8.5/103,747 votes#1 - Treehouse of Horror VII
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 10/27/1996
A Halloween trilogy. This time, Bart meets his "pure evil" Siamese twin; Lisa's science project attacks Bart; aliens Kang and Kodos invade as Clinton and Dole's replicas just before the 1996 Presidential election.
Director: Mike B. Anderson
Writer: Dan Greaney, David X. Cohen, Ken Keeler
9.2/106,768 votes#2 - You Only Move Twice
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 11/3/1996
In an idyllic planned community, Homer works for a new boss who has trouble with the government. Meanwhile, the rest of the family has difficulty dealing with the bucolic burg.
Director: Mike B. Anderson
Writer: John Swartzwelder
8.1/103,221 votes#3 - The Homer They Fall
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 11/10/1996
When Moe sees that Homer can absorb massive blows to the head, he turns him into a prizefighter and sets up a match with heavyweight champion Drederick Tatum.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Jonathan Collier
7.6/103,091 votes#4 - Burns, Baby Burns
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 11/17/1996
Mr. Burns' boorish long-lost son Larry gets the brush-off from Burns, but Homer hatches a plan to reconcile them.
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: Ian Maxtone-Graham
8.3/103,307 votes#5 - Bart After Dark
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 11/24/1996
After trespassing and damaging property at a mysterious old house, Bart is required to work there as a punishment... but it turns out to be a burlesque house.
Director: Dominic Polcino
Writer: Richard Appel
8.1/103,103 votes#6 - A Milhouse Divided
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 12/1/1996
Kirk and Luann Van Houten are getting a divorce. Homer is confident that it will never happen to him, but Kirk tells him how quickly things can change.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Steve Tompkins
7.8/102,995 votes#7 - Lisa's Date with Density
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 12/15/1996
Lisa develops a crush on Nelson and tries to change him into a better person. Meanwhile, Homer finds an autodialer and starts a telemarketing scam.
Director: Susie Dietter
Writer: Mike Scully
8.7/104,121 votes#8 - Hurricane Neddy
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 12/29/1996
A hurricane destroys the Flanders' home and they have to move into the church basement. The people of Springfield gather to rebuild their house, but when Ned sees the poor workmanship, he has a complete breakdown.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Steve Young
8.6/104,114 votes#9 - El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 1/5/1997
After eating a dish laced with potent peppers during the chili cookoff, Homer has hallucinations where a mystical coyote urges him to find his soulmate.
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: Ken Keeler
9.1/105,079 votes#10 - The Springfield Files
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 1/12/1997
Homer witnesses something out of this world in Springfield woods, but no one believes him -- not even FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, who come to investigate the incident.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Reid Harrison
7.7/102,929 votes#11 - The Twisted World of Marge Simpson
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 1/19/1997
Marge's new pretzel franchise is failing until Homer strikes a deal with Fat Tony, Springfield's local mobster.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Jennifer Crittenden
8.5/103,743 votes#12 - Mountain of Madness
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 2/2/1997
To promote teamwork amongst the power plant's employees, Mr. Burns makes them go on a corporate retreat up in the mountains.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: John Swartzwelder
7.6/103,221 votes#13 - Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala (Annoyed Grunt) cious
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 2/7/1997
Marge is stressed by the demands of motherhood and the Simpsons get a magical British nanny, who floats down from the sky holding an umbrella.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Al Jean, Mike Reiss
8.0/103,183 votes#14 - The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/1997
In an attempt to boost ratings, the Itchy and Scratchy Show adds a new "in-your-face" character voiced by Homer.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: David X. Cohen
8.8/104,621 votes#15 - Homer's Phobia
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 2/16/1997
The Simpsons befriend a shop owner, but when Homer discovers the man is gay, he worries about his influence on Bart.
Director: Mike B. Anderson
Writer: Ron Hauge
8.2/103,208 votes#16 - Brother from Another Series
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 2/23/1997
When Sideshow Bob is released from prison, his brother Cecil puts him in charge of building Springfield's new hydroelectric dam.
Director: Pete Michels
Writer: Ken Keeler
7.8/103,297 votes#17 - My Sister, My Sitter
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 3/2/1997
Lisa has a stellar reputation as a babysitter, but when Homer and Marge leave her in charge of Bart and Maggie, everything starts going wrong.
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: Dan Greaney
8.8/103,859 votes#18 - Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 3/16/1997
When Prohibition is revived in Springfield, Homer and Bart supply the town with alcohol.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: John Swartzwelder
8.2/103,331 votes#19 - Grade School Confidential
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 4/6/1997
Bart discovers Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel kissing, and it's not long before the whole town knows of their secret affair.
Director: Susie Dietter
Writer: Bill Oakley, Rachel Pulido
7.6/102,724 votes#20 - The Canine Mutiny
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 4/13/1997
When Bart can't pay the credit card bill for his expensive new purebred dog, the repo men unwittingly take Santa's Little Helper.
Director: Dominic Polcino
Writer: Ron Hauge
7.8/102,883 votes#21 - The Old Man and the Lisa
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 4/20/1997
Financially ruined, Mr. Burns turns to Lisa for help in building a recycling business. Lisa believes he's changed, but his new business venture takes a shocking new direction.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: John Swartzwelder
8.1/102,977 votes#22 - In Marge We Trust
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 4/27/1997
Disturbed that Reverend Lovejoy has lost interest in counseling parishioners, Marge volunteers as the "Listen Lady." Meanwhile, Homer sees his likeness on a box of Japanese detergent.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Donick Cary
9.3/107,246 votes#23 - Homer's Enemy
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 5/4/1997
A hardworking new employee at the power plant is consumed with resentment at Homer's undeserved success.
Director: Jim Reardon
Writer: John Swartzwelder
7.1/102,874 votes#24 - The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 5/11/1997
Troy McClure presents three Simpsons spinoff spoofs: In "Chief Wiggum, P.I.," Chief Wiggum becomes a New Orleans detective. Next, Grampa Simpson's soul is trapped inside Moe's Love tester machine in "The Love-Matic Grampa." Finally, the Simpson family hosts a '70s-style variety show.
Director: Neil Affleck
Writer: Dan Greaney, David X. Cohen, Ken Keeler, Steve Tompkins
7.8/102,849 votes#25 - The Secret War of Lisa Simpson
Season 8 Episode 25 - Aired 5/18/1997
Lisa joins the all-male military school where Bart is sent for discipline. Then comes the hazing.
Director: Mike B. Anderson
Writer: Richard Appel
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Season 8 Ratings Summary
"Treehouse of Horror VII" is the best rated episode of "The Simpsons" season 8. It scored 8.5/10 based on 3747 votes. Directed by Mike B. Anderson and written by Dan Greaney, David X. Cohen, Ken Keeler, it aired on 10/27/1996. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "You Only Move Twice".