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The Best Episodes of The Simpsons Season 25

Every episode of The Simpsons Season 25 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Simpsons Season 25!

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 25 Ratings Summary

"Homerland" is the best rated episode of "The Simpsons" season 25. It scored 6.9/10 based on 1583 votes. Directed by Bob Anderson and written by Stephanie Gillis, it aired on 9/29/2013. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Treehouse of Horror XXIV".

  • Homerland
    6.9/101,583 votes

    #1 - Homerland

    Season 25 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2013

    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

  • Treehouse of Horror XXIV
    6.9/101,728 votes

    #2 - Treehouse of Horror XXIV

    Season 25 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2013

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

    Director: Rob Oliver

    Writer: Jeff Westbrook

  • Four Regrettings and a Funeral
    6.4/101,292 votes

    #3 - Four Regrettings and a Funeral

    Season 25 Episode 3 - Aired 11/3/2013

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

    Director: Mark Kirkman

    Writer: Marc Wilmore

  • YOLO
    6.5/101,339 votes

    #4 - YOLO

    Season 25 Episode 4 - Aired 11/10/2013

    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

  • Labor Pains
    6.8/101,268 votes

    #5 - Labor Pains

    Season 25 Episode 5 - Aired 11/17/2013

    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

  • The Kid Is All Right
    6.4/101,324 votes

    #6 - The Kid Is All Right

    Season 25 Episode 6 - Aired 11/24/2013

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

    Director: Mark Kirkland

    Writer: Tim Long

  • Yellow Subterfuge
    6.7/101,269 votes

    #7 - Yellow Subterfuge

    Season 25 Episode 7 - Aired 12/8/2013

    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

  • White Christmas Blues
    6.4/101,277 votes

    #8 - White Christmas Blues

    Season 25 Episode 8 - Aired 12/15/2013

    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

  • Steal This Episode
    7.7/101,761 votes

    #9 - Steal This Episode

    Season 25 Episode 9 - Aired 1/5/2014

    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

  • Married to the Blob
    6.9/101,338 votes

    #10 - Married to the Blob

    Season 25 Episode 10 - Aired 1/12/2014

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

    Director: Chris Clements

    Writer: Tim Long

  • Specs and the City
    7.1/101,261 votes

    #11 - Specs and the City

    Season 25 Episode 11 - Aired 1/26/2014

    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

  • Diggs
    6.3/101,258 votes

    #12 - Diggs

    Season 25 Episode 12 - Aired 3/9/2014

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

    Director: Michael Polcino

    Writer: Dan Greaney, Allen Glazier

  • The Man Who Grew Too Much
    6.6/101,337 votes

    #13 - The Man Who Grew Too Much

    Season 25 Episode 13 - Aired 3/9/2014

    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

  • The Winter of His Content
    6.6/101,229 votes

    #14 - The Winter of His Content

    Season 25 Episode 14 - Aired 3/16/2014

    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

  • The War of Art
    6.9/101,204 votes

    #15 - The War of Art

    Season 25 Episode 15 - Aired 3/23/2014

    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

  • You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee
    6.7/101,236 votes

    #16 - You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee

    Season 25 Episode 16 - Aired 3/30/2014

    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

  • Luca$
    6.3/101,242 votes

    #17 - Luca$

    Season 25 Episode 17 - Aired 4/6/2014

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

    Director: Chris Clements

    Writer: Carolyn Omine

  • Days of Future Future
    7.0/101,408 votes

    #18 - Days of Future Future

    Season 25 Episode 18 - Aired 4/13/2014

    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

  • What to Expect When Bart's Expecting
    5.8/101,235 votes

    #19 - What to Expect When Bart's Expecting

    Season 25 Episode 19 - Aired 4/27/2014

    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

  • Brick Like Me
    7.9/101,993 votes

    #20 - Brick Like Me

    Season 25 Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/2014

    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

  • Pay Pal
    6.6/101,199 votes

    #21 - Pay Pal

    Season 25 Episode 21 - Aired 5/11/2014

    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

  • The Yellow Badge of Cowardge
    6.6/101,202 votes

    #22 - The Yellow Badge of Cowardge

    Season 25 Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2014

    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