8.4/109 votes#1 - Bart's Brain
Season 35 Episode 18 - Aired 5/19/2024
Bart makes a new friend.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Dan Vebber
6.9/1021 votes#2 - The Great Money Caper
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 12/10/2000
Homer and Bart become father–son con artists (after Bart is given money out of pity when Homer decided to not take him home), but soon find that they are the ones being had.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Carolyn Omine
6.7/1020 votes#3 - The Mansion Family
Season 11 Episode 12 - Aired 1/23/2000
Worried about his health, Mr. Burns visits the Mayo Clinic. He lets Homer housesit his mansion, which leads of course to an offshore knife fight and an attack by Chinese pirates.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: John Swartzwelder
6.7/1013 votes#4 - The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star
Season 16 Episode 21 - Aired 5/15/2005
Bart gets expelled from school and transfers to a Catholic school, where a hip priest named Father Sean tries to convert Bart and Homer to Catholicism, which worries Marge when she believes that Catholics do not go to the same heaven as Protestants and discovers that Catholic women do not use birth control.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Matt Warburton
6.5/1017 votes#5 - My Fare Lady
Season 26 Episode 14 - Aired 2/15/2015
When Marge gets fed up with the thankless duty of chauffeuring her kids around, she begins working as a driver for a transportation app service. Meanwhile, Homer bankrupts Moe when he watches over the bar for one night, which forces Moe to take a temporary job as a janitor at the nuclear plant.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Marc Wilmore
6.4/1016 votes#6 - Children of a Lesser Clod
Season 12 Episode 20 - Aired 5/13/2001
After spraining his knee during a basketball game, Homer begins taking care of the neighborhood kids to cure his boredom, prompting jealousy from Bart and Lisa, who feel that Homer is giving the kids the attention they never had.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Al Jean
6.4/1019 votes#7 - The Bart of War
Season 14 Episode 21 - Aired 5/18/2003
After destroying Flanders' shrine to The Beatles, Bart and Milhouse are punished by being put in community groups. Bart joins the Pre-Teen Braves along with Ralph Wiggum, Nelson Muntz and Database. Led by Marge, they start engaging in community activities. However, they soon become rivals with The Cavalry Kids, led by Milhouse. The two groups try to outdo each other and become involved in a contest to sell the most candy. The Cavalry Kids win the prize of singing the national anthem at a baseball game. However, the Pre-Teen Braves pretend to be The Cavalry Kids and sing their own version of the national anthem. As the crowd becomes enraged, the real Cavalry Kids arrive and a massive stadium-wide brawl erupts. Marge becomes upset, and the fighting ends when an image of her crying is shown on the JumboTron.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Marc Wilmore
6.4/1014 votes#8 - Regarding Margie
Season 17 Episode 20 - Aired 5/7/2006
Marge goes on a cleaning frenzy before the housekeeper she’s won the services of comes to the house. One spot remains and she mixes a number of toxic cleaners together to tackle the job. The noxious mixture knocks her out and she wakes up suffering from amnesia. Marge is taken home and the family tries to bring back her memory. She starts to get back memories of her children and other insignificant things, but when it comes to remembering her husband, nothing he does seems to jog her memory. When he can’t get her to remember him, he tries to win her all over again, especially after Patty and Selma get her back out on the dating scene.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Marc Wilmore
6.4/1017 votes#9 - Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh
Season 20 Episode 19 - Aired 5/3/2009
When Marge learns Springfield Elementary is the worst school in the state, she and Homer rent an apartment in the upscale Waverly Hills school district so Bart and Lisa can attend a better school. Meanwhile, Homer moves into the rented Waverly Hills apartment and gets used to the bachelor lifestyle.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
6.4/1016 votes#10 - Looking for Mr. Goodbart
Season 28 Episode 20 - Aired 4/30/2017
Bart gets in trouble on Grandparents Day at school and is forced to hang out with Skinner's mother as punishment. After spending time with various grandmas in the neighborhood, he learns the benefits of hanging out with the elderly, but eventually recognizes the dangers of taking advantage of them. Meanwhile, Peekimon Get has taken over the town of Springfield.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Carolyn Omine
6.3/1020 votes#11 - How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?
Season 22 Episode 7 - Aired 11/28/2010
After Bart nurses an injured bird back to health, Homer enters it in a race.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Kevin Curran
6.3/1013 votes#12 - Mathlete's Feat
Season 26 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/2015
When a modernized Springfield Elementary has a technical meltdown, Lisa transforms it into a Waldorf school. Meanwhile, Groundskeeper Willie becomes the coach of the mathletes.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Michael Price
6.2/1018 votes#13 - Pray Anything
Season 14 Episode 10 - Aired 2/9/2003
Homer becomes depressed when he sees that Ned Flanders seems to be better off than him. To remedy this, he begins to pray constantly. Meanwhile, the Simpsons discover that tree roots have clogged up their plumbing. The house becomes too run down to live in, and Homer prays for a solution. Homer is injured while attending church; he sues Reverend Lovejoy and is awarded the deed to the church. He throws a huge house-warming party, in which all of the partiers drink and engage in sinful activities. It suddenly starts raining and the town begins to flood. The townspeople flee to the roof of the church. Homer tries praying again but the flood keeps rising. Reverend Lovejoy returns in a helicopter and leads everyone in prayer, asking God to forgive them, and the rain stops.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Neal Boushell
6.2/1010 votes#14 - Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times
Season 18 Episode 11 - Aired 1/28/2007
Homer learns three lessons about revenge from stories told by Marge, Lisa and Bart that parody "The Count of Monte Cristo," "Revenge of the Nerds" and "Batman Begins."
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Joel H. Cohen
6.2/1017 votes#15 - YOLO
Season 25 Episode 4 - Aired 11/10/2013
Marge encourages Homer to cross an item off an old to-do list by inviting an old pen pal to visit; Lisa institutes an honor code at school.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Michael Nobori
6.2/1013 votes#16 - Fland Canyon
Season 27 Episode 19 - Aired 4/24/2016
Homer recalls a tense family vacation to the Grand Canyon with the Flanders family. At first, the Flanders’ perfection puts the families at odds, but when they get stranded and Ned and Bart go for help, the families finally bond.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
6.1/1014 votes#17 - Love Is a Many Strangled Thing
Season 22 Episode 17 - Aired 3/27/2011
Marge persuades Homer to enroll in a fathering enrichment class; Bart becomes a school bully.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Bill Odenkirk
6.1/1018 votes#18 - Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing
Season 24 Episode 12 - Aired 2/10/2013
Bart's dream girl, Mary Spuckler, comes to town, but his failure to pay her enough attention is having a negative impact on their relationship. Meanwhile, Homer once again runs afoul of Marge and lands in the doghouse.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Tim Long
6.1/1011 votes#19 - I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh
Season 30 Episode 20 - Aired 4/7/2019
Marge becomes director of Springfield's local theater, armed with Lisa's script resembling "Hamilton"; Homer joins a baby class with Maggie, and he takes a liking to supervisor Chloe.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Jeff Martin
6.1/1010 votes#20 - The Fat Blue Line
Season 31 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2019
During the San Castellanta street festival, much of the town finds their wallets have been pickpocketed; after the state investigator puts the wrong man in jail, Chief Wiggum sets out to catch the real criminal and show he's still up for police work.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Bill Odenkirk
6.0/1016 votes#21 - The Bart Wants What It Wants
Season 13 Episode 11 - Aired 2/17/2002
Bart befriends Rainer Wolfcastle's daughter Greta. She has a crush on Bart, but he does not seem to realize it and eventually stops seeing her. Seeking revenge, Greta begins dating Bart's best friend Milhouse, which causes Bart to start missing her. She leaves for Toronto with her father, and Bart convinces his family to follow them there.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Don Payne
6.0/1017 votes#22 - Pay Pal
Season 25 Episode 21 - Aired 5/11/2014
Marge swears off befriending any more couples when Homer offends their charming new British neighbors, but when Lisa declares that she, too, doesn’t need friends, Marge reconsiders.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: David H. Steinberg
6.0/107 votes#23 - Wad Goals
Season 32 Episode 13 - Aired 2/28/2021
Bart becomes a successful caddy, but Marge worries it is ruining his character.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Brian Kelley
5.9/1012 votes#24 - E Pluribus Wiggum
Season 19 Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/2008
Homer burns down Springfield's fast-food district. In order to float a bond issue to rebuild it, Mayor Quimby moves up election day, making Springfield's primary election the first in the nation. This causes the town to be overrun with reporters, candidates and pundits.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Michael Price
5.9/1017 votes#25 - Trust But Clarify
Season 28 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/2016
Lisa and Bart investigate Krusty’s suspicious new "Krustaceans" candy. Meanwhile, Homer wants a promotion at the nuclear plant and asks Marge to help him dress the part, and news anchor Kent Brockman struggles to find his feet in the changing media world.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Harry Shearer
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"Bart's Brain" is the best rated episode directed by Michael Polcino. It scored 8.4/10 based on 9 votes. It was written by Dan Vebber. It aired on 5/19/2024 and is rated 1.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Great Money Caper".