7.6/102,636 votes#1 - Lard of the Dance
Season 10 Episode 1 - Aired 8/23/1998
Homer and Bart try to make money by selling used grease. Meanwhile, Lisa organizes a school dance but feels alienated when a new classmate and her friends try to act like adults.
Director: Dominic Polcino
Writer: Jane O'Brien
8.1/103,093 votes#2 - The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1998
A midlife crisis prompts Homer to quit his job and become an inventor.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: John Swartzwelder
7.6/102,537 votes#3 - Bart the Mother
Season 10 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1998
Under Nelson's bad influence, Bart shoots a bird with a BB gun. Stricken with remorse, he tries to nurture the eggs from the bird's nest, which hatch into a species of lizard outlawed in Springfield.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: David X. Cohen
8.0/103,007 votes#4 - 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, Donick Cary, Larry Doyle
7.2/102,510 votes#5 - When You Dish Upon a Star
Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 11/8/1998
After a chance encounter with Hollywood celebrities secretly living in Springfield, Homer becomes their friend and gofer... until he spills the beans to the gang at Moe's.
Director: Pete Michels
Writer: Richard Appel
7.5/102,478 votes#6 - D'oh-in' in the Wind
Season 10 Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/1998
In a quest to learn Homer's middle name, Homer and Grandpa travel to his mother's old commune, where Homer embraces the hippie life.
Director: Mark Kirkland, Matthew Nastuk
Writer: Donick Cary
8.1/102,614 votes#7 - Lisa Gets an 'A'
Season 10 Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/1998
Stuck at home with a cold, Lisa gets addicted to a video game and neglects her homework. Her A+++ on a test wins the school a grant, but when she confesses that she cheated, Skinner covers it up. Meanwhile, Homer raises a lobster.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Ian Maxtone-Graham
7.2/102,423 votes#8 - Homer Simpson in: 'Kidney Trouble'
Season 10 Episode 8 - Aired 12/6/1998
When Grandpa needs a new kidney, Homer agrees to donate one, but then chickens out.
Director: Mike B. Anderson
Writer: John Swartzwelder
8.1/103,030 votes#9 - Mayored to the Mob
Season 10 Episode 9 - Aired 12/20/1998
After a riot at a sci-fi convention, Mayor Quimby hires Homer as his bodyguard, and Homer witnesses the rampant corruption in town politics. When Homer takes a stand, he runs afoul of the Springfield mafia.
Director: Swinton O. Scott III
Writer: Ron Hauge
7.8/102,587 votes#10 - Viva Ned Flanders
Season 10 Episode 10 - Aired 1/10/1999
When clean-living Ned Flanders wants to experience a new side of life, Homer takes him to Las Vegas. After a drunken binge, they marry a pair of cocktail waitresses.
Director: Neil Affleck
Writer: David M. Stern
7.7/102,456 votes#11 - Wild Barts Can't Be Broken
Season 10 Episode 11 - Aired 1/17/1999
Scapegoated for the vandalism of drunken Isotopes fans, the children of Springfield wage war on the adults by broadcasting their secrets on the radio.
Director: Mark Ervin
Writer: Larry Doyle
7.0/102,518 votes#12 - Sunday, Cruddy Sunday
Season 10 Episode 12 - Aired 1/31/1999
Homer and his friends charter a bus to the Super Bowl, only to find that their tickets are fake. Misadventures ensue.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Brian Scully, George Meyer, Mike Scully, Tom Martin
7.7/102,503 votes#13 - Homer to the Max
Season 10 Episode 13 - Aired 2/7/1999
A new TV series features a suave and debonair character named Homer Simpson. Homer capitalizes on his new namesake, until the character is rewritten to be a bumbling fool. Trying to recapture the positive attention he enjoyed, Homer changes his name to "Max Power."
Director: Pete Michels
Writer: John Swartzwelder
7.3/102,293 votes#14 - I'm with Cupid
Season 10 Episode 14 - Aired 2/14/1999
Apu is making the husbands of Springfield look bad with his extravagent Valentine's Day efforts for Manjula. When the men try to sabotage Apu's grand gesture, they accidentally wind up benefiting from it.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Dan Greaney
7.3/102,311 votes#15 - Marge Simpson in: 'Screaming Yellow Honkers'
Season 10 Episode 15 - Aired 2/21/1999
A new Canyonero SUV turns timid Marge into an aggressive driver, and her road rage lands her in traffic school. But when a stampede occurs at the zoo, the town looks to Marge to save the day.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: David M. Stern
7.5/102,281 votes#16 - Make Room for Lisa
Season 10 Episode 16 - Aired 2/28/1999
Indebted from a mishap at the Smithsonian, Homer lets a cell phone company put a transmitter in the house. Forced to share a room with Bart, Lisa resents Homer until a New Age experience gives her empathy.
Director: Matthew Nastuk
Writer: Brian Scully
7.7/102,415 votes#17 - Maximum Homerdrive
Season 10 Episode 17 - Aired 3/28/1999
After beating Homer in a steak-eating competition, a trucker dies; Homer and Bart take over his rig to complete his shipment.
Director: Swinton O. Scott III
Writer: John Swartzwelder
7.3/102,340 votes#18 - Simpsons Bible Stories
Season 10 Episode 18 - Aired 4/4/1999
When Reverend Lovejoy subjects the congregation to an extended Bible reading, the Simpsons fall asleep and have dreams based on Bible stories.
Director: Nancy Kruse
Writer: Larry Doyle, Matt Selman, Tim Long
7.6/102,438 votes#19 - 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
7.3/102,161 votes#20 - The Old Man and the 'C' Student
Season 10 Episode 20 - Aired 4/25/1999
When Bart ruins Springfield's chance to host the Olympics, the kids are sentenced to community service work at the retirement home. To help the residents recapture their youth, Bart takes them on an ill-fated boat ride.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Julie Thacker
7.1/102,190 votes#21 - Monty Can't Buy Me Love
Season 10 Episode 21 - Aired 5/2/1999
A new mogul wins the hearts of the townspeople with a shower of cash. Jealous, Mr. Burns asks Homer to help make him a beloved billionaire too, and they hatch a plan to bring the Loch Ness Monster to Springfield.
Director: Mark Ervin
Writer: John Swartzwelder
7.3/102,211 votes#22 - They Saved Lisa's Brain
Season 10 Episode 22 - Aired 5/9/1999
Mayor Quimby flees Springfield, leaving the town chapter of Mensa in charge. As the group's new power goes to their heads, they take their utopian plans too far and the townspeople revolt.
Director: Pete Michels
Writer: Matt Selman
8.0/102,654 votes#23 - Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo
Season 10 Episode 23 - Aired 5/16/1999
After their bank account is drained at a cyber-cafe, the Simpsons go on a disastrous low-budget trip to Japan, where they wind up as contestants on a humiliating game show.
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: Dan Greaney, Donick Cary
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Season 10 Ratings Summary
"Lard of the Dance" is the best rated episode of "The Simpsons" season 10. It scored 7.6/10 based on 2636 votes. Directed by Dominic Polcino and written by Jane O'Brien, it aired on 8/23/1998. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace".