8.4/1029 votes#1 - The Springfield Files
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 1/12/1997
Homer witnesses something out of this world in Springfield woods, but no one believes him -- not even FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, who come to investigate the incident.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Reid Harrison
8.4/108 votes#2 - Frinkenstein's Monster
Season 35 Episode 11 - Aired 2/18/2024
Professor Frink secretly helps Homer, through a zoom interview, land a high-level position at a state-of-the-art nuclear plant in Shelbyville. But since Homer lacks the skills to actually perform the job, Frink must monitor Homer's work situation remotely and dictate his every word... causing Frink to fear he's created a monster.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Joel H. Cohen
8.0/1028 votes#3 - Homer the Smithers
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 2/25/1996
Forced to take a vacation, Smithers needs to find a temporary replacement who won't outshine him. Homer seems the perfect choice until a sudden outburst forces Mr. Burns to assert his independence.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: John Swartzwelder
7.7/1028 votes#4 - Marge Be Not Proud
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1995
Nabbed for shoplifting, Bart manages to keep it a secret from the family... until it's time to have the family Christmas photo taken at the Try-N-Save.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Mike Scully
7.7/1020 votes#5 - King of the Hill
Season 9 Episode 23 - Aired 5/3/1998
After Rainier Wolfcastle helps Homer get in shape, Homer accepts a challenge to climb the Murderhorn, the tallest mountain in Springfield.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: John Swartzwelder
7.5/102 votes#6 - Family Reunion
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 10/25/1992
While Grandpa goes on to Chicago because he missed his train stop (likely on purpose), the Pickles stop in (fictional) Willoughby, Iowa to attend their family reunion, hosted by Hugh Pickles and his wife Dotti. Angelica tells Tommy and the other kids that reunions are swap meets for kids, with the kids being swapped. Her lie ended up backfiring on her, however, when a couple of other farming relatives, Mackie and Edie, have a kid like Angelica.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Peter Gaffney
7.5/1024 votes#7 - The Joy of Sect
Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 2/8/1998
A cult lures in most of Springfield to toil for “The Leader.” After Marge escapes and has the family deprogrammed, Homer exposes the man behind the spaceship.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Steve O'Donnell
7.4/1026 votes#8 - A Milhouse Divided
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 12/1/1996
Kirk and Luann Van Houten are getting a divorce. Homer is confident that it will never happen to him, but Kirk tells him how quickly things can change.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Steve Tompkins
7.4/1031 votes#9 - The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/1997
In an attempt to boost ratings, the Itchy and Scratchy Show adds a new "in-your-face" character voiced by Homer.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: David X. Cohen
7.4/1025 votes#10 - In Marge We Trust
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 4/27/1997
Disturbed that Reverend Lovejoy has lost interest in counseling parishioners, Marge volunteers as the "Listen Lady." Meanwhile, Homer sees his likeness on a box of Japanese detergent.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Donick Cary
7.4/107 votes#11 - Not It
Season 34 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/2022
Homer and his teenaged friends are pursued by a killer clown in a spoof of Stephen King's novel "It".
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Cesar Mazariegos
7.3/1026 votes#12 - Round Springfield
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 4/30/1995
Bart winds up in the hospital as a result of eating Krusty cereal, and when Lisa comes to visit him, she is reunited with her sax idol.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Jennifer Ventimilia
7.3/1010 votes#13 - The Tell-Tale Pants
Season 35 Episode 16 - Aired 5/5/2024
Marge comes upon a surprising windfall and, angry with Homer, spends it secretly on herself.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Al Jean
7.2/1023 votes#14 - Mom and Pop Art
Season 10 Episode 19 - Aired 4/11/1999
Homer's failed do-it-yourself project gets mistaken for "outsider art." Suddenly in the limelight, Homer must come up with new "works" to impress the art world.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Al Jean
7.2/109 votes#15 - Homer's Crossing
Season 35 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2023
Feeling worthless at work, Homer volunteers to be a school crossing guard. But when his safety squad receives too much funding, the crossing guards become a force to be feared.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Cesar Mazariegos
7.1/1019 votes#16 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge
Season 11 Episode 21 - Aired 5/14/2000
Otto's girlfriend seems to be usurping Marge's role when she moves in with the family after a dispute over heavy metal.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Larry Doyle
7.0/101 votes#17 - Together At Last
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/13/1992
Phil and Lil want separate lives. Phil goes to Tommy's with Lil's bow on. Lil stays home looking like Phil. They end up wanting to be together.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Jonathan Greenberg
7.0/101 votes#18 - Showdown At Teeter-Totter Gulch
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 9/27/1992
A mean girl steals toys from babies at the park, so Tommy stands up to her.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Glenn Eichler
7.0/101 votes#19 - Garage Sale
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 10/11/1992
The Pickles throw a garage sale and Angelica tricks the babies by letting them help out and give out some stuff too. In the end when Didi and Stu come back inside, the entire house is empty and the money they earnt has to be used to replace everything.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Steve Viksten
7.0/101 votes#20 - Let Them Eat Cake
Season 2 Episode 37 - Aired 2/7/1993
Didi's half-brother Ben gets married. All Tommy and Chuckie can think about is the fact that they'll get cake after the ceremony. Things take a turn for the worst though when Elaine, Ben's bride, gets cold feet and disappears. In the end Tommy and Chuckie, on their search for the wedding cake, are the ones that find her.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Steve Viksten
7.0/101 votes#21 - Runaway Angelica
Season 2 Episode 45 - Aired 4/4/1993
Angelica is mad at Drew for punishing her for messing up his den. Angelica is so mad that she runs away from home and goes to live in Spike's doghouse in Tommy's back yard. After figuring out that she loves her parents, she moves back in with them.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Steve Viksten
7.0/1024 votes#22 - Treehouse of Horror IX
Season 10 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1998
In "Hell Toupée," Snake is sent to the electric chair, and his hair is transplanted onto Homer. In "The Terror of Tiny Toon," Bart and Lisa become cartoon characters in an episode of Itchy & Scratchy. In "Starship Poopers," a growth spurt casts doubt on Maggie's paternity, and the family goes on the Jerry Springer show.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: David X. Cohen
6.9/1023 votes#23 - The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1997
Trying to escape his arranged marriage, Apu asks Marge to pose as his wife during his mother’s visit. When the ruse fails, Homer makes a last-ditch attempt to intervene, but Apu is smitten with his new bride Manjula.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Richard Appel
6.9/109 votes#24 - Bart's in Jail
Season 33 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2021
When Grampa falls victim to a phone scammer, the Simpsons set out on a mission of vengeance to get his money back.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Nick Dahan
6.8/1019 votes#25 - Missionary: Impossible
Season 11 Episode 15 - Aired 2/20/2000
When Homer fails to give money he promised over the phone, he is forced by PBS stars to flee the country. He becomes a missionary on a small tropical island, where he introduces the natives to casino gambling.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Ron Hauge
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"The Springfield Files" is the best rated episode directed by Steven Dean Moore. It scored 8.4/10 based on 29 votes. It was written by Reid Harrison. It aired on 1/12/1997 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Frinkenstein's Monster".