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 Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
Season 25 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "The Simpsons" season 25 is "Homerland", rated 6.9/10 from 1567 user votes. It was directed by Bob Anderson and written by Stephanie Gillis. "Homerland" aired on 9/29/2013 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Treehouse of Horror XXIV".
6.9/10 1,567 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
6.9/10 1,696 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
6.4/10 1,280 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
6.5/10 1,326 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
6.8/10 1,257 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
6.4/10 1,311 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
6.7/10 1,257 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
6.4/10 1,267 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
7.7/10 1,744 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
6.9/10 1,327 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
7.1/10 1,250 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
6.3/10 1,246 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
6.6/10 1,327 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
6.6/10 1,219 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
6.9/10 1,195 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
6.7/10 1,225 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
6.3/10 1,232 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
7.0/10 1,396 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
5.8/10 1,224 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
7.9/10 1,975 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
6.6/10 1,188 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
6.6/10 1,192 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