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The Best Episodes of The Simpsons Season 20

Every episode of The Simpsons Season 20 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Simpsons Season 20!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 1 - Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes
    7.2/10(2022 votes)

    #1 - Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes

    S20:E1

    Bounty hunter Ned is forced to scrap his partnership with Homer when the hapless layabout skips bail, and Marge mistakenly takes a job at an erotic bakery.

    Director:Lance Kramer
    Writer:Kevin Curran

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  2. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 2 - Lost Verizon
    6.8/10(1817 votes)

    #2 - Lost Verizon

    S20:E2

    Bart lands himself in trouble when he steals a mobile phone from Denis Leary and subsequently uses it to land the actor a comical film role. The troublemaker then leads his family to the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu after Marge confiscates the device and decides to use its GPS technology to track her son.

    Director:Raymond S. Persi
    Writer:John Frink

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  3. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 3 - Double, Double, Boy in Trouble
    6.8/10(1769 votes)

    #3 - Double, Double, Boy in Trouble

    S20:E3

    An irreverent take on the Prince and the Pauper. Bart enthusiastically trades lives with a wealthy lookalike after landing himself in trouble for triggering a rampage of vacuum cleaners, but finds the lavish lifestyle too much when he becomes the target of all his new friends' pranks.

    Director:Michael Polcino
    Writer:Bill Odenkirk

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  4. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 4 - Treehouse of Horror XIX
    7.1/10(2123 votes)

    #4 - Treehouse of Horror XIX

    S20:E4

    Springfield is the setting for parodies of Charlie Brown, It's the Great Pumpkin and Michael Bay's Transformers as Homer's vote on election day is misread by a renegade machine.

    Director:Bob Anderson
    Writer:Matt Warburton

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  5. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 5 - Dangerous Curves
    6.5/10(1682 votes)

    #5 - Dangerous Curves

    S20:E5

    Homer and Marge remember the ups and downs of their marriage through a series of flashbacks, including the time they each began flirting with guests at a glamorous party - a situation that led to a food fight and an unexpected swim in the pool.

    Director:Matthew Faughnan
    Writers:Billy Kimball, Ian Maxtone-Graham

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  6. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 6 - Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words
    7.1/10(1706 votes)

    #6 - Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words

    S20:E6

    Lisa learns she is good at crossword puzzles and enters a city-wide contest. Homer discovers he has a flair for letting loved ones down so he opens Sweet Conclusions Break-Up Service, but lands himself in trouble with his daughter when he places a bet against her in the competition.

    Director:Nancy Kruse
    Writer:Tim Long

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  7. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 7 - Mypods and Boomsticks
    7.1/10(1867 votes)

    #7 - Mypods and Boomsticks

    S20:E7

    Lisa struggles to become the proud owner of a Mypod, and Homer believes Bart's new Middle-Eastern friend Bashir is involved in a terrorist plot to destroy the Springfield Mall.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
    Writer:Marc Wilmore

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  8. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 8 - The Burns and the Bees
    6.5/10(1679 votes)

    #8 - The Burns and the Bees

    S20:E8

    Mr Burns wins a professional basketball team in a poker game at the annual billionaire's retreat. He decides to build a state-of-the-art facility in an attempt to lure fans, but the stadium site is on the last remaining bee colony in Springfield - prompting Lisa to lead a protest.

    Director:Mark Kirkland
    Writer:Stephanie Gillis

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  9. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 9 - Lisa the Drama Queen
    6.0/10(1824 votes)

    #9 - Lisa the Drama Queen

    S20:E9

    Lisa lets her imagination run wild when she makes a new friend and they create a magical kingdom together called Equalia, complete with characters and plotlines. But they find themselves facing a nightmare when the boundaries between reality and fantasy are blurred. With the voice of Emily Blunt.

    Director:Matthew Nastuk
    Writer:Brian Kelley

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  10. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 10 - Take My Life, Please
    6.9/10(1614 votes)

    #10 - Take My Life, Please

    S20:E10

    Homer is jealous when old classmate Vance Connor is inducted into the Springfield Walk of Fame. Lenny and Carl confess they fixed the result in favor of Principal Dondelinger - leading the hapless father to speculate on how his life would have changed had he won the ballot.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
    Writer:Don Payne

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  11. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 11 - How the Test Was Won
    7.0/10(1647 votes)

    #11 - How the Test Was Won

    S20:E11

    Bart gets a perfect score on a practice test for a national achievement test, which not only rattles Lisa, but it means Bart gets to attend a special party instead of having to take the actual test. Meanwhile, Homer must avoid injuring himself for an entire afternoon after failing to pay his insurance.

    Director:Lance Kramer
    Writer:Michael Price

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  12. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 12 - No Loan Again, Naturally
    6.8/10(1606 votes)

    #12 - No Loan Again, Naturally

    S20:E12

    When the adjustable rate on the Simpson couple's mortgage resets at more than the pair can afford, they must sell their house. Good Samaritan Ned Flanders buys the house and rents it out to them at an affordable rate. But Homer pushes his luck too far when he takes advantage of Ned's generous landlord duties.

    Directors:Mark Kirkland, Lance Kramer
    Writers:Jeff Westbrook, Michael Price

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  13. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 13 - Gone Maggie Gone
    7.2/10(1808 votes)

    #13 - Gone Maggie Gone

    S20:E13

    Lisa infiltrates a convent in order to steal back Maggie who was accidentally taken in by nuns. While in the convent, Lisa uncovers a series of cryptic clues leading to a hidden jewel in Springfield. With help from resident history buffs Principal Skinner and Comic Book Guy, Lisa sets off to find the coveted prize. But Springfield's Freemasons are also hot on the trail of the jewel, and Lisa must race against them to find the jewel and rescue Maggie.

    Director:Chris Clements
    Writers:Billy Kimball, Ian Maxtone-Graham

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  14. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 14 - In the Name of the Grandfather
    6.3/10(1627 votes)

    #14 - In the Name of the Grandfather

    S20:E14

    The Simpsons travel to Ireland so that Grampa can have a final drink at O'Flanagan's Pub - an old watering hole of his. But when the small town of Dunkilderry isn't quite what Grampa remembers it as, and O'Flanagans has become a rundown and empty pub, he and Homer decide to buy it and fix it up.

    Director:Ralph Sosa
    Writer:Matt Marshall

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  15. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 15 - Wedding for Disaster
    6.5/10(1570 votes)

    #15 - Wedding for Disaster

    S20:E15

    After Marge and Homer's marriage turns out to be invalid, they decide to re-do their vows. But when Homer goes missing, Bart and Lisa smell something funny and investigate his disappearance.

    Director:Chuck Sheetz
    Writer:Joel H. Cohen

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  16. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 16 - Eeny Teeny Maya Moe
    7.2/10(1699 votes)

    #16 - Eeny Teeny Maya Moe

    S20:E16

    Moe once again searches for love and falls for a woman named Maya over the Internet. However, when Moe meets Maya face-to-face, he discovers it's more like face-to-knee, as Maya is only three feet tall.

    Director:Nancy Kruse
    Writer:John Frink

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  17. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 17 - The Good, the Sad and the Drugly
    7.2/10(1727 votes)

    #17 - The Good, the Sad and the Drugly

    S20:E17

    Bart falls in love with a charitable girl named Jenny, prompting Bart to behave in order to date her. Meanwhile, Lisa becomes depressed when she writes a report on Springfield's future.

    Director:Rob Oliver
    Writer:Marc Wilmore

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  18. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 18 - Father Knows Worst
    6.9/10(1591 votes)

    #18 - Father Knows Worst

    S20:E18

    Bart and Lisa start struggling in their academic and social lives at school and Homer starts monitoring them and forcing them to do better. Meanwhile, Marge discovers a sauna in the basement.

    Director:Matthew Nastuk
    Writer:Rob LaZebnik

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  19. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 19 - Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh
    7.1/10(1720 votes)

    #19 - Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh

    S20:E19

    When Marge learns Springfield Elementary is the worst school in the state, she and Homer rent an apartment in the upscale Waverly Hills school district so Bart and Lisa can attend a better school. Meanwhile, Homer moves into the rented Waverly Hills apartment and gets used to the bachelor lifestyle.

    Director:Michael Polcino
    Writer:J. Stewart Burns

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  20. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 - Four Great Women and a Manicure
    6.4/10(1575 votes)

    #20 - Four Great Women and a Manicure

    S20:E20

    Marge and Lisa visit the nail salon where they engage in a spirited debate as to whether a woman can be smart, powerful and beautiful all at the same time and spin four tales of famous women featuring famous Springfield faces: Selma as Queen Elizabeth I, Lisa as Snow White, Marge as Lady Macbeth and Maggie as Howard Roark, the idealistic architect protagonist from Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead.

    Director:Raymond S. Persi
    Writer:Valentina Garza

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  21. The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 21 - Coming to Homerica
    7.2/10(1744 votes)

    #21 - Coming to Homerica

    S20:E21

    When nearby Ogdenville’s economy crumbles due to tainted barley discovered in Krusty’s veggie burgers, the unemployed workers of Ogdenville flock to Springfield. After Mayor Quimby closes Springfield’s borders and enlists private citizens to help patrol them, Homer organizes a border patrol group.

    Director:Steven Dean Moore
    Writer:Brendan Hay

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Season 20 Ratings Summary

"Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" is the best rated episode of "The Simpsons" season 20. It scored 7.2/10 based on 2022 votes. Directed by Lance Kramer and written by Kevin Curran, it aired on 9/28/2008. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Lost Verizon".