7.3/102,465 votes#1 - Beyond Blunderdome
Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1999
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
7.5/102,241 votes#2 - Brother's Little Helper
Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1999
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
7.6/102,266 votes#3 - Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?
Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 10/24/1999
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
7.8/102,672 votes#4 - Treehouse of Horror X
Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/1999
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
Writer: Donick Cary, Ron Hauge, Tim Long
7.9/102,453 votes#5 - E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)
Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/1999
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
7.3/102,078 votes#6 - Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder
Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/1999
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
7.0/102,132 votes#7 - Eight Misbehavin'
Season 11 Episode 7 - Aired 11/21/1999
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
7.1/102,155 votes#8 - Take My Wife, Sleaze
Season 11 Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/1999
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
7.3/102,291 votes#9 - Grift of the Magi
Season 11 Episode 9 - Aired 12/19/1999
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
7.3/102,068 votes#10 - Little Big Mom
Season 11 Episode 10 - Aired 1/9/2000
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
6.8/102,083 votes#11 - Faith Off
Season 11 Episode 11 - Aired 1/16/2000
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
7.3/102,094 votes#12 - The Mansion Family
Season 11 Episode 12 - Aired 1/23/2000
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
Writer: John Swartzwelder, Tim Long
6.4/102,297 votes#13 - Saddlesore Galactica
Season 11 Episode 13 - Aired 2/6/2000
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
7.6/102,848 votes#14 - Alone Again, Natura-Diddily
Season 11 Episode 14 - Aired 2/13/2000
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
7.3/102,169 votes#15 - 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
7.3/102,062 votes#16 - Pygmoelian
Season 11 Episode 16 - Aired 2/27/2000
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
7.2/102,294 votes#17 - Bart to the Future
Season 11 Episode 17 - Aired 3/19/2000
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
7.4/102,049 votes#18 - Days of Wine and D'oh'ses
Season 11 Episode 18 - Aired 4/9/2000
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
Writer: Dan Castellaneta, Deb Lacusta
6.5/102,226 votes#19 - Kill the Alligator and Run
Season 11 Episode 19 - Aired 4/30/2000
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
7.1/102,042 votes#20 - Last Tap Dance in Springfield
Season 11 Episode 20 - Aired 5/7/2000
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
7.1/102,098 votes#21 - 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
7.9/102,590 votes#22 - Behind the Laughter
Season 11 Episode 22 - Aired 5/21/2000
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
Writer: George Meyer, Matt Selman, Mike Scully, Tim Long
The Best Episodes of The Simpsons Season 11
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Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and...
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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 2465 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".