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The Best Episodes of The Simpsons Season 15

Every episode of The Simpsons Season 15 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Simpsons Season 15!

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...
Genres:FamilyAnimationComedy
Network:FOX

Season 15 Ratings Summary

"Treehouse of Horror XIV" is the best rated episode of "The Simpsons" season 15. It scored 7.5/10 based on 2235 votes. Directed by Steven Dean Moore and written by John Swartzwelder, it aired on 11/2/2003. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "My Mother the Carjacker".

  • Treehouse of Horror XIV
    7.5/102,235 votes

    #1 - Treehouse of Horror XIV

    Season 15 Episode 1 - Aired 11/2/2003

    "Reaper Madness" - Death becomes Homer and our hero must learn to reap what he sows (and pull a fast one on the almighty). "Frinkenstein" - Soon to be Nobel-prize winning Professor Frink reanimates his father for some gruesome body parts-swapping. "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off" - A parody of Clockstoppers, starring Bart and Milhouse.

    Director: Steven Dean Moore

    Writer: John Swartzwelder

  • My Mother the Carjacker
    7.2/101,794 votes

    #2 - My Mother the Carjacker

    Season 15 Episode 2 - Aired 11/9/2003

    Homer's mother returns, and after being cleared of all charges, is re-imprisoned on a technicality.

    Director: Nancy Kruse

    Writer: Michael Price

  • The President Wore Pearls
    6.9/101,837 votes

    #3 - The President Wore Pearls

    Season 15 Episode 3 - Aired 11/16/2003

    In this loose parody of the musical/movie Evita, Lisa is elected Student Body president, but is unaware that the school staff is using her for their own devices and as a scapegoat if something goes wrong.

    Director: Mike B. Anderson

    Writer: Dana Gould

  • The Regina Monologues
    7.0/101,917 votes

    #4 - The Regina Monologues

    Season 15 Episode 4 - Aired 11/23/2003

    After making over $3000 from his own museum featuring a $1000 bill, Bart takes the family to London (on the suggestion of Grampa), where Homer is arrested for treason after crashing into the Queen.

    Director: Mark Kirkland

    Writer: John Swartzwelder

  • The Fat and the Furriest
    7.1/101,730 votes

    #5 - The Fat and the Furriest

    Season 15 Episode 5 - Aired 11/30/2003

    Homer is humiliated when he appears on the news running from a bear that nearly attacks him at the city dump. After Grampa scolds him, he swears to fight the bear himself.

    Director: Matthew Nastuk

    Writer: Joel H. Cohen

  • Today I Am a Clown
    6.4/101,665 votes

    #6 - Today I Am a Clown

    Season 15 Episode 6 - Aired 12/7/2003

    Krusty discovers that he never had a bar mitzvah as a child. He quits his show to have it as an adult, with the help of his father, Rabbi Krustofski. Meanwhile, Homer hosts a late-night talk show a la "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher" as a replacement for Krusty's show.

    Director: Nancy Kruse

    Writer: Joel H. Cohen

  • 'Tis the Fifteenth Season
    7.0/101,765 votes

    #7 - 'Tis the Fifteenth Season

    Season 15 Episode 7 - Aired 12/14/2003

    Homer realizes how selfish he is after he spends all the family's Christmas money on a present for himself. He becomes the nicest guy in town, making Ned Flanders jealous.

    Director: Steven Dean Moore

    Writer: Michael Price

  • Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays
    6.6/101,693 votes

    #8 - Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays

    Season 15 Episode 8 - Aired 1/4/2004

    When a group of singles, seniors, childless couples, teens and gays band together to protest having to accommodate families (including paying property taxes used to teach children they do not have) after a riot at a children's concert, Marge takes up the cause for the families, with some help from Bart and Lisa.

    Director: Bob Anderson

    Writer: Jon Vitti

  • I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot
    7.3/101,809 votes

    #9 - I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot

    Season 15 Episode 9 - Aired 1/11/2004

    Homer builds a battle robot to win Bart's respect, and places it in a tournament against other robots. What Bart does not know, though, is that the robot is actually Homer in costume. Meanwhile, Snowball II dies and Lisa tries to find a replacement cat.

    Director: Lauren MacMullan

    Writer: Dan Greaney, Allen Glazier

  • Diatribe of a Mad Housewife
    7.2/101,744 votes

    #10 - Diatribe of a Mad Housewife

    Season 15 Episode 10 - Aired 1/25/2004

    Marge writes a romance novel with characters based on Homer and Ned Flanders that becomes a hit. Meanwhile, Homer gets fired from the power plant again and becomes an ambulance driver.

    Director: Mark Kirkland

    Writer: Robin J. Stein

  • Margical History Tour
    7.1/101,684 votes

    #11 - Margical History Tour

    Season 15 Episode 11 - Aired 2/8/2004

    When the local library proves to be useless for the kids' class project, Marge tells Milhouse, Bart, and Lisa three Simpsons-style historical accounts: Henry VIII's (Homer's) attempts at siring a son, Lewis and Clark (Lenny and Carl) exploring the USA's wilderness with Sacagawea (Lisa), and Salieri (Lisa again) out to ruin piano-playing virtuoso Mozart (Bart).

    Director: Mike B. Anderson

    Writer: Brian Kelley

  • Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore
    7.2/101,731 votes

    #12 - Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore

    Season 15 Episode 12 - Aired 2/15/2004

    Bart finds a friend in his own sister Lisa after Milhouse moves away to Capitol City to live with his divorced mom. Meanwhile Homer goes into panhandling to buy anniversary gifts for Marge. Later on Milhouse returns and Bart goes back being friends with him.

    Director: Matthew Nastuk

    Writer: David Chambers, Julie Chambers

  • Smart and Smarter
    7.1/101,749 votes

    #13 - Smart and Smarter

    Season 15 Episode 13 - Aired 2/22/2004

    When Maggie does better than Lisa on an IQ test, Lisa becomes upset over no longer being the smart one and tries to lead Maggie astray.

    Director: Steven Dean Moore

    Writer: Carolyn Omine

  • The Ziff Who Came to Dinner
    6.6/101,657 votes

    #14 - The Ziff Who Came to Dinner

    Season 15 Episode 14 - Aired 3/14/2004

    The Simpsons go on a late-night attic search after Bart and Lisa (who are freaked out over a horror movie Homer let them watch) begin hearing voices -- and find Marge's ex-prom date Artie Ziff, who's on the run for cheating the shareholders of his company.

    Director: Nancy Kruse

    Writer: Dan Castellaneta, Deb Lacusta

  • Co-Dependent's Day
    6.7/101,687 votes

    #15 - Co-Dependent's Day

    Season 15 Episode 15 - Aired 3/21/2004

    Homer and Marge's bond becomes stronger when they both get drunk on wine, but soon the bond unravels when Homer blames Marge for crashing the car and Marge gets sent to rehab. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa complain to Randall Curtis (a George Lucas-esque science fiction movie director) about his latest film.

    Director: Bob Anderson

    Writer: Matt Warburton

  • The Wandering Juvie
    7.0/101,755 votes

    #16 - The Wandering Juvie

    Season 15 Episode 16 - Aired 3/28/2004

    Bart gets sent to juvenile hall after fooling everyone that there was a marriage concerning him. He encounters a dangerous girl there... He flees with Gina, but then the two are caught by Wiggum.

    Director: Lauren MacMullan

    Writer: Don Payne, John Frink

  • My Big Fat Geek Wedding
    6.6/101,703 votes

    #17 - My Big Fat Geek Wedding

    Season 15 Episode 17 - Aired 4/18/2004

    After hearing that Skinner is getting cold feet about their wedding, Edna leaves Skinner at the altar and, after sending back one marriage gift, hooks up with Comic Book Guy. Meanwhile, Homer and Marge have an argument about if their marriage is still solid or not.

    Director: Mark Kirkland

    Writer: Kevin Curran

  • Catch 'Em If You Can
    7.1/101,764 votes

    #18 - Catch 'Em If You Can

    Season 15 Episode 18 - Aired 4/25/2004

    After a ruined movie night, thanks to Bart and Lisa, Homer and Marge take a vacation away from them, but decide to go to Miami instead of going to see an uncle. When Bart and Lisa catch wind of their parents' secret plan, Bart steals Rod's credit card (just like Homer stole Ned's) and go after them.

    Director: Matthew Nastuk

    Writer: Ian Maxtone-Graham

  • Simple Simpson
    7.3/101,790 votes

    #19 - Simple Simpson

    Season 15 Episode 19 - Aired 5/2/2004

    Homer becomes "Pie Man", a masked vigilante who delivers a pie in the face of justice to evildoers. However, after attacking Mr. Burns, Burns hires him as a personal hitman, until Homer is ordered to attack the Dalai Lama.

    Director: Jim Reardon

    Writer: Jon Vitti

  • The Way We Weren't
    7.2/101,746 votes

    #20 - The Way We Weren't

    Season 15 Episode 20 - Aired 5/9/2004

    Homer and Marge recall the story of their first kiss at a summer camp when they were children—an event which was not all happy, as Homer (unwillingly) betrayed Marge by standing her up on their second date.

    Director: Mike B. Anderson

    Writer: J. Stewart Burns

  • Bart-Mangled Banner
    6.3/101,704 votes

    #21 - Bart-Mangled Banner

    Season 15 Episode 21 - Aired 5/16/2004

    After receiving an injection from Dr. Hibbert, Bart becomes temporarily deaf, which makes him impervious to being bullied, until he accidentally moons the American flag during a donkey basketball game, prompting everyone in town to accuse the Simpsons of being unpatriotic under the new "Government Knows Best" Act.

    Director: Steven Dean Moore

    Writer: John Frink

  • Fraudcast News
    7.2/101,643 votes

    #22 - Fraudcast News

    Season 15 Episode 22 - Aired 5/23/2004

    Mr. Burns buys out Springfield's media outlets after a newspaper mistakenly reports his death, and Lisa's homemade newspaper is next on his list.

    Director: Bob Anderson

    Writer: Don Payne