9.0/104,564 votes#1 - Who Shot Mr. Burns? (2)
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1995
With Mr. Burns shot, Chief Wiggum investigates the crime, and nearly everyone in town has a motive. At the end, it all comes down to the Simpson DNA.
Director: Wes Archer
Writer: Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein
8.3/103,463 votes#2 - Radioactive Man
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1995
Bart auditions for the part of Fallout Boy in the movie "Radioactive Man," being filmed in Springfield.
Director: Susie Dietter
Writer: John Swartzwelder
8.4/103,371 votes#3 - Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1995
When Homer and Marge are found to be unfit parents, the kids are placed with the Flanders family. Reluctant participants in the Flanderses' wholesome family activities, Bart and Lisa become the targets of an emergency baptism.
Director: Susie Dietter
Writer: Jon Vitti
8.8/104,468 votes#4 - Bart Sells His Soul
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1995
Bart sells his soul to Milhouse for five dollars, but soon regrets his decision. Meanwhile, Moe turns the Tavern into a family-friendly restaurant.
Director: Wes Archer
Writer: Greg Daniels
8.5/104,086 votes#5 - Lisa the Vegetarian
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1995
After visiting a local petting zoo, Lisa becomes a vegetarian and faces ridicule from family and friends. When she lashes out and ruins Homer's barbecue, she learns a lesson in tolerance.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: David X. Cohen
8.7/104,026 votes#6 - Treehouse of Horror VI
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1995
In "Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores," strange atmospheric conditions bring giant advertising statues to life. In "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace," Groundskeeper Willie is killed in a freak accident and seeks revenge in the childrens' dreams. In the final segment, Homer steps through a secret portal and becomes three-dimensional.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: David X. Cohen, John Swartzwelder, Steve Tompkins
9.0/104,948 votes#7 - King-Size Homer
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1995
Homer tries to gain sixty pounds so he can stay home on disability. When he nearly causes a catastrophe at the plant, Homer reconsiders his plan.
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: Dan Greaney
8.7/103,782 votes#8 - Mother Simpson
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1995
Homer discovers that his mother is still alive, a former radical who is a fugitive from the law. When her old nemesis Burns spots her and tips off the FBI, she is forced to return to the underground.
Director: David Silverman
Writer: Richard Appel
8.0/103,100 votes#9 - Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1995
After Sideshow Bob escapes from prison, the Springfield Air Show is the setting for his ill-fated vendetta against television and Krusty the Clown.
Director: Dominic Polcino
Writer: Spike Feresten
7.3/102,993 votes#10 - The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1995
Troy McClure hosts a behind-the-scenes look at the show, including clips of the series' beginnings as shorts on "The Tracy Ullman Show," Simpsons trivia questions, and unaired scenes from popular episodes.
Director: David Silverman
Writer: Jon Vitti
8.5/104,006 votes#11 - Marge Be Not Proud
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1995
Nabbed for shoplifting, Bart manages to keep it a secret from the family... until it's time to have the family Christmas photo taken at the Try-N-Save.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Mike Scully
8.3/103,172 votes#12 - Team Homer
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1996
Homer catches Mr. Burns in an ether-induced haze and asks for $500 for his bowling team. When Burns' head clears, he demands to join the team. Meanwhile, Bart's inflammatory T-shirt provokes Principal Skinner to require school uniforms.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Mike Scully
8.5/103,956 votes#13 - Two Bad Neighbors
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1996
Homer resents being upstaged when former president George Bush moves into the neighborhood. After Bush spanks Bart, an all-out prank war ensues.
Director: Wes Archer
Writer: Ken Keeler
7.7/102,896 votes#14 - Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/1996
A chance encounter with a former classmate yields an invitation to the Springfield Country Club, where Marge tries to parlay a bargain basement Chanel suit into elevated social status for her family.
Director: Susie Dietter
Writer: Jennifer Crittenden
7.6/102,863 votes#15 - Bart the Fink
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/1996
In a scheme to get Krusty's autograph, Bart sends him a check. When Krusty's offshore holding corporation endorses the check, his illegal tax shelter is exposed. In despair after the government auctions off his possessions, Krusty fakes his own death.
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: Bob Kushell, John Swartzwelder
8.1/103,125 votes#16 - Lisa the Iconoclast
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/1996
While researching into Jebediah Springfield's past for an essay, Lisa discovers that the town founder wasn't the hero that everyone thinks he was.
Director: Mike B. Anderson
Writer: Jonathan Collier
8.8/104,332 votes#17 - Homer the Smithers
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 2/25/1996
Forced to take a vacation, Smithers needs to find a temporary replacement who won't outshine him. Homer seems the perfect choice until a sudden outburst forces Mr. Burns to assert his independence.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: John Swartzwelder
8.0/103,063 votes#18 - The Day the Violence Died
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 3/17/1996
Bart meets the original animator who created Itchy, penniless some 70 years after the studio stole his idea. When Bart helps him sue for restitution, he unwittingly bankrupts Itchy & Scratchy.
Director: Wes Archer
Writer: John Swartzwelder
8.2/103,532 votes#19 - A Fish Called Selma
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 3/24/1996
Washed up and plagued by scandal, Troy McClure sees a marriage to Selma as his ticket back to success.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Jack Barth
8.6/103,889 votes#20 - Bart on the Road
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 3/31/1996
Bart creates a fake driver's license for himself and uses it to go on a spring break road trip with Milhouse, Nelson, and Martin. Meanwhile, Homer and Lisa bond after spending some quality time together at work.
Director: Swinton O. Scott III
Writer: Richard Appel
9.0/104,395 votes#21 - 22 Short Films About Springfield
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 4/14/1996
Bart and Milhouse wonder if anything interesting happens to the citizens of Springfield, which leads to a series of interconnected vignettes.
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: Bill Oakley, Brent Forrester, David X. Cohen, Greg Daniels, Jennifer Crittenden, Jonathan Collier, Josh Weinstein, Matt Groening, Rachel Pulido, Richard Appel, Steve Tompkins
8.5/103,323 votes#22 - Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish'
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 4/28/1996
When a fellow veteran dies, Grandpa Simpson and Mr. Burns fight for buried WWII treasure as the only surviving members of their battalion.
Director: Jeffrey Lynch
Writer: Jonathan Collier
8.1/102,977 votes#23 - Much Apu About Nothing
Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 5/5/1996
When Mayor Quimby uses immigrants as a political scapegoat, the Simpsons discover that Apu is an illegal immigrant.
Director: Susie Dietter
Writer: David X. Cohen
7.9/103,095 votes#24 - Homerpalooza
Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 5/19/1996
To show his kids how hip he is, Homer takes Bart and Lisa to a music festival, where he earns himself a place in the sideshow by catching a cannonball with his belly.
Director: Wes Archer
Writer: Brent Forrester
8.5/103,381 votes#25 - Summer of 4 Ft. 2
Season 7 Episode 25 - Aired 5/19/1996
On a family vacation, Lisa tries on a new identity to fit in with the other kids at the beach. Jealous, Bart reveals her true nerdiness to the group.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Dan Greaney
The Best Episodes of The Simpsons Season 7
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Season 7 Ratings Summary
"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (2)" is the best rated episode of "The Simpsons" season 7. It scored 9/10 based on 4564 votes. Directed by Wes Archer and written by Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, it aired on 9/17/1995. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Radioactive Man".