6.6/101,726 votes#1 - He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs
Season 19 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2007
Homer falls in love with the high life of flying in private planes when he saves Mr. Burns from drowning, and Burns repays him by flying him to Chicago for a night on the town.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Joel H. Cohen
6.5/101,731 votes#2 - The Homer of Seville
Season 19 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2007
A freak accident gives Homer an operatic singing voice, and he becomes a star at the Springfield Opera. But with fame and fortune comes a price: He's continually bothered by fans, an obsessed woman in particular.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Carolyn Omine
7.1/101,639 votes#3 - Midnight Towboy
Season 19 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2007
Homer takes a job as a tow-truck driver, and Marge hires a service that claims to make babies less clingy. Both decisions have unexpected consequences.
Director: Matthew Nastuk
Writer: Stephanie Gillis
6.7/101,606 votes#4 - I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Season 19 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2007
Marge is held hostage during a bank robbery and forms an uneasy bond with one of the thieves before he's taken to prison.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Dana Gould
6.9/101,868 votes#5 - Treehouse of Horror XVIII
Season 19 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2007
The series' 18th Halloween show features three vignettes that parody movies: one that spoofs "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"; one that sends up "E.T."; and one that parodies "Se7en."
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Marc Wilmore
6.6/101,580 votes#6 - Little Orphan Millie
Season 19 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2007
Milhouse stays with the Simpsons when his parents remarry each other and honeymoon on a cruise ship. But when his parents are knocked overboard and lost at sea, Milhouse decides to grow up and be a man.
Director: Lance Kramer
Writer: Mick Kelly
6.9/101,705 votes#7 - Husbands and Knives
Season 19 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2007
Marge opens a gym for real women because she's disenchanted with Springfield's snooty, glitzy L.A. Body Works. Her gym, Shapes: A Gym for Women, is a huge success, launching a chain that makes Marge rich and famous. But Homer fears Marge will leave him for someone more attractive and goes to extreme lengths to try to save his marriage.
Director: Nancy Kruse
Writer: Matt Selman
7.1/101,727 votes#8 - Funeral for a Fiend
Season 19 Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/2007
Sideshow Bob tries again for revenge against the Simpsons.
Director: Rob Oliver
Writer: Michael Price
8.1/102,447 votes#9 - Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind
Season 19 Episode 9 - Aired 12/16/2007
Homer loses his memory--and his family--when he drinks Moe's most potent libation, the Forget-Me-Shot, in an episode that spoofs "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "It's a Wonderful Life."
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
6.7/101,618 votes#10 - E Pluribus Wiggum
Season 19 Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/2008
Homer burns down Springfield's fast-food district. In order to float a bond issue to rebuild it, Mayor Quimby moves up election day, making Springfield's primary election the first in the nation. This causes the town to be overrun with reporters, candidates and pundits.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Michael Price
6.3/102,239 votes#11 - That 90's Show
Season 19 Episode 11 - Aired 1/27/2008
Flashbacks follow Marge and Homer back to their dating days, when she was a college student and he was working for his father to support her. Then Marge becomes smitten with a professor, so a sorrowful Homer turns to music--and invents grunge.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Matt Selman
6.5/101,642 votes#12 - Love, Springfieldian Style
Season 19 Episode 12 - Aired 2/17/2008
Homer and Marge celebrate Valentine's Day by going on the Tunnel of Love ride at a carnival, but they end up stranded when Bart pulls a prank involving gelatin. To pass the time, Homer tells the love story of Bonnie and Clyde, Marge tells her version of "Lady and the Tramp," and Bart tells the love story of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen.
Director: Raymond S. Persi
Writer: Don Payne
7.6/101,965 votes#13 - The Debarted
Season 19 Episode 13 - Aired 3/2/2008
A new kid at school named Donny works with Bart on his pranks. But when the pranks start to backfire, Bart wonders if he can trust his new accomplice. Meanwhile, the Simpsons get a fancy loaner car after Marge gets in an accident, and Homer falls in love with it.
Director: Matthew Nastuk
Writer: Joel H. Cohen
7.4/101,700 votes#14 - Dial 'N' for Nerder
Season 19 Episode 14 - Aired 3/9/2008
Homer cheats on his diet, so Marge gets a reality show called "The Sneakers" to check up on him. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa fear that a prank they played on Martin Prince had deadly consequences.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Carolyn Omine
6.6/101,569 votes#15 - Smoke on the Daughter
Season 19 Episode 15 - Aired 3/30/2008
With Lisa's encouragement, Marge pursues her dream of becoming a ballerina. But when Marge auditions at the ballet academy, Lisa is invited to enroll. Unfortunately, Lisa becomes addicted to secondhand smoke from the other dancers. Meanwhile, Homer's beef-jerky operation runs into a snag.
Director: Lance Kramer
Writer: Billy Kimball
6.1/101,480 votes#16 - Papa Don't Leech
Season 19 Episode 16 - Aired 4/13/2008
The Simpsons take in a country singer Homer used to manage who owes back taxes to Springfield. She is now destitute, so the family tries to help her get back on her feet.
Director: Chris Clements
Writer: Reid Harrison
6.8/101,583 votes#17 - Apocalypse Cow
Season 19 Episode 17 - Aired 4/27/2008
Bart joins the 4-H club and raises a calf to be a blue-ribbon-winning bull, but panics when he learns the bull will be slaughtered.
Director: Nancy Kruse
Writer: Jeff Westbrook
7.0/101,579 votes#18 - Any Given Sundance
Season 19 Episode 18 - Aired 5/4/2008
Lisa makes a film about her family that gets accepted by the Sundance Film Festival, and the Simpsons go to Park City, Utah, to attend.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Daniel Chun
7.0/101,615 votes#19 - Mona Leaves-a
Season 19 Episode 19 - Aired 5/11/2008
Homer's mother, Mona, returns, but Homer is reluctant to trust her because she abandoned him so many times as a child.
Director: Mike B. Anderson
Writer: Joel H. Cohen
6.4/101,441 votes#20 - All About Lisa
Season 19 Episode 20 - Aired 5/18/2008
Lisa receives Springfield's Entertainer of the Year Award, and Sideshow Mel narrates her history in showbiz in a wry spoof of "All About Eve."
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: John Frink
The Best Episodes of The Simpsons Season 19
Every episode of The Simpsons Season 19 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Simpsons Season 19!
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 19 Ratings Summary
"He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs" is the best rated episode of "The Simpsons" season 19. It scored 6.6/10 based on 1726 votes. Directed by Mark Kirkland and written by Joel H. Cohen, it aired on 9/23/2007. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Homer of Seville".