The Best Episodes Directed By Wes Archer

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.7/10(130 votes)

   #1 - The Wedding Squanchers

   S2:E1010/4/2015

   The whole family makes mistakes.

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   8.6/10(16 votes)

   #2 - Bob Day Afternoon

   S2:E23/18/2012

   A bank robber holds up a bank across the street from Bob’s Burgers. When the robbery goes awry, Bob finds himself at the center of a hostage crisis.

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   8.3/10(157 votes)

   #3 - A Rickle in Time

   S2:E17/26/2015

   Rick, Morty, and Summer get into trouble when time is fractured by a feedback loop of uncertainty that split reality into more than one equally possible impossibilities. Meanwhile, Beth and Jerry go to extreme lengths to save a deer struck by their vehicle.

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   8.3/10(50 votes)

   #4 - Who Shot Mr. Burns? (1)

   S6:E255/21/1995

   Mr. Burns makes many enemies when he steals the oil discovered beneath Springfield Elementary.

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   8.2/10(45 votes)

   #5 - Who Shot Mr. Burns? (2)

   S7:E19/17/1995

   With Mr. Burns shot, Chief Wiggum investigates the crime, and nearly everyone in town has a motive. At the end, it all comes down to the Simpson DNA.

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   8.2/10(62 votes)

   #6 - One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish

   S2:E111/24/1991

   After eating poisonous blowfish at a sushi restaurant, Homer decides to live life to the fullest in the 24 hours he has left to live.

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   8.1/10(49 votes)

   #7 - Rosebud

   S5:E410/21/1993

   Burns longs for a childhood toy that winds up in the grip of Maggie.

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   8.1/10(49 votes)

   #8 - Bart Sells His Soul

   S7:E410/8/1995

   Bart sells his soul to Milhouse for five dollars, but soon regrets his decision. Meanwhile, Moe turns the Tavern into a family-friendly restaurant.

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   8.1/10(53 votes)

   #9 - The Why of Fry

   S5:E84/6/2003

   Nibbler enlists Fry in a mission to blow up evil brains bent on destroying the universe.

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    8.0/10(59 votes)

    #10 - Bart the Daredevil

    S2:E812/6/1990

    The Simpsons go to a Monster truck rally that features famous daredevil Lance Murdock. Bart immediately becomes enamored and decides that he wants to become a daredevil as well. His first stunt ends in injury, but to gain the respect of his friends, he promises a far more impressive feat to them: to jump the Springfield Gorge.

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    7.9/10(46 votes)

    #11 - $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)

    S5:E1012/16/1993

    Legalized gambling comes to Springfield, and Marge becomes addicted; Robert Goulet entertains at Bart's casino for kids.

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    7.9/10(41 votes)

    #12 - Itchy & Scratchy Land

    S6:E410/2/1994

    The family's trip to Itchy & Scratchy Land takes an unexpected turn when high-tech robots malfunction and become violent.

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13. 

    7.9/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Tina-rannosaurus Wrecks

    S3:E712/2/2012

    After Tina accidentally wrecks the car, and gets the whole family involved with a slimy insurance agent, she worries that she's a "jinx".

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14. 

    7.9/10(131 votes)

    #14 - Get Schwifty

    S2:E58/23/2015

    When a massive head descends into Earth's atmosphere, Rick and Morty must save the planet by coming up with a new hit song. Meanwhile, Jerry, Beth, and Summer become part of a new religion.

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    7.8/10(44 votes)

    #15 - I Love Lisa

    S4:E152/11/1993

    Chief Wiggum's son has a crush on Lisa after she gives him a Valentine out of pity.

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16. 

    7.8/10(39 votes)

    #16 - Homer Loves Flanders

    S5:E163/17/1994

    Flanders' extra ticket to the big game makes him Homer's new best friend, a role that sorely tests Flanders' patience.

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17. 

    7.8/10(13 votes)

    #17 - Two for Tina

    S3:E173/17/2013

    Jimmy Jr. is threatened when Tina starts dating a ballet dancer named Josh and the two boys get into an epic dance-off for her heart

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    7.7/10(73 votes)

    #18 - Treehouse of Horror

    S2:E310/25/1990

    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.

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    7.7/10(44 votes)

    #19 - New Kid on the Block

    S4:E811/12/1992

    Bart has a crush on his new neighbor, a teenage girl who only has eyes for Jimbo Jones. Bart sets out to prove that Jimbo is not as tough as he seems.

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    7.7/10(44 votes)

    #20 - Bart vs. Australia

    S6:E162/19/1995

    After tricking an Australian boy into accepting a collect call, Bart flies Down Under to apologize.

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    7.7/10(35 votes)

    #21 - Dreamland Falls

    S1:E108/17/2018

    As Dreamland celebrates an unexpected arrival while saying goodbye to a friend, everyday life is thrown into disarray.

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    7.6/10(64 votes)

    #22 - Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish

    S2:E411/1/1990

    Bart catches a three-eyed fish in a river downstream of the Nuclear Power Plant. This causes the plant to become inspected, and in order to prevent it from being shut down, Mr. Burns decides to run for governor. After a hard campaign which sees Burns rise from being universally despised to running neck and neck with popular incumbent Mary Bailey, it is decided that Burns will have dinner with a random employee the night before the election. Homer is chosen, much to Marge's chagrin.

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    7.6/10(42 votes)

    #23 - 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(55 votes)

    #24 - Three Men and a Comic Book

    S2:E215/9/1991

    Bart, Milhouse, and Martin pool their money to buy the new first issue of Radioactive Man, but their investment and their friendship are threatened when they can't agree on who will keep it.

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    7.6/10(59 votes)

    #25 - Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

    S2:E152/21/1991

    Homer's long-lost half-brother is the CEO of a car company that's wildly successful... until he hires Homer to help design a car for the average man.

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