The Best Episodes Written By Sam Simon

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.3/10(7 votes)

   #1 - Endless Slumper

   S1:E1012/2/1982

   Rick Walker, a friend of Sam, seeks his advice on how to end a losing streak.

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   8.2/10(6 votes)

   #2 - Fairy Tales Can Come True

   S3:E410/25/1984

   Cliff meets a woman during a costume party at Cheers that he likes very much, but he's afraid to see her again as himself.

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   8.0/10(6 votes)

   #3 - The Bartender's Tale

   S3:E234/18/1985

   Carla insists that Sam should hire an older woman to replace Diane but she doesn't reckon on Sam's attraction to the woman's daughter.

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   7.8/10(50 votes)

   #4 - 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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   7.7/10(65 votes)

   #5 - Treehouse of Horror

   S2:E310/25/1990

   The Simpson kids hide in the family treehouse and tell each other spooky stories. The first regards haunted houses, the second introduces Kang and Kodos for the first time in an alien abduction, and the third is a Simpson-adapted retelling of The Raven.

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   7.7/10(44 votes)

   #6 - Black Widower

   S3:E214/9/1992

   Bart suspects something rotten when Selma gets engaged to Sideshow Bob.

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   7.7/10(6 votes)

   #7 - Cheerio, Cheers

   S3:E224/11/1985

   Diane announces that she's leaving Cheers to accompany Frasier to Italy and Sam throws her a going-away party.

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   7.6/10(49 votes)

   #8 - 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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   7.5/10(56 votes)

   #9 - Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish

   S2:E411/1/1990

   Bart catches a three-eyed fish in a river downstream of the Nuclear Power Plant. This causes the plant to become inspected, and in order to prevent it from being shut down, Mr. Burns decides to run for governor. After a hard campaign which sees Burns rise from being universally despised to running neck and neck with popular incumbent Mary Bailey, it is decided that Burns will have dinner with a random employee the night before the election. Homer is chosen, much to Marge's chagrin.

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    7.3/10(45 votes)

    #10 - 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(69 votes)

    #11 - The Crepes of Wrath

    S1:E114/15/1990

    A little story about how Bart saves France after blowing up Principal Skinner's mom with a cherry bomb.

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    7.2/10(74 votes)

    #12 - Some Enchanted Evening

    S1:E135/13/1990

    Homer takes Marge out for a romantic night, leaving the kids with a sitter, who's profiled on "America's Most Armed and Dangerous."

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    7.1/10(70 votes)

    #13 - 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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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Out of Commission

    S3:E123/12/1981

    After Tony is beaten badly in his most recent boxing match, the state takes his boxing license away.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Get Me Through the Holidays

    S5:E1212/16/1982

    Alex's ex-wife, Phyllis, depressed and lonely, comes to see Alex, who takes pity on her and includes her in his holiday plans. This turns ugly, when she manages to bring the whole gang down with her self-pity. Her Christmas present to Alex is that she won't bug him for New Year's, which turns out to be the best gift she could give him.

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    6.9/10(7 votes)

    #16 - Battle of the Exes

    S2:E131/5/1984

    Not wanting to appear lonely and dateless whilst going to her ex-husband Nick's wedding ceremony to blonde bimbo Loretta, Carla asks Sam to accompany her.

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    5.8/10(20 votes)

    #17 - 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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