The Best Episodes Written By Stephanie Gillis
Every TV Episode Written by Stephanie Gillis Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Stephanie Gillis Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Stephanie Gillis is "Treehouse of Horror XXV", rated 6.5/10 from 24 user votes. It was "directed by Matthew Faughnan". "Treehouse of Horror XXV" aired on 10/19/2014 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Homerland".
6.5/10 24 votes#1 - Treehouse of Horror XXV
Season 26 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2014
In a Halloween-theme episode Bart reads Aramaic symbols from the bottom of his desk and he and Lisa are transported to an alternate world filled with demons. Also, Moe organizes a "Clockwork Orange"-ish gang in which member Dum (Homer) falls for a young lady (Marge) who wants him to quit. In a homage to "The Others," the Simpsons reconnect with their earlier incarnations from the Tracey Ullman era.
Director: Matthew Faughnan
Writer: Stephanie Gillis
6.4/10 20 votes#2 - Homerland
Season 25 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2013
A parody of "Homeland". Homer starts to act strangely polite after returning from a nuclear power plant convention, prompting a suspicious Lisa to ask an intense FBI agent named Annie (Kristen Wiig) to help her solve this mystery.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Stephanie Gillis
6.2/10 18 votes#3 - Once Upon a Time in Springfield
Season 21 Episode 10 - Aired 1/10/2010
Krusty grudgingly adds a pretty, singing cohost named Princess Penelope to his show in order to attract more female viewers. Girls love her, and ratings improve, but Bart and Milhouse want to get the show back to the way it was. The situation gets more complicated when Krusty and Penelope fall in love and decide to get married. Meanwhile, Homer, Lenny, and Carl consider working at a competing nuclear plant when Mr. Burns cuts off their daily doughnut service.
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Writer: Stephanie Gillis
6.2/10 16 votes#4 - Moe Letter Blues
Season 21 Episode 21 - Aired 5/9/2010
As Mother's Day approaches, Moe narrates an episode in which he writes a letter to Homer, Apu and Reverend Lovejoy, who are vacationing with their children, and threatens to run away with one of their wives. While the trio tries to determine whose wife Moe is referring to, Homer, Lovejoy and Apu flashback to the intimate moments they initially ignored between Moe and Marge, Manjula and Helen Lovejoy. But when the boys return from their trip, they're in for the surprise of their lives.
Director: Matthew Nastuk
Writer: Stephanie Gillis
6.1/10 15 votes#5 - See Homer Run
Season 17 Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/2005
Homer becomes Springfield's safety guru and before long he's challenging Mayor Quimby for office. Until, that is, there's an embarrassing mishap with his costume.
Director: Nancy Kruse
Writer: Stephanie Gillis
6.1/10 15 votes#6 - Replaceable You
Season 23 Episode 4 - Aired 11/6/2011
Lisa's science fair project is overshadowed by Bart's mechanical baby seal; Homer's new assistant ends up stealing his job.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Stephanie Gillis
6.1/10 14 votes#7 - A Tree Grows in Springfield
Season 24 Episode 6 - Aired 11/25/2012
Homer wins a MyPad at the school auction and Steve Mobbs, who is now in heaven, talks to Homer through it. Homer goes into a funk when he breaks the myPad, until Ned Flanders discovers a miracle tree in the Simpsons' back garden.
Director: Timothy Bailey
Writer: Stephanie Gillis
5.7/10 11 votes#8 - Midnight Towboy
Season 19 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2007
Homer takes a job as a tow-truck driver, and Marge hires a service that claims to make babies less clingy. Both decisions have unexpected consequences.
Director: Matthew Nastuk
Writer: Stephanie Gillis
5.7/10 19 votes#9 - The Burns and the Bees
Season 20 Episode 8 - Aired 12/7/2008
Mr Burns wins a professional basketball team in a poker game at the annual billionaire's retreat. He decides to build a state-of-the-art facility in an attempt to lure fans, but the stadium site is on the last remaining bee colony in Springfield - prompting Lisa to lead a protest.
Director: Mark Kirkland
Writer: Stephanie Gillis
5.7/10 23 votes#10 - Bart's Not Dead
Season 30 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2018
Bart takes a dare, and ends up in the hospital. To cover for himself and Homer, he says he went to Heaven and met Jesus. Christian producers offer the Simpsons a movie deal, which Homer takes. But Bart can't deal with the guilt and comes clean to Marge after the movie is finished.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Stephanie Gillis
5.4/10 15 votes#11 - Lisa with an 'S'
Season 27 Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/2015
When Homer loses $5,000 at a poker game with Broadway legend Laney Fontaine, the only way he is able to settle the bet is if he loans Lisa to Laney for a month. Then, Laney turns Lisa into a show biz kid and Marge and Homer fear they made a mistake letting her go. So they head to New York to get her back.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Stephanie Gillis