The Best Episodes Written By Mike Reiss

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(51 votes)

   #1 - Stark Raving Dad

   S3:E19/19/1991

   A deviation from his norm lands Homer in a mental institution, where he shares a room with a man who thinks he's Michael Jackson.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #2 - Cousin Elliott

   S1:E511/7/1984

   Cousin Elliot shows up at the Pembroke house. His ideas on how to deal with children do not coincide with Charles' opinions.

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   7.8/10(50 votes)

   #3 - The Way We Was

   S2:E121/31/1991

   When the TV breaks, Marge and Homer entertain the kids with the story of how they first met.

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   7.6/10(49 votes)

   #4 - Treehouse of Horror II

   S3:E710/31/1991

   Maggie uses one of three wishes; a mind-reading Bart rules Springfield; Homer donates his brain to Mr. Burns' science project.

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   7.4/10(74 votes)

   #5 - Moaning Lisa

   S1:E62/11/1990

   The meaning of life and second grade have Lisa playing the blues solo, until she jams with a kindred spirit; Homer seeks tutelage to beat Bart at video boxing.

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   7.4/10(80 votes)

   #6 - There's No Disgrace Like Home

   S1:E41/28/1990

   After seeing families being nice to each other at a company picnic, Homer orders the Simpsons to a family therapist.

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   7.4/10(34 votes)

   #7 - Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala (Annoyed Grunt) cious

   S8:E132/7/1997

   Marge is stressed by the demands of motherhood and the Simpsons get a magical British nanny, who floats down from the sky holding an umbrella.

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   7.3/10(45 votes)

   #8 - Treehouse of Horror III

   S4:E510/29/1992

   A Halloween trilogy includes a murderous Krusty doll; a "King Kong" parody; an invasion of zombies unleashed by Bart's incantation.

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   7.2/10(46 votes)

   #9 - Lisa's Pony

   S3:E811/7/1991

   After disappointing Lisa, Homer buys her a pony, solving one problem, but creating others, requiring a second job--at Apu's Kwik-E-Mart.

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    7.1/10(70 votes)

    #10 - The Telltale Head

    S1:E82/25/1990

    Bart pulls a stunt that shocks the entire town, including the new friends he was trying to impress.

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    6.4/10(7 votes)

    #11 - The Boy Next Door

    S2:E131/4/1988

    ALF befriends the Ochmoneks' belligerent nephew, Jake.

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    6.4/10(7 votes)

    #12 - Suspicious Minds

    S3:E151/23/1989

    ALF is convinced that a reclusive neighbor is actually Elvis Presley.

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13. 

    5.7/10(7 votes)

    #13 - I'm Your Puppet

    S2:E223/21/1988

    ALF's mail-order ventriloquist's dummy takes on a life of its own, and it takes a visit from a psychiatrist to cure him.

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    5.7/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Tonight, Tonight (2)

    S3:E510/24/1988

    ALF hosts "The Tonight Show", with Ed McMahon.

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    5.6/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Tonight, Tonight (1)

    S3:E410/24/1988

    ALF hosts "The Tonight Show", with Ed McMahon.

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    3.5/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Hammer Gets Nailed

    S1:E29/26/1986

    A reporter spends a day with Hammer and gets more than he bargained for, and Hammer gets fired. Guest Stars Ronnie Schell as Phil Gumm

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    3.5/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Over My Dead Bodyguard

    S1:E811/13/1986

    When the press reveals that Capt. Trunk is scheduled to testify against a mob boss, Hammer is assigned as his bodyguard. In an attempt on his life Trunk is wounded and taken to the hospital. Sledge decides to make a bogus report that the captain’s been killed, but an assassin learns Trunk is still alive and infiltrates the tightly secured hospital posing as a physician.

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    3.5/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Miss of the Spider Woman

    S1:E1212/20/1986

    Hammer is poisoned by a mysterious woman and learns that he has only twelve hours to live. Hammer learns that the only cure for the poison is held by a group of monks in the Andes who have taken a vow of silence. Severely weakened, Hammer must hunt down the perpetrators before it’s too late… made worse by the fact that it’s also daylight savings time.

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    3.5/10(1 votes)

    #19 - State of Sledge

    S1:E141/10/1987

    When Hammer arrests the leader of a Satanic cult, Internal Affairs insists that the cultist be allowed his one phone call. Soon after the cultist makes the call, the precinct headquarters is surrounded by hundreds of demented devil worshippers. With communications to the outside cut off, Hammer devises a risky plan to lift the state of siege.

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    3.5/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Desperately Seeking Dori

    S1:E182/7/1987

    While pursuing a counterfeiter, Doreau gets knocked on the head. The results are a personality disorder that makes her behave in the same anti-social, violent manner as her partner Hammer.

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