The Best Episodes Written By James L. brooks

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #1 - Support Your Local Mother

   S1:E610/24/1970

   Rhoda's mother, Ida, comes visiting and Rhoda refuses to see her. Ida stays with Mary but drives her crazy.

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   7.8/10(27 votes)

   #2 - Holidays of Future Passed

   S23:E912/11/2011

   Thirty years in the future, Bart, Lisa and their children spend the holidays at Marge and Homer's house.

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   7.8/10(4 votes)

   #3 - Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid II

   S1:E1412/19/1970

   Feeling sympathetic for a co-worker who hasn't spent Christmas with his family for years, Mary is forced to stay alone at WJM-TV on Christmas Eve.

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   7.2/10(4 votes)

   #4 - Like Father, Like Daughter

   S1:E19/12/1978

   The cabbies volunteer to drive Alex to Miami to meet the daughter he hasn't seen in 15 years.

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   7.0/10(23 votes)

   #5 - The Book Job

   S23:E611/20/2011

   Homer creates a team, including author Neil Gaiman, to write the next hit "tween" book; after receiving an advance copy of the work from his publisher, Homer learns there's more to the business than he imagined.

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   6.9/10(23 votes)

   #6 - How I Wet Your Mother

   S23:E163/11/2012

   When Homer's bed-wetting worsens, his family tries to infiltrate his dreams to find the source of the problem.

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   6.6/10(26 votes)

   #7 - Them, Robot

   S23:E173/18/2012

   When Mr. Burn replaces most of the plant's employees with robots that end up turning on the community, the people he laid off must come to the rescue.

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   6.5/10(23 votes)

   #8 - At Long Last Leave

   S23:E142/19/2012

   When the Simpsons are kicked out of Springfield, they join an off-the-grid community near by; Homer and Marge's former friends react badly when they try to sneak back into town.

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   6.5/10(22 votes)

   #9 - Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart

   S23:E153/4/2012

   When Bart decides to get back at Homer by becoming a graffiti artist, established street artists offer him a gallery show; a new health food store threatens to put Apu out of business.

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    6.3/10(23 votes)

    #10 - The D'oh-cial Network

    S23:E111/15/2012

    Lisa is called to trial after her online social networking site creates dysfunction in the community; Patty and Selma compete in a rowing event.

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    6.2/10(26 votes)

    #11 - Moe Goes from Rags to Riches

    S23:E121/29/2012

    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.

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    6.1/10(27 votes)

    #12 - Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson

    S23:E101/8/2012

    After a video of Homer ranting goes viral, he gets his own political talk show; Homer endorses rocker Ted Nugent for the Republican presidential nominee.

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    5.8/10(24 votes)

    #13 - The Ten-Per-Cent Solution

    S23:E812/4/2011

    After Krusty the Clown's show is canceled and his talent agency drops him, his very first agent, Annie, tries to craft his comeback.

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