8.1/1018 votes#1 - Stairway to Hell
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/20/2019
Bean and Luci concoct a plan to resurrect Elfo. But he'll have to meet them in hell -- if he can get there. Zøg discovers a friend in frozen Dreamland.
Director: N/A
Writer: David X. Cohen
8.0/1093 votes#2 - Space Pilot 3000
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/28/1999
On New Year's Eve 1999, Pizza Delivery boy Philip J. Fry accidentally falls into a cryogenic chamber and is frozen for 1,000 years. Finally unfrozen, he explores New New York, meets his new best friend (a kleptomaniacal robot named Bender) and goes to work for his great-great-great-great-grand-nephew's space delivery business.
Director: Gregg Vanzo
Writer: David X. Cohen
8.0/1041 votes#3 - Anthology of Interest I
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 5/21/2000
The Professor's "What-If" machine simulates Bender, Leela and Fry's wishes. Bender discovers what it would be like if he were 500 feet tall, Leela discovers what it would be like if she were more impulsive, and Fry discovers what would happen if he never came to the future.
Director: Rich Moore
Writer: David X. Cohen
8.0/1029 votes#4 - 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: David X. Cohen
7.9/1038 votes#5 - The Why of Fry
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 4/6/2003
Still unable to impress Leela, Fry sadly suspects that he has no importance in life - until Nibbler takes him on a mission to prevent the brains from destroying the universe. In the process, Fry learns what really happened when he was cryogenically frozen on December 31, 1999.
Director: Wes Archer
Writer: David X. Cohen
7.8/1040 votes#6 - Anthology of Interest II
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/6/2002
When the Professor fine tunes his "What-If" machine, Bender discovers what it would be like if he were human, Fry discovers what it would be like if life were more like a video game, and Leela discovers what it would be like if she found her true home.
Director: Bret Haaland
Writer: David X. Cohen
7.8/1024 votes#7 - 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: David X. Cohen
7.7/1027 votes#8 - 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: David X. Cohen
7.7/1029 votes#9 - 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
7.7/1029 votes#10 - 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
7.5/1046 votes#11 - Xmas Story
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/19/1999
To apologize for an inconsiderate remark, Fry searches for the perfect Xmas gift for Leela, all the while trying to avoid the murderous SantaBot, whose standards for niceness are astronomically high.
Director: Peter Avanzino
Writer: David X. Cohen
7.5/1025 votes#12 - Treehouse of Horror VIII
Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/1997
In “The Homega Man,” Homer faces a post-apocalyptic Springfield. Next, Bart attempts to become Superfly in "Fly vs. Fly." In “Easy-Bake Coven,” amidst a witch hunt in 1649, Marge and her sisters invent trick-or-treating.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: David X. Cohen
7.5/1020 votes#13 - All the Way Down
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 9/25/2023
The crew investigates whether the universe is a simulation.
Director: Ira Sherak
Writer: David X. Cohen
7.4/1031 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
7.3/1027 votes#15 - Lisa the Skeptic
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/1997
When a skeleton is unearthed at the site of a future shopping mall, all Springfield is convinced it is the skeleton of an angel – except Lisa.
Director: Neil Affleck
Writer: David X. Cohen
7.3/1023 votes#16 - Das Bus
Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 2/15/1998
When Otto drives the school bus off a bridge, the kids wind up on a deserted island, fending for themselves in a “Lord of the Flies” parody. Back in Springfield, Homer takes on Bill Gates.
Director: Pete Michels
Writer: David X. Cohen
7.2/1023 votes#17 - 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
7.0/1040 votes#18 - Rebirth
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 6/24/2010
After a devastating spaceship crash, Professor Farnsworth attempts to resuscitate the crew with his birth machine.
Director: Frank Marino
Writer: David X. Cohen
7.0/1024 votes#19 - Treehouse of Horror IX
Season 10 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1998
In "Hell Toupée," Snake is sent to the electric chair, and his hair is transplanted onto Homer. In "The Terror of Tiny Toon," Bart and Lisa become cartoon characters in an episode of Itchy & Scratchy. In "Starship Poopers," a growth spurt casts doubt on Maggie's paternity, and the family goes on the Jerry Springer show.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: David X. Cohen
6.9/1036 votes#20 - For Whom the Pig Oinks
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/17/2018
How to get rid of an unwanted fiancé? Bean's plan involves a party barge and mermaids. King Zøg tries to make Elfo's blood into an immortality potion.
Director: Frank Marino
Writer: David X. Cohen
6.8/1033 votes#21 - Free Will Hunting
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 8/8/2012
Bender searches for the meaning of life after learning that robots lack free will.
Director: Frank Marino
Writer: David X. Cohen
6.8/109 votes#22 - Podcast News
Season 32 Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/2020
Grampa Simpson is accused of a crime; Kent Brockman questions his career.
Director: Matthew Faughnan
Writer: David X. Cohen
6.6/1022 votes#23 - Bart the Mother
Season 10 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1998
Under Nelson's bad influence, Bart shoots a bird with a BB gun. Stricken with remorse, he tries to nurture the eggs from the bird's nest, which hatch into a species of lizard outlawed in Springfield.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: David X. Cohen
6.3/1022 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: David X. Cohen
5.9/108 votes#25 - The Futurama Mystery Liberry
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 9/23/2024
Futurama is reimagined in the form of classic children's mystery books.
Director: Corey Barnes
Writer: David X. Cohen
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"Stairway to Hell" is the best rated episode written by David X. Cohen. It scored 8.1/10 based on 18 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 9/20/2019 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Space Pilot 3000".