The Best Episodes of The Simpsons Season 25

A parody of "Homeland". Homer starts to act strangely polite after returning from a nuclear power plant convention, prompting a suspicious Lisa to ask an intense FBI agent named Annie (Kristen Wiig) to help her solve this mystery.

Director: Bob Anderson

Writer: Stephanie Gillis

The scariest Simpsons Halloween show yet, featuring an opening by Guillermo Del Toro.

Director: Rob Oliver

Writer: Jeff Westbrook

Kent Brockman has decided that local news has been a real mistake and a terrible career move for him.

Director: Mark Kirkland

Writer: Marc Wilmore

Marge encourages Homer to cross an item off an old to-do list by inviting an old pen pal to visit; Lisa institutes an honor code at school.

Director: Michael Polcino

Writer: Michael Nobori

When Homer helps a woman give birth in an elevator, he forms an emotional attachment to the baby; cheerleaders for the local professional football team recruit Lisa.

Director: Matthew Faughnan

Writer: Don Payne, Mitch Glazer

Lisa discovers her new best friend is a Republican who is opposing her in the class election.

Director: Mark Kirkland

Writer: Tim Long

Principal Skinner promises the students that the best-behaved among them can take a ride in a submarine. When Skinner gives all the kids a clean slate, Bart believes even his own past indiscretions will be forgotten if he doesn’t get into any more trouble. Meanwhile Lisa tries to help a cash-poor Krusty to turn things around by suggesting he sell the foreign rights to his shows.

Director: Bob Anderson

Writer: Joel H. Cohen

Springfield is inundated with holiday revelers after the nuclear power plant springs a radiation leak, causing snow to fall all over town. When the tourists drive up Christmas shopping prices, Marge opens up the Simpsons' house to boarders.

Director: Steven Dean Moore

Writer: Don Payne

Homer becomes annoyed with movie theaters, so Bart teaches him how to download movies illegally. Homer is delighted with his discovery of free movies until he's caught for piracy. Deputy Director Gratman, the FBI's anti-piracy boss, is tasked with hunting down Homer, who stands accused of illegally downloading a film.

Director: Matthew Nastuk

Writer: J. Stewart Burns

When Comic Book Guy meets a woman writing an autobiographical manga, he seeks Homer's advice on dating.

Director: Chris Clements

Writer: Tim Long

When Marge tries Homer's new high-tech glasses on, he learns she's seeing a marriage counselor; Bart refuses to buy Nelson a Valentine's Day card.

Director: Lance Kramer

Writer: Brian Kelley

A recent transfer student named Diggs rescues Bart from a confrontation with bullies.

Director: Michael Polcino

Writer: Dan Greaney, Allen Glazier

During a research trip, Lisa learns that Sideshow Bob is the chief scientist at a big chemical engineering company; Marge tries to teach a teen church group about healthy sexual practices.

Director: Matthew Schofield

Writer: Jeff Westbrook

When Retirement Castle is closed, Marge asks Grampa and two other octogenarians to move in; Nelson befriends Bart after Bart defends him.

Director: Chuck Sheetz

Writer: Kevin Curran

After Lisa's new pet guinea pig destroys the Simpsons' living room art, Marge finds a beautiful painting at the Van Houten's yard sale, which Homer snaps up for 20 bucks

Director: Steven Dean Moore

Writer: Rob LaZebnik

Homer is recruited as a World Cup referee after Lisa extols his integrity on the youth soccer field in a Springfield Elementary speech contest. But when the Simpsons travel to Brazil (again), Homer finds his honesty tested by one of South America's slickest gangsters in the soccer match-bribing business.

Director: Mark Kirkland

Writer: Michael Price

Lisa dates a competitive eater; Bart benefits from helping convict Snake Jailbird escape from a jam.

Director: Chris Clements

Writer: Carolyn Omine

Set in the future, Homer has a new clone for every time he dies. Lisa is married to a zombie version of Milhouse, while Bart deals with custody issues with his ex-wife, Jenda. Each defines what love means to them.

Director: Bob Anderson

Writer: J. Stewart Burns

When Bart's voodoo doll spell accidentally makes his teacher pregnant, he becomes a savior to couples hoping to conceive.

Director: Matthew Nastuk

Writer: John Frink

Homer wakes up in a Springfield where everyone and everything is made out of Legos, and he must figure his way out before he gets stuck in the plastic world forever.

Director: Matthew Nastuk

Writer: Brian Kelley

Marge swears off befriending any more couples when Homer offends their charming new British neighbors, but when Lisa declares that she, too, doesn’t need friends, Marge reconsiders.

Director: Michael Polcino

Writer: David H. Steinberg

Bart feels guilty after he wins the annual "last day of school" race around Springfield Elementary School, with help from Nelson, who beats up the frontrunner, Milhouse. Meanwhile, Homer tries to bring back 4th of July fireworks after they are canceled due to budget cuts.

Director: Timothy Bailey

Writer: Billy Kimball, Ian Maxtone-Graham