4.0/103,438 votesLoading...#1 - Lisa Goes Gaga
Season 23 Episode 22 - Aired 5/20/2012
Lisa tries to make herself more popular by writing good things about herself on the school blog, but the plan backfires; Lisa helps Lady Gaga and learns the importance of being yourself.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Jeff Westbrook, Tim Long
4.4/101,565 votesLoading...#2 - The Star of the Backstage
Season 33 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2021
A musical comes to life in Springfield as Marge stages a revival of her beloved high school show - but her wonderful memories are threatened by the return of a rival from the past.
Director: Rob Oliver
Writer: Elisabeth Kiernan Averick
5.0/102,901 votesLoading...#3 - All Singing, All Dancing
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 1/4/1998
Homer rents a Clint Eastwood movie and is dismayed to find it's a musical. Using clips from past episodes, the rest of the family reminds him about the many times he and other members of the family and town have broken into song and dance.
Director: Mark Ervin
Writer: Steve O'Donnell
5.1/101,774 votesLoading...#4 - Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy
Season 30 Episode 18 - Aired 3/24/2019
Krusty releases an all-female reboot of “Itchy and Scratchy,” so Bart and his crew of all-male friends decide to boycott the show. After Bart’s friends turn on him for laughing at the reboot, Bart joins a woke group of sixth-grade girls who commit crimes against patriarchy.
Director: Chris Clements
Writer: Megan Amram
5.3/101,516 votesLoading...#5 - The Musk Who Fell to Earth
Season 26 Episode 12 - Aired 1/25/2015
When inventor Elon Musk lands in Springfield, he and Homer become fast friends and revolutionize the town's nuclear plant. But when Musk goes overboard and Mr. Burns wants him removed, Homer must figure out a way to break up with him.
Director: Matthew Nastuk
Writer: Neil Campbell
5.4/101,942 votesLoading...#6 - Gump Roast
Season 13 Episode 17 - Aired 4/21/2002
In this clip show episode, Homer is honored at a Friars' Club Roast. A number of characters show up to roast him, but the celebrating is interrupted by Kang and Kodos, who say that humanity will be judged based on Homer's experiences.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Dan Castellaneta, Deb Lacusta
5.5/10704 votesLoading...#7 - Fan-ily Feud
Season 34 Episode 18 - Aired 4/23/2023
Homer publicly disparages a pop singer and faces the ire of her vindictive and highly organized fan army.
Director: Timothy Bailey
Writer: Broti Gupta
5.6/101,498 votesLoading...#8 - Every Man's Dream
Season 27 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2015
Homer is diagnosed with narcolepsy, but instead of returning home with his prescription medication, he returns home drunk. He and Marge visit a marriage counselor and have a trial separation, during which Homer begins dating a 20-something.
Director: Matthew Nastuk
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
5.6/10928 votesLoading...#9 - I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh
Season 30 Episode 20 - Aired 4/7/2019
Marge becomes director of Springfield's local theater, armed with Lisa's script resembling "Hamilton"; Homer joins a baby class with Maggie, and he takes a liking to supervisor Chloe.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Jeff Martin, Jenna Martin
5.6/10782 votesLoading...#10 - Yokel Hero
Season 32 Episode 14 - Aired 3/7/2021
Cletus becomes a singing sensation, while Homer becomes a new man. Then, Cletus turns on his fans, ruining everything.
Director: Rob Oliver
Writer: Jeff Martin, Samantha Martin
5.7/101,707 votesLoading...#11 - The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed
Season 21 Episode 16 - Aired 3/28/2010
The Simpsons family vacation in Israel with Ned Flanders, but Homer does not appreciate any of the culture—until an Israeli tour guide named Jakob shows him around and, in a severe state of dehydration, Homer believes he is the Messiah.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Kevin Curran
5.7/101,483 votesLoading...#12 - Moe Goes from Rags to Riches
Season 23 Episode 12 - Aired 1/29/2012
Moe's bar rag explains that he started as a medieval tapestry a thousand years earlier; Bart tries to reconcile with Milhouse; the disappearance of Moe's bar rag makes him realize he has friends.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Tim Long
5.7/101,554 votesLoading...#13 - Clown in the Dumps
Season 26 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2014
A Springfield resident dies, Krusty retires after he's offended by a comedy cable channel roast of him, and Lisa tries to protect Homer from getting hurt.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Matt Groening
5.7/101,074 votesLoading...#14 - Marge the Lumberjill
Season 31 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2019
When Marge realizes that everyone views her as boring, she takes up competitive lumber-jacking as a hobby (and has a real gift for it). The circuit of competitive timbersports takes her on a month-long retreat to Portland with her trainer, Paula, whom Homer worries is going to steal her away forever
Director: Rob Oliver
Writer: Ryan Koh
5.7/10996 votesLoading...#15 - The 7 Beer Itch
Season 32 Episode 5 - Aired 11/8/2020
Homer is tempted by a British femme fatale while Marge and the kids are on a seaside vacation.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Al Jean, John Frink, Joel H. Cohen
5.8/103,041 votesLoading...#16 - 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
5.8/101,235 votesLoading...#17 - 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
5.8/101,183 votesLoading...#18 - Werking Mom
Season 30 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2018
Marge wants a job, and stumbles into becoming a plastic food storage container-selling drag queen. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to make the world better in the style of "Amelie"
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Carolyn Omine, Robin Sayers
5.8/10875 votesLoading...#19 - I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Season 30 Episode 16 - Aired 3/10/2019
When a romantic night ends in injury, Marge recovers by taking up kite boarding while Homer bonds with his hallucinated hernia; Lisa attempts to fix her parents' strained relationship by seeking advice from an unlikely source.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Jeff Westbrook
5.8/101,080 votesLoading...#20 - D'oh Canada
Season 30 Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/2019
Lisa is mistakenly given political asylum in Canada during a family trip to Niagara Falls; Homer goes to a “Daddy and Me” class with Maggie.
Director: Matthew Nastuk
Writer: Tim Long, Miranda Thompson
5.8/10866 votesLoading...#21 - Warrin' Priests (2)
Season 31 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/2020
While Bode has won over most of Springfield, he finds one churchgoer he can't sway in Ned Flanders. Meanwhile in Michigan, Reverend Lovejoy finds the ammunition he needs to get rid of his replacement.
Director: Matthew Nastuk
Writer: Pete Holmes
5.8/10986 votesLoading...#22 - Now Museum, Now You Don't
Season 32 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2020
Lisa stays home from school to explore the wonders of Western art. She appears as Lisanardo, while Bart takes the shape of a French impressionist, Homer and Marge as Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, and Maggie as a warrior Cupid.
Director: Timothy Bailey
Writer: Dan Greaney
5.8/10738 votesLoading...#23 - The Longest Marge
Season 33 Episode 11 - Aired 1/2/2022
Marge and Mr. Burns fight for the soul of a brash young football prodigy.
Director: Matthew Nastuk
Writer: Brian Kelley
5.9/101,740 votesLoading...#24 - The Boys of Bummer
Season 18 Episode 18 - Aired 4/29/2007
Bart goes from hero to goat on his Little League team after an error in the championship game. Meanwhile, Homer falls asleep on a bed in a department store. When he's awakened, he raves about the mattress and is given a job as a salesman.
Director: Rob Oliver
Writer: Michael Price
5.9/101,124 votesLoading...#25 - Lisa with an 'S'
Season 27 Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/2015
When Homer loses $5,000 at a poker game with Broadway legend Laney Fontaine, the only way he is able to settle the bet is if he loans Lisa to Laney for a month. Then, Laney turns Lisa into a show biz kid and Marge and Homer fear they made a mistake letting her go. So they head to New York to get her back.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Stephanie Gillis
The Worst Episodes of The Simpsons
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Lisa Goes Gaga" is the worst rated episode of "The Simpsons". It scored 4/10 based on 3438 votes. Directed by Chuck Sheetz and written by Jeff Westbrook, Tim Long, it aired on 5/20/2012. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Star of the Backstage".