8.0/1093 votes#1 - 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: Matt Groening
7.8/1024 votes#2 - 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: Matt Groening
7.6/1033 votes#3 - Colonel Homer
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 3/26/1992
Marge fears a cheatin' heart when a waitress-country singer asks Homer to be her manager.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Matt Groening
7.4/1017 votes#4 - 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: Matt Groening
7.2/1057 votes#5 - Some Enchanted Evening
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/13/1990
Homer takes Marge out for a romantic night, leaving the kids with a sitter--who's profiled on "America's Most Armed and Dangerous."
Director: David Silverman
Writer: Matt Groening
7.1/1057 votes#6 - The Telltale Head
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/1990
Bart pulls a stunt that shocks the entire town, including the new friends he was trying to impress.
Director: Rich Moore
Writer: Matt Groening
7.0/1040 votes#7 - 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: Matt Groening
6.8/1042 votes#8 - In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 6/24/2010
Leela and Zapp Brannigan find themselves stranded on an Eden-like planet.
Director: Dwayne Carey-Hill
Writer: Matt Groening
6.8/1055 votes#9 - A Princess, an Elf, and a Demon Walk Into a Bar
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/17/2018
Princess Bean already has the wedding day blues when a mysterious figure arrives, claiming he's her personal demon. Elfo hates his happy homeland.
Director: Dwayne Carey-Hill
Writer: Matt Groening
6.6/1010 votes#10 - Bean Falls Apart
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/9/2022
In her dreams, Bean confronts her inner "Bad Bean" but the evil doppelgänger conceals a sinister plot. Derek, Bear Boy and Freckles get captured.
Director: Edmund Fong
Writer: Matt Groening
6.3/1014 votes#11 - The Book Job
Season 23 Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/2011
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.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Matt Groening
6.3/1014 votes#12 - How I Wet Your Mother
Season 23 Episode 16 - Aired 3/11/2012
When Homer's bed-wetting worsens, his family tries to infiltrate his dreams to find the source of the problem.
Director: Lance Kramer
Writer: Matt Groening
6.0/1013 votes#13 - 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: Matt Groening
6.0/1012 votes#14 - Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart
Season 23 Episode 15 - Aired 3/4/2012
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.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Matt Groening
5.8/1013 votes#15 - At Long Last Leave
Season 23 Episode 14 - Aired 2/19/2012
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.
Director: Matthew Nastuk
Writer: Matt Groening
5.8/1015 votes#16 - Them, Robot
Season 23 Episode 17 - Aired 3/18/2012
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.
Director: Mike B. Anderson
Writer: Matt Groening
5.7/1016 votes#17 - 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: Matt Groening
5.4/1018 votes#18 - 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
5.3/1014 votes#19 - The Ten-Per-Cent Solution
Season 23 Episode 8 - Aired 12/4/2011
After Krusty the Clown's show is canceled and his talent agency drops him, his very first agent, Annie, tries to craft his comeback.
Director: Michael Polcino
Writer: Matt Groening
5.2/1017 votes#20 - Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson
Season 23 Episode 10 - Aired 1/8/2012
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.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Matt Groening
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"Space Pilot 3000" is the best rated episode written by Matt Groening. It scored 8/10 based on 93 votes. It was directed by Gregg Vanzo. It aired on 3/28/1999 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "22 Short Films About Springfield".