The Best Episodes Written By Bill Odenkirk

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.4/10(50 votes)

   #1 - The Farnsworth Parabox

   S5:E106/8/2003

   The Planet Express crew goes to a parallel universe made accessible by the Professor's latest experiment.

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   7.6/10(45 votes)

   #2 - Insane in the Mainframe

   S3:E124/8/2001

   Accused of robbing a bank, Fry and Bender plead insanity and are both sent to a robot insane asylum. While Bender and his buddy Roberto plan an escape, Fry is brainwashed into thinking that he is a robot.

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   7.4/10(50 votes)

   #3 - How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back

   S2:E144/2/2000

   When Hermes takes a stress-relieving vacation, replacement bureaucrat Morgan Proctor becomes infatuated with Fry. Bender threatens to publicize their affair, but Morgan removes Bender's memory and hides it within the cavernous Central Bureaucracy.

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   7.3/10(45 votes)

   #4 - Kif Gets Knocked Up A Notch

   S5:E51/12/2003

   When Kif gets pregnant, Amy questions her readiness to become a parent.

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   7.3/10(12 votes)

   #5 - Love Is Hell

   S2:E112/9/2022

   In hell, Bean resists Dagmar's attempts to force her to marry Satan. Meanwhile, Luci plots to flee heaven and Elfo tries to escape from the ogres.

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   7.3/10(55 votes)

   #6 - I Second That Emotion

   S2:E511/21/1999

   Professor Farnsworth installs an empathy chip in Bender after the inconsiderate robot flushes Nibbler down the toilet. With his newfound emotions, a concerned Bender ventures into the mutant-infested sewers to rescue Leela's beloved pet.

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   7.2/10(47 votes)

   #7 - A Tale of Two Santas

   S4:E212/23/2001

   A Planet Express mission to Robot Santa's colony on Neptune leaves the murderous robot trapped in the frozen sea, and Bender takes over as Santa, vowing to bring peace and goodwill to Xmas again. But when Bender is mistaken for the real Robot Santa, he is arrested and sentenced to death.

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   7.2/10(11 votes)

   #8 - The Goo-Bye Girl

   S2:E192/9/2022

   Freckles manipulates Derek and Bear Boy into confronting some bullies. The secret of the goo is out but who will drink it to become the savior?

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   6.7/10(7 votes)

   #9 - Scared Screenless

   S10:E59/15/2025

   Bender is sent off to Zapp Brannigan's camp for screen addicts.

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    6.7/10(24 votes)

    #10 - Treehouse of Horror XV

    S16:E111/7/2004

    Ned Flanders' head injury gives him the power to predict others' deaths, Bart and Lisa play detective when a string of Victorian-era prostitutes are murdered by Jack the Ripper, and the Simpsons go on a fantastic voyage inside Mr. Burns' body to save Maggie.

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    6.7/10(26 votes)

    #11 - The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer

    S18:E19/10/2006

    Lisa's friendship with Fat Tony's son Michael prompts mob boss Tony to invite the Simpsons over for dinner. Michael says he'd rather be a chef than take over the family business, but that's before Tony is shot by a rival mobster.

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    6.7/10(23 votes)

    #12 - Adventures in Baby-Getting

    S24:E311/4/2012

    When Marge's car falls into a sink hole, she buys the perfect replacement to fit her family of five. But she quickly grows to hate it because, as she tells a shocked Homer, the car would be too small if she wanted to have another baby. Meanwhile, Bart and his friends are determined to find out what secret Lisa is keeping when Bart finds her cryptic messages and follows her sneaking off downtown for covert meetings after school.

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    6.7/10(13 votes)

    #13 - The Pitter-Patter of Little Feet

    S2:E152/9/2022

    After Sorcerio brings Freckles to life, the wooden puppet sets out to undermine Zøg with a comedy roast and an alliance with Becky and Cloyd

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    6.7/10(21 votes)

    #14 - Planet Espresso

    S9:E79/9/2024

    Hermes inherits a Jamaican coffee farm that holds the ruins of an ancient spaceship.

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    6.6/10(23 votes)

    #15 - To Courier with Love

    S27:E205/8/2016

    "The Simpsons are going to..." Paris (well, Homer and Marge are), but in order to be able to afford the trip, Homer has to smuggle an exotic snake into France so it can be made into a gourmet meal.

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    6.6/10(23 votes)

    #16 - Pulpit Friction

    S24:E184/28/2013

    Homer is recruited to be a deacon by the cutting-edge new pastor. The dry cleaner mistakenly switches Marge's wedding dress for one of Krusty's costumes.

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    6.5/10(22 votes)

    #17 - Million Dollar Maybe

    S21:E111/31/2010

    Homer blows off Marge to buy a lottery ticket and winds up winning the million-dollar jackpot. Fearing how Marge will react if she finds out the reason Homer missed their date, Homer keeps his newly inherited fortune a secret and spoils his family with “anonymous” gifts. When Bart finds out, he and Homer spend the money like it’s going out of style, including buying front-row to tickets to see Coldplay in concert.

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    6.5/10(21 votes)

    #18 - Love Is a Many Strangled Thing

    S22:E173/27/2011

    Marge persuades Homer to enroll in a fathering enrichment class; Bart becomes a school bully.

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    6.5/10(13 votes)

    #19 - The Fat Blue Line

    S31:E310/13/2019

    During the San Castellanta street festival, much of the town finds their wallets have been pickpocketed; after the state investigator puts the wrong man in jail, Chief Wiggum sets out to catch the real criminal and show he's still up for police work.

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    6.4/10(16 votes)

    #20 - Crook and Ladder

    S18:E195/6/2007

    Homer, Apu, Moe and Skinner volunteer as firemen after Homer's sleepwalking accident injures the town's firefighters. They do some light looting at the fires to make up for not being compensated, but Marge and Lisa shame them into mending their ways.

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    6.4/10(29 votes)

    #21 - Super Franchise Me

    S26:E310/12/2014

    Marge opens a sandwich franchise store after her sandwiches become a huge hit at Springfield Elementary. But running day-to-day at the store proves challenging, especially when the same franchise opens another location across the street.

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    6.4/10(21 votes)

    #22 - Forgive and Regret

    S29:E184/29/2018

    Grampa makes a confession to Homer while on his deathbed. After his recovery, he comes to realize that this issue will not be easy to reconcile.

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    6.3/10(21 votes)

    #23 - The Seven-Beer Snitch

    S16:E144/3/2005

    After Shelbyville accuses Springfield of being hicks, Marge convinces the townspeople to fund a Frank Gehry-designed concert hall, which is then converted to a prison when the concert hall goes bankrupt on opening night. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa investigate Snowball II's recent weight gain.

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    6.3/10(25 votes)

    #24 - Double, Double, Boy in Trouble

    S20:E310/19/2008

    An irreverent take on the Prince and the Pauper. Bart enthusiastically trades lives with a wealthy lookalike after landing himself in trouble for triggering a rampage of vacuum cleaners, but finds the lavish lifestyle too much when he becomes the target of all his new friends' pranks.

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    6.0/10(22 votes)

    #25 - The Last Traction Hero

    S28:E912/4/2016

    A workplace accident leaves Homer in a cast, and in a position to sue Mr. Burns. This leaves Marge unfulfilled, so she turns to an unexpected source for romance. Meanwhile, Lisa is made "Bus Monitor" and tries to keep the peace.

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