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The Best Episodes of The Simpsons Season 18

Every episode of The Simpsons Season 18 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Simpsons Season 18!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 1 - The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer
    7.6/10(2123 votes)

    #1 - The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer

    S18:E1

    Lisa's friendship with Fat Tony's son Michael prompts mob boss Tony to invite the Simpsons over for dinner. Michael says he'd rather be a chef than take over the family business, but that's before Tony is shot by a rival mobster.

    Director:Michael Marcantel
    Writer:Bill Odenkirk

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  2. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 2 - Jazzy and the Pussycats
    6.6/10(1914 votes)

    #2 - Jazzy and the Pussycats

    S18:E2

    A child psychiatrist suggests drumming to channel Bart's energy, and the boy proves he's got the beat when he shows some talent on the skins.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
    Writer:Daniel Chun

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  3. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 3 - Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em
    6.7/10(1828 votes)

    #3 - Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em

    S18:E3

    Marge reads Homer's carpentry books and becomes very handy at fixing things. Gender bias keeps the townspeople from accepting a female carpenter, so Marge pretends that Homer does the work. Meanwhile, Bart torments Skinner when he learns the principal has an extreme allergy to peanuts.

    Director:Mike B. Anderson
    Writer:Matt Warburton

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  4. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 4 - Treehouse of Horror XVII
    6.8/10(2164 votes)

    #4 - Treehouse of Horror XVII

    S18:E4

    The 17th annual Halloween trilogy. Included: "Married to the Blob," in which a meteor turns Homer into a monster; "You Gotta Know When to Golem," about a monster from Jewish folklore; and "The Day the Earth Looked Stupid," about an alien invasion.

    Director:David Silverman
    Writer:Peter Gaffney

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  5. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 5 - G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)
    6.7/10(1826 votes)

    #5 - G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)

    S18:E5

    Homer is bamboozled by Army recruiters and winds up in basic training, where he runs afoul of a tough-minded colonel and is assigned to play the enemy in war games.

    Director:Nancy Kruse
    Writer:Daniel Chun

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  6. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 6 - Moe'N'a Lisa
    6.7/10(1763 votes)

    #6 - Moe'N'a Lisa

    S18:E6

    Lisa sees poetry in the notes Moe sticks to the walls of his hotel room, so she sends his work to a poetry journal, which publishes it, making Moe the toast of the literary circuit.

    Director:Mark Kirkland
    Writer:Matt Warburton

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  7. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 7 - Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair)
    6.9/10(1776 votes)

    #7 - Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair)

    S18:E7

    Homer is fired and decides to buy an ice-cream truck. Marge makes use of the mountains of Popsicle sticks from Homer's ice-cream consumption by creating sculptures of Springfield citizens with them, leading to a feature about her on the news.

    Director:Matthew Nastuk
    Writer:Carolyn Omine

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  8. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 8 - The Haw-Hawed Couple
    7.2/10(1753 votes)

    #8 - The Haw-Hawed Couple

    S18:E8

    When Bart ends up the only guest at Nelson's birthday party, the bully decides he's his best friend and goes about protecting Bart in a parody of "Goodfellas." Meanwhile, Homer reads Lisa to sleep and debates on whether to reveal the book's sad ending to her.

    Director:Chris Clements
    Writer:Matt Selman

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  9. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 9 - Kill Gil, Volumes I & II
    6.2/10(1833 votes)

    #9 - Kill Gil, Volumes I & II

    S18:E9

    Homer jumps into a brawl during a holiday ice-skating show. To escape the melee, Marge takes the family Christmas shopping, where a chance encounter with Gil leads to bad luck for Gil and the Simpson clan.

    Director:Bob Anderson
    Writer:Jeff Westbrook

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  10. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 10 - The Wife Aquatic
    6.5/10(1748 votes)

    #10 - The Wife Aquatic

    S18:E10

    Selma and Patti's home movies make Marge nostalgic for the Barnacle Bay vacations of her youth, so Homer takes the family there, but the area has changed since the Bouviers were little girls.

    Director:Lance Kramer
    Writer:Kevin Curran

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  11. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 11 - Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times
    6.9/10(1717 votes)

    #11 - Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times

    S18:E11

    Homer learns three lessons about revenge from stories told by Marge, Lisa and Bart that parody "The Count of Monte Cristo," "Revenge of the Nerds" and "Batman Begins."

    Director:Michael Polcino
    Writer:Joel H. Cohen

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  12. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 12 - Little Big Girl
    6.7/10(1844 votes)

    #12 - Little Big Girl

    S18:E12

    Lisa pretends to be Native American for multicultural day at school. Meanwhile, Bart finds love with an older woman.

    Director:Raymond S. Persi
    Writer:Don Payne

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  13. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 13 - Springfield Up
    7.3/10(1822 votes)

    #13 - Springfield Up

    S18:E13

    A documentary filmmaker who interviewed a group of Springfield schoolchildren 32 years ago has followed up at eight-year intervals to film how their lives have unfolded.

    Director:Chuck Sheetz
    Writer:Matt Warburton

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  14. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 14 - Yokel Chords
    6.8/10(1769 votes)

    #14 - Yokel Chords

    S18:E14

    Bart has to see a psychiatrist after he starts a panic at school by telling a story about a murderous cafeteria worker. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to civilize Cletus Spuckler's hillbilly children, with mixed results.

    Director:Susie Dietter
    Writer:Michael Price

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  15. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 15 - Rome-Old and Juli-Eh
    6.3/10(1712 votes)

    #15 - Rome-Old and Juli-Eh

    S18:E15

    Selma and Grampa embark on a May-December romance, and Bart and Lisa get into trouble with deliverymen over cardboard boxes.

    Director:Nancy Kruse
    Writer:Daniel Chun

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  16. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 16 - Homerazzi
    7.1/10(1749 votes)

    #16 - Homerazzi

    S18:E16

    After a celebrity scandal is accidentally captured in a family photo, Homer decides to become a paparazzo.

    Director:Matthew Nastuk
    Writer:J. Stewart Burns

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  17. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 17 - Marge Gamer
    7.3/10(1942 votes)

    #17 - Marge Gamer

    S18:E17

    Marge goes online for the first time and becomes obsessed with a role-playing game that Bart and many of their neighbors are playing. Meanwhile, Lisa develops her own obsession--for soccer--and Homer becomes a referee.

    Director:Bob Anderson
    Writer:J. Stewart Burns

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  18. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 18 - The Boys of Bummer
    5.9/10(1908 votes)

    #18 - The Boys of Bummer

    S18:E18

    Bart goes from hero to goat on his Little League team after an error in the championship game. Meanwhile, Homer falls asleep on a bed in a department store. When he's awakened, he raves about the mattress and is given a job as a salesman.

    Director:Rob Oliver
    Writer:Michael Price

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  19. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 19 - Crook and Ladder
    6.9/10(1658 votes)

    #19 - Crook and Ladder

    S18:E19

    Homer, Apu, Moe and Skinner volunteer as firemen after Homer's sleepwalking accident injures the town's firefighters. They do some light looting at the fires to make up for not being compensated, but Marge and Lisa shame them into mending their ways.

    Director:Lance Kramer
    Writer:Bill Odenkirk

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  20. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 20 - Stop or My Dog Will Shoot!
    6.8/10(1636 votes)

    #20 - Stop or My Dog Will Shoot!

    S18:E20

    The Simpsons' pooch, Santa's Little Helper, becomes a police dog.

    Director:Matthew Faughnan
    Writer:John Frink

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  21. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 21 - 24 Minutes
    8.1/10(2841 votes)

    #21 - 24 Minutes

    S18:E21

    In a parody of "24," the school's Counter Truancy Unit tries to stop three sixth-graders planning to disrupt the school bake sale with a stink bomb.

    Director:Raymond S. Persi
    Writers:Billy Kimball, Ian Maxtone-Graham

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  22. The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 22 - You Kent Always Say What You Want
    7.1/10(1847 votes)

    #22 - You Kent Always Say What You Want

    S18:E22

    Newsman Kent Brockman is fired for swearing on the air when Homer dumps coffee in his lap, but Lisa gets Brockman back in the game with her Webcam.

    Director:Matthew Nastuk
    Writer:Tim Long

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Season 18 Ratings Summary

"The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer" is the best rated episode of "The Simpsons" season 18. It scored 7.6/10 based on 2123 votes. Directed by Michael Marcantel and written by Bill Odenkirk, it aired on 9/10/2006. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "Jazzy and the Pussycats".