8.7/104,146 votes#1 - Bart of Darkness
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/1994
Stuck in his room with a broken leg, Bart hears a high-pitched scream. When he looks through his telescope, he sees a guilty Ned Flanders burying the evidence.
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: Dan McGrath
8.1/103,505 votes#2 - Lisa's Rival
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/11/1994
Lisa feels threatened when a new girl moves to Springfield: Allison is smart, pretty, a great saxophone player and a crack diorama builder. Lisa tries to befriend her new rival, but she's consumed with envy and competitiveness.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Mike Scully
5.8/103,066 votes#3 - Another Simpsons Clip Show
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1994
After reading the weepy best-seller The Bridges of Madison County, Marge sits down with the family and recalls romantic moments, along with temptations from her bowling instructor Jacques and Homer's coworker Mindy.
Director: David Silverman
Writer: Jon Vitti
8.6/103,932 votes#4 - Itchy & Scratchy Land
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1994
The family's trip to Itchy & Scratchy Land takes an unexpected turn when high-tech robots malfunction and become violent.
Director: Wes Archer
Writer: John Swartzwelder
8.2/103,447 votes#5 - Sideshow Bob Roberts
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1994
Mayor Quimby pardons attempted murderer Sideshow Bob, who then runs against Quimby for mayor.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein
9.2/105,582 votes#6 - Treehouse of Horror V
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/1994
Lack of beer and cable TV make Homer a crazed killer; the present is altered by a time-traveling Homer; and Principal Skinner turns detention students into food.
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: Bob Kushell, Dan McGrath, David X. Cohen, Greg Daniels
8.1/103,450 votes#7 - Bart's Girlfriend
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1994
Bart learns that the good Reverend Lovejoy's daughter is really bad.
Director: Susie Dietter
Writer: Jonathan Collier
8.6/103,757 votes#8 - Lisa on Ice
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1994
Lisa's surprising ability at hockey spawns jealousy in Bart and a showdown when their teams meet.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Mike Scully
9.0/105,023 votes#9 - Homer Badman
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/27/1994
When Homer gropes for a gummy candy stuck to the babysitter's pants, she mistakes his intentions and turns the town against him.
Director: Jeffrey Lynch
Writer: Greg Daniels
8.0/103,199 votes#10 - Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/1994
Grandpa's homemade tonic puts life back in the Simpson bedroom, so he and Homer hit the road to sell the stuff.
Director: Wes Archer
Writer: Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein
7.7/103,283 votes#11 - Fear of Flying
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/1994
When they try to go on vacation, the family discovers Marge's debilitating fear of flying. Marge consults a psychoanalyst to find the source of her baffling fear.
Director: Wes Archer, Mark Kirkland
Writer: David Sacks
9.0/104,737 votes#12 - Homer the Great
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/1995
Homer joins the secret society of the Stonecutters and is suddenly exalted when the brethren discover his birthmark. The ancient order is shaken to the core by the ineptitude of its new Chosen One.
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: John Swartzwelder
8.9/104,270 votes#13 - And Maggie Makes Three
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 1/22/1995
The story of Maggie's birth is told in flashbacks: after Homer quits the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant to pursue his dream of working at a bowling alley, Marge reveals that she is pregnant.
Director: Swinton O. Scott III
Writer: Jennifer Crittenden
8.7/103,745 votes#14 - Bart's Comet
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/1995
When Bart is forced to assist Principal Skinner in early-morning astronomy observations, he discovers a giant comet heading towards Springfield. Facing impending doom, the entire town shows up at the Flanders family bomb shelter.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: John Swartzwelder
8.6/103,761 votes#15 - Homie the Clown
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/12/1995
Krusty the Clown's reckless spending forces him to open a clown college to keep afloat. New graduate Homer discovers the perks and perils of being Krusty.
Director: David Silverman
Writer: John Swartzwelder
8.5/103,939 votes#16 - Bart vs. Australia
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 2/19/1995
After tricking an Australian boy into accepting a collect call, Bart flies Down Under to apologize.
Director: Wes Archer
Writer: Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein
7.8/103,053 votes#17 - Homer vs. Patty and Selma
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 2/26/1995
A loan from Patty and Selma makes Homer their slave; Bart is forced to take ballet.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Brent Forrester
8.6/103,724 votes#18 - A Star Is Burns
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 3/5/1995
Film critic Jay Sherman is among the judges at the Springfield Film Festival, which Mr. Burns conspires to win by bribing some judges.
Director: Susie Dietter
Writer: Ken Keeler
8.4/103,567 votes#19 - Lisa's Wedding
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 3/19/1995
A fortuneteller predicts Lisa's engagement and wedding to a fellow student from an upper-crust British family.
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: Greg Daniels
8.1/103,191 votes#20 - Two Dozen and One Greyhounds
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 4/9/1995
The Simpson household's overrun with puppies--the offspring of Santa's Little Helper and his new girlfriend from which Mr. Burns would love to make a greyhound-skin tuxedo.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Mike Scully
8.0/103,127 votes#21 - The PTA Disbands
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 4/16/1995
Bart helps precipitate a teachers strike, but he rues his handiwork when Marge takes over for Mrs. Krabappel.
Director: Swinton O. Scott III
Writer: Jennifer Crittenden
8.1/103,544 votes#22 - Round Springfield
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 4/30/1995
Bart winds up in the hospital as a result of eating Krusty cereal, and when Lisa comes to visit him, she is reunited with her sax idol.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Jennifer Ventimilia, Joshua Sternin
8.2/103,204 votes#23 - The Springfield Connection
Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 5/7/1995
Marge joins the police force after thwarting a criminal, and Homer thinks he now has a free ride as a cop's spouse.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Jonathan Collier
8.7/103,918 votes#24 - Lemon of Troy
Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/1995
Springfield boys try to recapture the town's beloved lemon tree after it's stolen.
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: Brent Forrester
9.2/105,018 votes#25 - Who Shot Mr. Burns? (1)
Season 6 Episode 25 - Aired 5/21/1995
Mr. Burns makes many enemies when he steals the oil discovered beneath Springfield Elementary.
Director: Wes Archer, Jeffrey Lynch
Writer: Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein
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Season 6 Ratings Summary
"Bart of Darkness" is the best rated episode of "The Simpsons" season 6. It scored 8.7/10 based on 4146 votes. Directed by Jim Reardon and written by Dan McGrath, it aired on 9/4/1994. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Lisa's Rival".