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 Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
Season 15 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Simpsons" season 15 is "Treehouse of Horror XIV", rated 7.5/10 from 2189 user votes. It was directed by Steven Dean Moore and written by John Swartzwelder. "Treehouse of Horror XIV" aired on 11/2/2003 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "My Mother the Carjacker".
7.5/10 2,189 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
7.2/10 1,766 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
6.9/10 1,813 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
7.0/10 1,891 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
7.1/10 1,707 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
6.4/10 1,647 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
7.0/10 1,739 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
6.6/10 1,670 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
7.3/10 1,786 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
7.2/10 1,714 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
7.1/10 1,659 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
7.2/10 1,705 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
7.1/10 1,720 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
6.6/10 1,631 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
6.7/10 1,662 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
7.0/10 1,724 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
6.6/10 1,676 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
7.1/10 1,735 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
7.3/10 1,759 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
7.2/10 1,716 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
6.3/10 1,679 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
7.2/10 1,616 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