10.0/101 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2004
The Savage family discovers that yet another housekeeper has quit and, while the boys see this as their dad's opportunity to hire a cute French maid, Nick decides it's time his boys learn how to take care of themselves. Stunned, the boys decide that they need a plan to change their dad's mind.
Director: Mel Gibson
Writer: Mike Scully
10.0/101 votes#2 - Free Lily
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2004
It's Halloween, and the Savage boys are trying to figure out what to do for their annual prank. Kyle feels he's too old for trick or treating this year, leaving Nick and T.J. to go it alone. When Chris is forced to dissect a frog in class, he gets the idea – via a spooky visit from the ghost of the late class frog – of just what to do for their prank this year.
Director: Julie Thacker
Writer: Mike Scully
10.0/101 votes#3 - Saving Old Lady Riley
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 5/27/2005
The boys administer their own form of CPR – complete with bicycle pump and toilet plunger – on Old Lady Riley when she has a heart attack on their doorstep, and are then wrongfully lauded as heroes. But when they're awarded the "Caring Kid Award," it's just too much to take for one onlooker who happens to know the truth.
Director: Julie Thacker
Writer: Mike Scully
8.5/108 votes#4 - Iron Marge
Season 35 Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/2023
When Marge's heart is broken by a bad birthday present, Bart and Lisa must dig into their mom's past to show that they really know her. Homer becomes a neighborhood fear-monger.
Director: Matthew Faughnan
Writer: Mike Scully
7.8/1027 votes#5 - Ron and Tammy
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/2009
Leslie is upset when she learns the library department wants to take over her lot. Making matters worse, the library is run by Ron's ex-wife Tammy, who still has a powerful emotional hold on him. Meanwhile, Andy gets a job in hopes of winning Ann back.
Director: Troy Miller
Writer: Mike Scully
7.7/1028 votes#6 - The Possum
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/2010
When a possum bites the mayor's dog on a golf course, Leslie is asked to form a task force to catch the pesky animal. Meanwhile, Ron is upset when Mark refuses to bend the rules for him.
Director: Tristram Shapeero
Writer: Mike Scully
7.7/1028 votes#7 - Marge Be Not Proud
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1995
Nabbed for shoplifting, Bart manages to keep it a secret from the family... until it's time to have the family Christmas photo taken at the Try-N-Save.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Mike Scully
7.6/1022 votes#8 - The Comeback Kid
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/12/2012
Leslie enlists everyone's help in staging an attention-getting event. Ben takes up a new hobby, while April and Andy adopt a pet.
Director: Tucker Gates
Writer: Mike Scully
7.6/1028 votes#9 - Lisa on Ice
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1994
Lisa's surprising ability at hockey spawns jealousy in Bart and a showdown when their teams meet.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Mike Scully
7.5/1025 votes#10 - 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: Mike Scully
7.5/102 votes#11 - Fallen Heroes
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/13/2016
After Jerrod gives his parents tickets to a Bill Cosby concert for their anniversary, the family talk about whether to go because of the scandal surrounding him.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Mike Scully
7.2/1027 votes#12 - Two Dozen and One Greyhounds
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 4/9/1995
The Simpson household's overrun with puppies--the offspring of Santa's Little Helper and his new girlfriend from which Mr. Burns would love to make a greyhound-skin tuxedo.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Mike Scully
7.2/1019 votes#13 - Behind the Laughter
Season 11 Episode 22 - Aired 5/21/2000
A "Behind the Music"-style look at the Simpsons, narrated by VH1's Jim Forbes, shows their rise to stardom--and the "private hell" that followed.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Mike Scully
7.1/1025 votes#14 - Team Homer
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1996
Homer catches Mr. Burns in an ether-induced haze and asks for $500 for his bowling team. When Burns' head clears, he demands to join the team. Meanwhile, Bart's inflammatory T-shirt provokes Principal Skinner to require school uniforms.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Mike Scully
7.1/1025 votes#15 - Lisa's Date with Density
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 12/15/1996
Lisa develops a crush on Nelson and tries to change him into a better person. Meanwhile, Homer finds an autodialer and starts a telemarketing scam.
Director: Susie Dietter
Writer: Mike Scully
7.0/101 votes#16 - Blabbermouths
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/2004
When Robert informs Ray that Amy filled him in on some juicy gossip about him, Ray decides to get even with Debra by sharing some nasty secrets of his own.
Director: Gary Halvorson
Writer: Mike Scully
7.0/101 votes#17 - Angry Sex
Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/2004
When Debra and Marie have a big fight, Ray is struck with worry when he thinks Debra's anger will cause her to forget about their sex that night. But, it is the opposite when that anger causes a more intense night with sex. Ray really begins to enjoy it and realizes that the angrier Debra gets at Marie, the better sex they have. When Marie comes over to apologize, Ray makes up a chain of lies to both Marie and Debra so it doesn't ruin his plans.
Director: Kenneth Shapiro
Writer: Mike Scully
7.0/1028 votes#18 - Lisa's Rival
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/11/1994
Lisa feels threatened when a new girl moves to Springfield: Allison is smart, pretty, a great saxophone player and a crack diorama builder. Lisa tries to befriend her new rival, but she's consumed with envy and competitiveness.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Mike Scully
7.0/103 votes#19 - Support The Troops
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 5/31/2017
When Jerrod gets into a fight with a soldier in front of Joe and Bobby, Joe's desire to make it up to the soldier causes problems that test the limits of what it means to truly support the troops.
Director: Gerry Cohen
Writer: Mike Scully
6.5/1021 votes#20 - Beyond Blunderdome
Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1999
Homer befriends Mel Gibson just as Mel is completing a remake of Mr. Smith Goes To Washington. Homer convinces Mel to make the film more violent, with disastrous results.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Mike Scully
6.4/1018 votes#21 - How I Spent My Strummer Vacation
Season 14 Episode 2 - Aired 11/10/2002
A drunken Homer appears on the show Taxicab Conversations and rants about how awful his life as a husband and father is. Although his family is at first outraged, they realise that they do somewhat burden him and decide to make up for it by sending him to a Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp where he mingles with rock stars, including Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. The rock stars ask Homer to help out at a concert and, expecting that he will be allowed to perform, he accepts. Actually, they want him to test the microphones; however, a humiliated Homer grabs a guitar and starts playing.
Director: Mike B. Anderson
Writer: Mike Scully
6.2/1024 votes#22 - Sunday, Cruddy Sunday
Season 10 Episode 12 - Aired 1/31/1999
Homer and his friends charter a bus to the Super Bowl, only to find that their tickets are fake. Misadventures ensue.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Mike Scully
6.1/1016 votes#23 - The Parent Rap
Season 13 Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/2001
Bart gets in trouble for joyriding in a police car, but feels confident he will be let off by Judge Snyder. However, Snyder goes on vacation before ruling his verdict and is replaced with a coldhearted judge named Constance Harm. She accuses Homer of being a negligent father and sentences him to be tethered to Bart. The two are against it at first but later start to bond. Marge however is unable to take anymore of it and slices the tether off of them both. Homer and Marge then go after Judge Harm only to end up sinking her houseboat. Eventually Bart decides to take punishment and is about to be sentenced to 5 year in juvenile hall, only though Judge Snyder returns and dismisses Harm.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Mike Scully
6.0/101 votes#24 - Fun with Debra
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2003
Debra convinces Ray to let her join him on the golf course after she (once again) realizes that they don't have fun together anymore. Let's just say, it wasn't all fun.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mike Scully
6.0/102 votes#25 - Party Dress
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 2/16/2004
Ray and Debra disagree over whether they should purchase an expensive dress for Ally to wear to a friend's formal 13th birthday party. Debra thinks they should, but Ray can't see spending $250 for a dress that will be worn only once. The price tag has Ray seething, especially since the mom he loves to hate, Peggy, is hosting the soiree. Naturally, Marie takes her son's side.
Director: Kenneth Shapiro
Writer: Mike Scully
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"Pilot" is the best rated episode written by Mike Scully. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Mel Gibson. It aired on 9/24/2004 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Free Lily".