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The Best Episodes of The Simpsons Season 11

Every episode of The Simpsons Season 11 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Simpsons Season 11!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 1 - Beyond Blunderdome
    7.3/10(2633 votes)

    #1 - Beyond Blunderdome

    S11:E1

    Homer befriends Mel Gibson just as Mel is completing a remake of Mr. Smith Goes To Washington. Homer convinces Mel to make the film more violent, with disastrous results.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
    Writer:Mike Scully

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  2. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 2 - Brother's Little Helper
    7.5/10(2412 votes)

    #2 - Brother's Little Helper

    S11:E2

    When Bart commits an extremely destructive prank, he is given Focusyn, a pill to help him concentrate in school. At first the results are impressive, and then Bart starts believing in a conspiracy involving spy satellites and major league baseball.

    Director:Mark Kirkland
    Writer:George Meyer

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  3. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 3 - Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?
    7.6/10(2436 votes)

    #3 - Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?

    S11:E3

    With Lisa's help, Homer uses his vast knowledge of food to become the town's leading restaurant critic. But when he gets petty and vindictive in his criticisms, all the other chefs in town try to kill him.

    Director:Nancy Kruse
    Writer:Al Jean

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  4. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 4 - Treehouse of Horror X
    7.8/10(2882 votes)

    #4 - Treehouse of Horror X

    S11:E4

    In "I Know What You Diddily-Iddly-Did" the Simpsons fear they have killed Ned Flanders. "Desperately Xeeking Xena" satirizes superheroes of yore with "Stretch Dude" Bart and "Clobber Girl" Lisa. And "Life's A Glitch, Then You Die" depicts the upcoming horror of Y2K.

    Director:Pete Michels
    Writers:Donick Cary, Ron Hauge, Tim Long

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  5. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 5 - E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)
    7.9/10(2652 votes)

    #5 - E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)

    S11:E5

    Fleeing from a duel, Homer takes his family to live on a farm. There he discovers that by mixing tomatoes, tobacco and radioactivity from the nuclear plant, he can create a dangerously delicious new substance.

    Director:Bob Anderson
    Writer:Ian Maxtone-Graham

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  6. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 6 - Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder
    7.3/10(2235 votes)

    #6 - Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder

    S11:E6

    Homer bowls a perfect 300 game, then concludes that the greatest accomplishment of his life is behind him. He reconnects with the world by bonding with baby Maggie.

    Director:Mike B. Anderson
    Writer:Al Jean

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  7. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 7 - Eight Misbehavin'
    7.0/10(2292 votes)

    #7 - Eight Misbehavin'

    S11:E7

    Due to overuse of fertility medication, Apu and wife Manjula give birth to octuplets. Desperate for money, Apu loans the babies to an unscrupulous carny promoter, then needs Homer's help to get them back.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
    Writer:Matt Selman

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  8. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 8 - Take My Wife, Sleaze
    7.1/10(2321 votes)

    #8 - Take My Wife, Sleaze

    S11:E8

    After winning a motorcycle at a dance contest, Homer becomes part of a motorcycle gang. But when he puts Marge's photo in a biker magazine, a much tougher gang takes her, and he must win her back.

    Director:Neil Affleck
    Writer:John Swartzwelder

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  9. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 9 - Grift of the Magi
    7.3/10(2476 votes)

    #9 - Grift of the Magi

    S11:E9

    In this Christmas-themed episode, the students of Springfield Elementary are unwittingly used as a focus group to test new toys. The product of their labors, a cuddly doll named Funzo, is a lot more sinister than he appears.

    Director:Matthew Nastuk
    Writer:Tom Martin

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  10. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 10 - Little Big Mom
    7.3/10(2230 votes)

    #10 - Little Big Mom

    S11:E10

    When Marge leaves the house to recuperate from a skating injury, everything goes to hell - until Lisa convinces Homer and Bart they have leprosy.

    Director:Mark Kirkland
    Writer:Carolyn Omine

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  11. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 11 - Faith Off
    6.8/10(2248 votes)

    #11 - Faith Off

    S11:E11

    Homer gets a bucket stuck on his head, and when it is removed the town is convinced that Bart has the powers of a faith healer. Then mobster Fat Tony tries to turn the boy's spiritual abilities into more sinister directions.

    Director:Nancy Kruse
    Writer:Frank Mula

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  12. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 12 - The Mansion Family
    7.3/10(2248 votes)

    #12 - The Mansion Family

    S11:E12

    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
    Writers:John Swartzwelder, Tim Long

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  13. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 13 - Saddlesore Galactica
    6.4/10(2456 votes)

    #13 - Saddlesore Galactica

    S11:E13

    Homer and Bart befriend a diving horse at a county fair. They turn it into a racehorse with an attitude, whose success runs them afoul of mysterious, tree-dwelling jockeys.

    Director:Lance Kramer
    Writer:Tim Long

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  14. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 14 - Alone Again, Natura-Diddily
    7.6/10(3026 votes)

    #14 - Alone Again, Natura-Diddily

    S11:E14

    Ned's wife Maude is inadvertently killed by a T-shirt accident at an auto race. Homer and his family try to help Ned cope.

    Director:Jim Reardon
    Writer:Ian Maxtone-Graham

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  15. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 15 - Missionary: Impossible
    7.3/10(2320 votes)

    #15 - Missionary: Impossible

    S11:E15

    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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  16. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 16 - Pygmoelian
    7.3/10(2207 votes)

    #16 - Pygmoelian

    S11:E16

    Plastic surgery gives Moe the bartender a handsome new face and a whole new life as a soap opera star.

    Director:Mark Kirkland
    Writer:Larry Doyle

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  17. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 17 - Bart to the Future
    7.2/10(2466 votes)

    #17 - Bart to the Future

    S11:E17

    We see a possible future in which Bart is a grown-up slacker, living with Ralph Wiggum, while Lisa is no less than President of the United States.

    Director:Michael Marcantel
    Writer:Dan Greaney

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  18. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 18 - Days of Wine and D'oh'ses
    7.4/10(2195 votes)

    #18 - Days of Wine and D'oh'ses

    S11:E18

    After being embarrassed by a drunken video of himself, Barney vows to sober up. Newly clean, he gets work as a helicopter pilot.

    Director:Neil Affleck
    Writers:Deb Lacusta, Dan Castellaneta

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  19. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 19 - Kill the Alligator and Run
    6.5/10(2380 votes)

    #19 - Kill the Alligator and Run

    S11:E19

    After a terrible bout with insomnia, Homer takes the family to Florida during spring break. There, they kill a beloved alligator and are sentenced to a chain gang.

    Director:Jen Kamerman
    Writer:John Swartzwelder

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  20. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 20 - Last Tap Dance in Springfield
    7.1/10(2184 votes)

    #20 - Last Tap Dance in Springfield

    S11:E20

    Lisa enters a tap dancing academy, where the teacher is a child star who never quite grew up. Meanwhile, Homer gets laser eye surgery.

    Director:Nancy Kruse
    Writer:Julie Thacker

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  21. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 21 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge
    7.1/10(2252 votes)

    #21 - It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge

    S11:E21

    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

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  22. The Simpsons Season 11 Episode 22 - Behind the Laughter
    7.9/10(2767 votes)

    #22 - Behind the Laughter

    S11:E22

    A "Behind the Music"-style look at the Simpsons, narrated by VH1's Jim Forbes, shows their rise to stardom--and the "private hell" that followed.

    Director:Mark Kirkland
    Writers:Mike Scully, George Meyer, Tim Long, Matt Selman

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Season 11 Ratings Summary

"Beyond Blunderdome" is the best rated episode of "The Simpsons" season 11. It scored 7.3/10 based on 2633 votes. Directed by Steven Dean Moore and written by Mike Scully, it aired on 9/26/1999. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Brother's Little Helper".