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The Best Episodes Directed By Rich Moore

Every TV Episode Directed by Rich Moore Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Rich Moore Ratings Summary

"Cape Feare" is the best rated episode directed by Rich Moore. It scored 8.5/10 based on 37 votes. It was written by Jon Vitti. It aired on 10/7/1993 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Marge vs. the Monorail".

  • Cape Feare
    8.5/1037 votes

    #1 - Cape Feare

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1993

    The Simpsons go incognito to avoid the newly paroled Sideshow Bob, who's out to get Bart.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Jon Vitti

  • Marge vs. the Monorail
    8.4/1038 votes

    #2 - Marge vs. the Monorail

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/1993

    When Springfield gets a sudden windfall, a charismatic traveling salesman convinces the town to build a monorail.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Conan O'Brien

  • Roswell That Ends Well
    8.3/1042 votes

    #3 - Roswell That Ends Well

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 12/9/2001

    The combined explosions of a supernova and Fry putting metal in the microwave hurtle the Planet Express crew back in time to 1947. They land at Roswell, New Mexico, where a shattered Bender is mistaken for UFO debris, Zoidberg is taken in for an alien autopsy, and Fry accidentally kills his grandfather, Enis, in a nuclear explosion.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: J. Stewart Burns

  • The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings
    8.2/1044 votes

    #4 - The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings

    Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 8/10/2003

    Desperate to learn how to play the holophonor in order to impress Leela, Fry swaps hands with the Robot Devil. He goes on to become a skilled holophonor player, winning Leela's heart and penning an opera about her life story, but the Robot Devil still has a trick or two up his sleeve.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Ken Keeler

  • Stark Raving Dad
    8.1/1037 votes

    #5 - Stark Raving Dad

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1991

    A deviation from his norm lands Homer in a mental institution, where he shares a room with a man who thinks he's Michael Jackson.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Al Jean

  • Flaming Moe's
    8.1/1037 votes

    #6 - Flaming Moe's

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1991

    Moe steals the drink recipe Homer invented, and the rechristened “Flaming Moe” turns his tavern into a hotspot. When a national franchise wants to buy the recipe, Homer wants revenge.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Robert Cohen

  • Space Pilot 3000
    8.0/1093 votes

    #7 - Space Pilot 3000

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/28/1999

    On New Year's Eve 1999, Pizza Delivery boy Philip J. Fry accidentally falls into a cryogenic chamber and is frozen for 1,000 years. Finally unfrozen, he explores New New York, meets his new best friend (a kleptomaniacal robot named Bender) and goes to work for his great-great-great-great-grand-nephew's space delivery business.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Matt Groening

  • Anthology of Interest I
    8.0/1041 votes

    #8 - Anthology of Interest I

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 5/21/2000

    The Professor's "What-If" machine simulates Bender, Leela and Fry's wishes. Bender discovers what it would be like if he were 500 feet tall, Leela discovers what it would be like if she were more impulsive, and Fry discovers what would happen if he never came to the future.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: David X. Cohen

  • Bart the Murderer
    7.9/1035 votes

    #9 - Bart the Murderer

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1991

    While working for Fat Tony, Bart gains enough influence with his boss to solve his problems with Principal Skinner--perhaps permanently.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: John Swartzwelder

  • Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie
    7.9/1033 votes

    #10 - Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1992

    Bart is punished by being barred from the Itchy and Scratchy movie.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: John Swartzwelder

  • Lisa's Substitute
    7.8/1041 votes

    #11 - Lisa's Substitute

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/25/1991

    With Miss Hoover out sick, a substitute teacher takes the class and becomes an inspiring role model for Lisa.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Jon Vitti

  • Hell Is Other Robots
    7.7/1057 votes

    #12 - Hell Is Other Robots

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/18/1999

    During a Beastie Boys concert, Bender runs into a high school buddy, Fender. He invites him to a party, which turns out to be robots getting high off of electricity, or "jacking on". After one try, Bender is hooked.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Eric Kaplan

  • Treehouse of Horror
    7.6/1048 votes

    #13 - Treehouse of Horror

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/25/1990

    The Simpson kids hide in the family treehouse and tell each other spooky stories. The first regards haunted houses, the second introduces Kang and Kodos for the first time in an alien abduction, and the third is a Simpson-adapted retelling of The Raven.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Jay Kogen

  • Simpson and Delilah
    7.5/1044 votes

    #14 - Simpson and Delilah

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/18/1990

    Homer uses his medical insurance to buy Dimoxinil, a miracle hair-growth formula. After growing luxurious locks, he's given a promotion which allows him to hire a secretary named Karl and makes grand promises to his family at home.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Jon Vitti

  • Lisa the Greek
    7.5/1032 votes

    #15 - Lisa the Greek

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/23/1992

    Lisa's ability to pick winning football teams kicks off a strong bond with Homer.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Jay Kogen

  • Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?
    7.4/1032 votes

    #16 - Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?

    Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 8/27/1992

    Homer's half-brother asks for a loan after Homer is awarded some cash.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: John Swartzwelder

  • The Front
    7.4/1031 votes

    #17 - The Front

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 4/15/1993

    Lisa and Bart write an Itchy and Scratchy episode; Homer makes up a missing high-school credit.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Adam I. Lapidus

  • A Streetcar Named Marge
    7.3/1028 votes

    #18 - A Streetcar Named Marge

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1992

    Marge is cast in a version of "A Streetcar Named Desire," playing Blanche to Ned Flanders' Stanley.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Jeff Martin

  • Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment
    7.2/1041 votes

    #19 - Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/7/1991

    Homer becomes the most popular guy in town when he gets an illegal cable hook-up, but Lisa fears he will go to hell for violating the Eighth Commandment.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Steve Pepoon

  • The Telltale Head
    7.1/1057 votes

    #20 - The Telltale Head

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/1990

    Bart pulls a stunt that shocks the entire town, including the new friends he was trying to impress.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Al Jean

  • Brannigan, Begin Again
    7.1/1049 votes

    #21 - Brannigan, Begin Again

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/28/1999

    Upon destroying the new DOOP headquarters, Zapp Brannigan and Kif find themselves court-martialed and dishonorably discharged. They take up jobs at Planet Express, where Kif learns what respect feels like and Zapp incites a mutiny against Leela.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Lew Morton

  • Dead Putting Society
    7.1/1042 votes

    #22 - Dead Putting Society

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/1990

    Bart and Todd Flanders decide to enter a miniature golf tournament. Homer becomes confident that Bart will win and makes a bet with Ned that the father of the boy that does not win will have to mow their neighbors lawn in their wife's Sunday dress.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Jeff Martin

  • A Clone of My Own
    7.0/1044 votes

    #23 - A Clone of My Own

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 4/9/2000

    Professor Farnsworth unveils his clone, Cubert Farnsworth, whom he plans to leave everything to upon his retirement. But Cubert wants no part of Farnsworth's lifestyle, prompting the professor into a premature retirement on the Near-Death Star.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Patric M. Verrone

  • Clum Babies
    7.0/101 votes

    #24 - Clum Babies

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/16/2005

    Wooldoor discovers the healing powers of his bodily fluids. Ling-Ling finds love.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Jonathan Kimmel

  • Homer's Night Out
    6.8/1056 votes

    #25 - Homer's Night Out

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/25/1990

    Shutterbug Bart captures Homer with a sexy entertainer at a bachelor party.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Jon Vitti