/10(27 votes)

    #22 - Friends and Family

    S28:E2

    Mr. Burns hires the Simpsons, except Homer, to be his virtual family; Homer becomes best friends with the girl next door.

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  23. undefined Season 30 Episode 10 - 'Tis the 30th Season
    6.2/10(19 votes)

    #23 - 'Tis the 30th Season

    S30:E10

    After a failed Black Friday shopping spree, Marge is determined to fix Christmas; Homer and the kids surprise Marge with a vacation to a Florida resort.

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  24. undefined Season 14 Episode 14 - Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington
    6.1/10(21 votes)

    #24 - Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington

    S14:E14

    An air traffic route is redirected so that airplanes start flying directly over the Simpsons' house. The noise starts to disrupt their lives and, desperate for a solution, the family turns to their Congressman. However, he dies of a heart attack, so they ask Krusty the Clown to run for Congress so that he can help them. Krusty is successful in his campaign, but finds that his air traffic bill is ignored by the veteran Congressmen. He soon becomes disillusioned with the system, so the Simpsons, with guidance from Walter Mondale, help him out by blackmailing one of his opponents and attaching the bill to a more popular one. The bill passes, and the air traffic is re-routed.

    Director:Lance Kramer
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  25. undefined Season 20 Episode 11 - How the Test Was Won
    6.1/10(27 votes)

    #25 - How the Test Was Won

    S20:E11

    Bart gets a perfect score on a practice test for a national achievement test, which not only rattles Lisa, but it means Bart gets to attend a special party instead of having to take the actual test. Meanwhile, Homer must avoid injuring himself for an entire afternoon after failing to pay his insurance.

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Lance Kramer Ratings Summary

"Near-Death Wish" is the best rated episode directed by Lance Kramer. It scored 7.628/10 based on 43 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 8/15/2012 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Skinner's Sense of Snow".