The Best Episodes Directed By Mark Kirkland

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.2/10(34 votes)

   #1 - Mountain of Madness

   S8:E122/2/1997

   To promote teamwork amongst the power plant's employees, Mr. Burns makes them go on a corporate retreat up in the mountains.

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   8.1/10(48 votes)

   #2 - Homer's Barbershop Quartet

   S5:E19/30/1993

   Homer recalls when he, Apu, Barney and Principal Skinner became recording icons.

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   8.1/10(42 votes)

   #3 - Last Exit to Springfield

   S4:E173/11/1993

   Union president Homer fights to keep the dental plan.

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   8.0/10(48 votes)

   #4 - Kamp Krusty

   S4:E19/24/1992

   Bart leads an uprising at Krusty's summer camp after he and Lisa are subjected to a Dickensian sweatshop.

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   8.0/10(46 votes)

   #5 - Lisa's First Word

   S4:E1012/3/1992

   While trying to get Maggie to say her first word, Marge and Homer reminisce about Bart's and Lisa's first words.

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6. 

   7.9/10(36 votes)

   #6 - Treehouse of Horror VIII

   S9:E410/26/1997

   In “The Homega Man,” Homer faces a post-apocalyptic Springfield. Next, Bart attempts to become Superfly in "Fly vs. Fly." In “Easy-Bake Coven,” amidst a witch hunt in 1649, Marge and her sisters invent trick-or-treating.

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   7.9/10(34 votes)

   #7 - The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace

   S10:E29/20/1998

   A midlife crisis prompts Homer to quit his job and become an inventor.

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8. 

   7.8/10(41 votes)

   #8 - Lisa the Vegetarian

   S7:E510/15/1995

   After visiting a local petting zoo, Lisa becomes a vegetarian and faces ridicule from family and friends. When she lashes out and ruins Homer's barbecue, she learns a lesson in tolerance.

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   7.8/10(33 votes)

   #9 - Summer of 4 Ft. 2

   S7:E255/19/1996

   On a family vacation, Lisa tries on a new identity to fit in with the other kids at the beach. Jealous, Bart reveals her true nerdiness to the group.

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10. 

    7.8/10(50 votes)

    #10 - Homer Defined

    S3:E510/17/1991

    Homer's averting of a nuclear meltdown earns him employee-of-the-month honors--and a call from Magic Johnson; Milhouse's parents prohibit him from playing with Bart.

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11. 

    7.8/10(38 votes)

    #11 - Burns' Heir

    S5:E184/14/1994

    Bart is picked to be Burns' heir and moves into the Burns mansion, prompting Homer and Marge to hire a deprogrammer to get him back.

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12. 

    7.8/10(26 votes)

    #12 - The Computer Wore Menace Shoes

    S12:E612/3/2000

    Homer decides to buy a computer after turning up to the Plant to find it closed by e-mail. He then creates his own website and it eventually gains attention when he posts gossip. Homer dubs himself as "Mr. X" to conceal his identity. When he reveals that he is Mr. X, he becomes drugged into a mysterious island where people who know too much are imprisoned after Homer starts writing conspiracy theories such as flu shots.

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13. 

    7.8/10(37 votes)

    #13 - A Fish Called Selma

    S7:E193/24/1996

    Washed up and plagued by scandal, Troy McClure sees a marriage to Selma as his ticket back to success.

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14. 

    7.7/10(46 votes)

    #14 - Colonel Homer

    S3:E203/26/1992

    Marge fears a cheatin' heart when a waitress-country singer asks Homer to be her manager.

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15. 

    7.7/10(37 votes)

    #15 - The Springfield Connection

    S6:E235/7/1995

    Marge joins the police force after thwarting a criminal, and Homer thinks he now has a free ride as a cop's spouse.

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16. 

    7.7/10(53 votes)

    #16 - Bart Gets Hit by a Car

    S2:E101/10/1991

    After Mr. Burns hits Bart with his car, ambulance-chasing attorney Lionel Hutz persuades Homer and Marge to sue for a million dollars.

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17. 

    7.7/10(41 votes)

    #17 - The Homer They Fall

    S8:E311/10/1996

    When Moe sees that Homer can absorb massive blows to the head, he turns him into a prizefighter and sets up a match with heavyweight champion Drederick Tatum.

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18. 

    7.7/10(40 votes)

    #18 - Marge on the Lam

    S5:E611/4/1993

    Marge's wild night out with neighbor Ruth includes running from the police in Ruth's car, stolen from her ex.

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    7.6/10(38 votes)

    #19 - Fear of Flying

    S6:E1112/18/1994

    When they try to go on vacation, the family discovers Marge's debilitating fear of flying. Marge consults a psychoanalyst to find the source of her baffling fear.

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    7.6/10(42 votes)

    #20 - Homer Alone

    S3:E152/6/1992

    A stressed Marge vacations alone, leaving Bart and Lisa with Patty and Selma, and Maggie with Homer--until she leaves in search of Marge.

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21. 

    7.6/10(36 votes)

    #21 - Sideshow Bob Roberts

    S6:E510/9/1994

    Mayor Quimby pardons attempted murderer Sideshow Bob, who then runs against Quimby for mayor.

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    7.5/10(37 votes)

    #22 - Homer and Apu

    S5:E132/10/1994

    Homer accompanies Apu to the Kwik-E-Mart home office--in India--after Apu is fired.

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    7.5/10(30 votes)

    #23 - The Old Man and the Lisa

    S8:E214/20/1997

    Financially ruined, Mr. Burns turns to Lisa for help in building a recycling business. Lisa believes he's changed, but his new business venture takes a shocking new direction.

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    7.4/10(50 votes)

    #24 - The War of the Simpsons

    S2:E205/2/1991

    At a lakeside retreat for married couples, Marge is determined to fix her marriage with Homer, but Homer is more determined to catch General Sherman, the freakishly large catfish that lives in the lake.

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    7.4/10(36 votes)

    #25 - Homer vs. Patty and Selma

    S6:E172/26/1995

    A loan from Patty and Selma makes Homer their slave; Bart is forced to take ballet.

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