8.6/108 votes#1 - The Tipping Point
Season 35 Episode 17 - Aired 5/12/2024
Homer loses his mind over tipping culture run amok.
Director: Matthew Nastuk
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
8.3/1042 votes#2 - Roswell That Ends Well
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 12/9/2001
The combined explosions of a supernova and Fry putting metal in the microwave hurtle the Planet Express crew back in time to 1947. They land at Roswell, New Mexico, where a shattered Bender is mistaken for UFO debris, Zoidberg is taken in for an alien autopsy, and Fry accidentally kills his grandfather, Enis, in a nuclear explosion.
Director: Rich Moore
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
7.4/1017 votes#3 - Holidays of Future Passed
Season 23 Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/2011
Thirty years in the future, Bart, Lisa and their children spend the holidays at Marge and Homer's house.
Director: Rob Oliver
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
7.4/1058 votes#4 - My Three Suns
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/4/1999
Delivery Boy Philip J. Fry is promoted to Emperor after accidentally drinking his fluid-based predecessor.
Director: Jeffrey Lynch
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
7.3/1050 votes#5 - Mars University
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1999
Fry, Leela, Bender and Farnsworth have to go to Mars University where Fry has to share a room with a talking monkey, Farnsworth's last invention. The monkey becomes a real headache when he starts beating Fry in all areas. Meanwhile, Bender is hanging out with nerd robots.
Director: Bret Haaland
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
7.3/1046 votes#6 - A Head in the Polls
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/12/1999
When the price of titanium skyrockets, Bender pawns his titanium-rich body and lives the high life as just a head. But when the head-in-a-jar of Richard M. Nixon uses Bender's body to run for election for President of Earth, Bender vows to get his rightful property back.
Director: Bret Haaland
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
7.3/1043 votes#7 - The Deep South
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 4/16/2000
A fishing trip over the ocean takes a turn for the worse when a colossal mouth bass pulls the Planet Express ship to the bottom of the sea. There, Fry falls in love with a mermaid named Umbriel, and the crew discovers the sunken city of Atlanta, Georgia.
Director: Bret Haaland
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
7.3/1038 votes#8 - The Cryonic Woman
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 12/3/2000
Fry is reunited with his old girlfriend from the 20th Century, but she doesn't adapt to the 31st century as well as he has. Convincing Fry to return to the cryogenic chamber, they awaken in a barren wasteland and struggle to make a place for themselves.
Director: Mark Ervin
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
7.3/1014 votes#9 - Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind
Season 19 Episode 9 - Aired 12/16/2007
Homer loses his memory--and his family--when he drinks Moe's most potent libation, the Forget-Me-Shot, in an episode that spoofs "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "It's a Wonderful Life."
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
7.2/1032 votes#10 - Simpsorama
Season 26 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2014
The Planet Express crew come to present-day Springfield to prevent the Simpsons from destroying the future.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
7.0/1038 votes#11 - Neutopia
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 6/23/2011
An alien who does not understand the concept of gender conducts experiments on the crew, changing all their genders.
Director: Edmund Fong
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
6.9/1035 votes#12 - Where the Buggalo Roam
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 3/3/2002
When Amy's parents' ranch is hit by a dust storm that blows away their herd of buggalo, Kif sets out to prove his masculinity by rounding up the herd, only to become entangled with the native Martians.
Director: Pat Shinagawa
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
6.8/1017 votes#13 - The Way We Weren't
Season 15 Episode 20 - Aired 5/9/2004
Homer and Marge recall the story of their first kiss at a summer camp when they were children—an event which was not all happy, as Homer (unwillingly) betrayed Marge by standing her up on their second date.
Director: Mike B. Anderson
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
6.8/105 votes#14 - Write Off This Episode
Season 34 Episode 19 - Aired 4/30/2023
When Marge and Lisa start a charity together, Marge is seduced by the money and prestige of Big Charity fundraising.
Director: Matthew Nastuk
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
6.7/1024 votes#15 - Steal This Episode
Season 25 Episode 9 - Aired 1/5/2014
Homer becomes annoyed with movie theaters, so Bart teaches him how to download movies illegally. Homer is delighted with his discovery of free movies until he's caught for piracy. Deputy Director Gratman, the FBI's anti-piracy boss, is tasked with hunting down Homer, who stands accused of illegally downloading a film.
Director: Matthew Nastuk
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
6.7/1019 votes#16 - Days of Future Future
Season 25 Episode 18 - Aired 4/13/2014
Set in the future, Homer has a new clone for every time he dies. Lisa is married to a zombie version of Milhouse, while Bart deals with custody issues with his ex-wife, Jenda. Each defines what love means to them.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
6.6/1017 votes#17 - Moe Baby Blues
Season 14 Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2003
Moe Szyslak becomes lonely and decides to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge. However, he inadvertently saves Maggie Simpson when she is sent flying from the Simpsons' car window and into his arms. He starts playing with Maggie and becomes attached to her, telling her the story of The Godfather. Homer and Marge become upset about how much time Moe is spending with Maggie and forbid him from seeing her again. One night, Maggie wakes up and hears Fat Tony and the Springfield Mafia outside the house and decides to follow them. When Homer and Marge find her missing, they automatically assume that Moe kidnapped her. When Moe is told that Maggie is missing, his request to help find her is granted by Homer. Maggie follows the mobsters to Luigi's restaurant, where Fat Tony's gang gets into a gun battle with a rival family. Homer, Marge and Moe track Maggie down and Moe decides to go inside and save Maggie. After Moe saves Maggie's life, Homer allows the two to spend more time together.
Director: Lauren MacMullan
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
6.5/1016 votes#18 - The Monkey Suit
Season 17 Episode 21 - Aired 5/14/2006
Working through their checklists of things to do before summer ends, Lisa gets the family to go a museum. At the Springfield Museum of Natural History there is an exhibit Lisa is excited to see on Women’s History turns into an exhibit on the history of weapons, which excites Homer and Bart. When Flanders sees the exhibit of evolution and another that mocks creationism, he raises an alarm. Reverend Lovejoy gets Skinner to have creationism taught in school. Lisa is the only one who holds onto the scientific theory. She brings the topic up at the town meeting and the town votes to teach only one theory, creationism. Lisa decides to hold her own class on evolution, until she is arrested. The ACLU gives her a lawyer who is up against a slick Southern lawyer, but ultimately it’s a family member that is a key to her defense.
Director: Raymond S. Persi
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
6.5/1019 votes#19 - Puffless
Season 27 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2015
Upon learning that their father really died of lung cancer, Selma and Patty agree to quit smoking. When Selma relapses, an angry Patty moves in with Marge and Homer.
Director: Rob Oliver
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
6.4/1016 votes#20 - There's Something About Marrying
Season 16 Episode 10 - Aired 2/20/2005
Springfield legalizes same-sex marriage to increase tourism. After becoming a minister, Homer starts to wed people to make money. Meanwhile, Marge's sister Patty comes out as a lesbian and reveals that she is going to marry a woman named Veronica.
Director: Nancy Kruse
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
6.4/1017 votes#21 - Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh
Season 20 Episode 19 - Aired 5/3/2009
When Marge learns Springfield Elementary is the worst school in the state, she and Homer rent an apartment in the upscale Waverly Hills school district so Bart and Lisa can attend a better school. Meanwhile, Homer moves into the rented Waverly Hills apartment and gets used to the bachelor lifestyle.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
6.3/1012 votes#22 - Flanders' Ladder
Season 29 Episode 21 - Aired 5/20/2018
Bart falls into a coma after being struck by lightning.
Director: Matthew Nastuk
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
6.2/1013 votes#23 - Homerazzi
Season 18 Episode 16 - Aired 3/25/2007
After a celebrity scandal is accidentally captured in a family photo, Homer decides to become a paparazzo.
Director: Matthew Nastuk
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
6.2/1013 votes#24 - Fland Canyon
Season 27 Episode 19 - Aired 4/24/2016
Homer recalls a tense family vacation to the Grand Canyon with the Flanders family. At first, the Flanders’ perfection puts the families at odds, but when they get stranded and Ned and Bart go for help, the families finally bond.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
6.0/1013 votes#25 - The D'oh-cial Network
Season 23 Episode 11 - Aired 1/15/2012
Lisa is called to trial after her online social networking site creates dysfunction in the community; Patty and Selma compete in a rowing event.
Director: Chris Clements
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
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"The Tipping Point" is the best rated episode written by J. Stewart Burns. It scored 8.6/10 based on 8 votes. It was directed by Matthew Nastuk. It aired on 5/12/2024 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Roswell That Ends Well".