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★ 8.7
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Overall Rating

★ 8.7
S13 E22
#1
★ 7.8

Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge

May 22, 2002

Homer starts a security company with Lenny and Carl after the police are ineffective during a blackout, and eventually Mayor Quimby decides to have them replace the police. Homer finds that he excels at the job, but then he runs afoul of mob boss Fat Tony, who threatens Homer with death unless he leaves town.

S13 E16
#2
★ 7.7

Weekend at Burnsie's

Apr 7, 2002

Homer is prescribed medicinal marijuana after getting pecked in the eyes by a murder of crows. While his family and friends worry about the drug altering his personality, Homer becomes Mr. Burns's vice president after cracking up at Burns's antiquated jokes.

S13 E18
#3
★ 7.7

I Am Furious (Yellow)

Apr 28, 2002

Inspired by a cartoonist who speaks at the school as part of a career day assembly, Bart creates a comic book series based on Homer and his anger problems, which turns into a popular Internet cartoon series called Angry Dad. Homer finds out about this and is at first outraged, but after talking to his family, he decides to try to become a less angry person.

S13 E1
#4
★ 7.6

Treehouse of Horror XII

Nov 6, 2001

In the twelfth Treehouse of Horror episode: Hex and the City – While on a day trip through Ethnictown, Homer's bumbling catches the ire of a gypsy, who curses Homer's family and friends into receiving nothing but bad luck. House of Whacks – in this mixed parody of Demon Seed and 2001: A Space Odyssey, Marge buys an automated house and customizes it with the Pierce Brosnan personality, who falls for Marge and attempts to murder Homer. Wiz Kids – In this Harry Potter parody, Bart and Lisa go to a school for wizards, and Lord Montemort (Mr. Burns) uses Bart to capture Lisa's magic. Guest star: Pierce Brosnan and Matthew Perry.[20]

S13 E5
#5
★ 7.6

The Blunder Years

Dec 9, 2001

After tricking Marge into thinking an advertising spokesman is coming to visit her, Homer takes Marge and the rest of the family to a restaurant. A hypnotist uses his powers on Homer, and makes him remember a horrific childhood incident where Homer found a dead body in a ravine. The Simpson family decides to investigate this and find out where the body came from.

S13 E9
#6
★ 7.3

Jaws Wired Shut

Jan 27, 2002

A jaw injury from colliding with a new town statue turns Homer into a better listener while recuperating with his jaws wired shut, but once the wires come off, Homer does not go back to being loud and obnoxious and Marge becomes starved for thrills.

S13 E10
#7
★ 7.3

Half-Decent Proposal

Feb 10, 2002

Homer develops a snoring problem, so Marge decides to spend a night with her sisters Patty and Selma. After a night of drinking, Marge sees a news report about her ex-prom date Artie Ziff, who is now very wealthy, and decides to send him an e-mail. Artie is still obsessed with Marge, so he offers the Simpsons $1 million in exchange for Marge spending a weekend with him.

S13 E14
#8
★ 7.2

Tales from the Public Domain

Mar 17, 2002

When Homer gets a notice from the library that he has a book of classic tales that is years overdue, he finds it on the shelf and reads three stories: The Odyssey (where Homer and his bar buddies try to get home after fighting the Trojans), Joan of Arc (where Lisa leads the French against the English with the help of God), and Hamlet (where Bart tries to kill Moe after Moe kills Homer in order to marry Marge).

S13 E2
#9
★ 7.1

The Parent Rap

Nov 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.

S13 E3
#10
★ 7.1

Homer the Moe

Nov 18, 2001

Moe becomes depressed and decides to return to bartending school so he can re-evaluate himself. He meets an old teacher, who suggests that Moe try improving his bar, which might make him happier. Moe takes the advice, and turns his bar into a trendy nightclub, which does not sit well with his regular customers Homer, Lenny, Carl, and Barney.

S13 E17
#1
★ 5.4

Gump Roast

Apr 21, 2002

In this clip show episode, Homer is honored at a Friars' Club Roast. A number of characters show up to roast him, but the celebrating is interrupted by Kang and Kodos, who say that humanity will be judged based on Homer's experiences.

S13 E12
#2
★ 6.5

The Lastest Gun in the West

Feb 24, 2002

While running away from a vicious dog, Bart meets Buck McCoy, a former Western film star. Bart begins hanging out with him and starts to idolize him. Bart wants to help McCoy stage a comeback, so he convinces all of the kids in town to become interested in the Wild West. McCoy appears on the Krusty the Clown Show, but the comeback flops when Buck begins drinking again and injures Krusty the Clown.

S13 E13
#3
★ 6.5

The Old Man and the Key

Mar 10, 2002

Grampa falls in love with Zelda, a woman who has an interest in men who can drive. He decides to get his driver's license back, but is ignorant to Homer and Marge's concerns that she is only using him for his car.

S13 E19
#4
★ 6.7

The Sweetest Apu

May 5, 2002

Homer and Marge discover that Apu is having an affair with the Squishee delivery lady at the Kwik-E-Mart. They decide to keep Apu's wife Manjula from finding out about it. However, she eventually learns of Apu's affair by watching store security tapes. She throws Apu out of the house and decides to file for divorce, but soon realizes that she misses him.

S13 E7
#5
★ 6.8

Brawl in the Family

Jan 6, 2002

A social worker is assigned to make the Simpson family functional after they get arrested for fighting while playing Monopoly. He helps them learn how to work together and function as a family. The moment is ruined when, Ginger and Amber, the barmaids who married Homer and Flanders while they were drunk in "Viva Ned Flanders", arrive at the Simpsons' home, which outrages Marge.

S13 E8
#6
★ 6.9

Sweets and Sour Marge

Jan 20, 2002

Springfield is officially declared the World's Fattest Town after an attempt to break a world record lands everyone on top of a truck scale. Out of embarrassment and disgust, Marge goes on a crusade against the local sugar corporation. However, when sugar is banned, Homer, Bart, Mr. Burns and Apu start bootlegging sugar.

S13 E11
#7
★ 7.0

The Bart Wants What It Wants

Feb 17, 2002

Bart befriends Rainer Wolfcastle's daughter Greta. She has a crush on Bart, but he does not seem to realize it and eventually stops seeing her. Seeking revenge, Greta begins dating Bart's best friend Milhouse, which causes Bart to start missing her. She leaves for Toronto with her father, and Bart convinces his family to follow them there.

S13 E15
#8
★ 7.0

Blame It on Lisa

Mar 31, 2002

When Homer gets the family's telephone service cut off for refusing to pay for calls made to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Lisa confesses that she was the one who called Rio after sponsoring an orphan who goes missing. She convinces the family to travel to Brazil to look for him. However, once there, they have no luck finding him, and Homer is kidnapped.

S13 E21
#9
★ 7.0

The Frying Game

May 19, 2002

While faced with community service for abusing an endangered insect, Homer begins assisting an elderly woman named Mrs. Bellamy. One night, Mrs. Bellamy is murdered, and Homer and Marge are accused of committing the crime.

S13 E2
#10
★ 7.1

The Parent Rap

Nov 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.

S13 E1
★ 7.6

Treehouse of Horror XII

Nov 6, 2001

In the twelfth Treehouse of Horror episode: Hex and the City – While on a day trip through Ethnictown, Homer's bumbling catches the ire of a gypsy, who curses Homer's family and friends into receiving nothing but bad luck. House of Whacks – in this mixed parody of Demon Seed and 2001: A Space Odyssey, Marge buys an automated house and customizes it with the Pierce Brosnan personality, who falls for Marge and attempts to murder Homer. Wiz Kids – In this Harry Potter parody, Bart and Lisa go to a school for wizards, and Lord Montemort (Mr. Burns) uses Bart to capture Lisa's magic. Guest star: Pierce Brosnan and Matthew Perry.[20]

S13 E2
★ 7.1

The Parent Rap

Nov 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.

S13 E3
★ 7.1

Homer the Moe

Nov 18, 2001

Moe becomes depressed and decides to return to bartending school so he can re-evaluate himself. He meets an old teacher, who suggests that Moe try improving his bar, which might make him happier. Moe takes the advice, and turns his bar into a trendy nightclub, which does not sit well with his regular customers Homer, Lenny, Carl, and Barney.

S13 E4
★ 7.1

A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love

Dec 2, 2001

Homer becomes a fortune cookie writer for a Chinatown restaurant. Mr. Burns reads one of Homer's fortunes, which says that the reader will find love before Flag Day is over. Burns goes searching for love and meets Gloria, a meter maid, and asks her out. Gloria reluctantly agrees, and Burns recruits Homer to help him look young and hip to his new girlfriend.

S13 E5
★ 7.6

The Blunder Years

Dec 9, 2001

After tricking Marge into thinking an advertising spokesman is coming to visit her, Homer takes Marge and the rest of the family to a restaurant. A hypnotist uses his powers on Homer, and makes him remember a horrific childhood incident where Homer found a dead body in a ravine. The Simpson family decides to investigate this and find out where the body came from.

S13 E6
★ 7.1

She of Little Faith

Dec 16, 2001

After Homer and Bart's model rocket damages the church, Mr. Burns makes a deal to commercialize the church in return for paying for the damages. Lisa becomes disgusted at what the church has become, so she decides to find a new religion suitable for her. She eventually converts to Buddhism, causing Marge to fear for Lisa's soul.

S13 E7
★ 6.8

Brawl in the Family

Jan 6, 2002

A social worker is assigned to make the Simpson family functional after they get arrested for fighting while playing Monopoly. He helps them learn how to work together and function as a family. The moment is ruined when, Ginger and Amber, the barmaids who married Homer and Flanders while they were drunk in "Viva Ned Flanders", arrive at the Simpsons' home, which outrages Marge.

S13 E8
★ 6.9

Sweets and Sour Marge

Jan 20, 2002

Springfield is officially declared the World's Fattest Town after an attempt to break a world record lands everyone on top of a truck scale. Out of embarrassment and disgust, Marge goes on a crusade against the local sugar corporation. However, when sugar is banned, Homer, Bart, Mr. Burns and Apu start bootlegging sugar.

S13 E9
★ 7.3

Jaws Wired Shut

Jan 27, 2002

A jaw injury from colliding with a new town statue turns Homer into a better listener while recuperating with his jaws wired shut, but once the wires come off, Homer does not go back to being loud and obnoxious and Marge becomes starved for thrills.

S13 E10
★ 7.3

Half-Decent Proposal

Feb 10, 2002

Homer develops a snoring problem, so Marge decides to spend a night with her sisters Patty and Selma. After a night of drinking, Marge sees a news report about her ex-prom date Artie Ziff, who is now very wealthy, and decides to send him an e-mail. Artie is still obsessed with Marge, so he offers the Simpsons $1 million in exchange for Marge spending a weekend with him.

S13 E11
★ 7.0

The Bart Wants What It Wants

Feb 17, 2002

Bart befriends Rainer Wolfcastle's daughter Greta. She has a crush on Bart, but he does not seem to realize it and eventually stops seeing her. Seeking revenge, Greta begins dating Bart's best friend Milhouse, which causes Bart to start missing her. She leaves for Toronto with her father, and Bart convinces his family to follow them there.

S13 E12
★ 6.5

The Lastest Gun in the West

Feb 24, 2002

While running away from a vicious dog, Bart meets Buck McCoy, a former Western film star. Bart begins hanging out with him and starts to idolize him. Bart wants to help McCoy stage a comeback, so he convinces all of the kids in town to become interested in the Wild West. McCoy appears on the Krusty the Clown Show, but the comeback flops when Buck begins drinking again and injures Krusty the Clown.

S13 E13
★ 6.5

The Old Man and the Key

Mar 10, 2002

Grampa falls in love with Zelda, a woman who has an interest in men who can drive. He decides to get his driver's license back, but is ignorant to Homer and Marge's concerns that she is only using him for his car.

S13 E14
★ 7.2

Tales from the Public Domain

Mar 17, 2002

When Homer gets a notice from the library that he has a book of classic tales that is years overdue, he finds it on the shelf and reads three stories: The Odyssey (where Homer and his bar buddies try to get home after fighting the Trojans), Joan of Arc (where Lisa leads the French against the English with the help of God), and Hamlet (where Bart tries to kill Moe after Moe kills Homer in order to marry Marge).

S13 E15
★ 7.0

Blame It on Lisa

Mar 31, 2002

When Homer gets the family's telephone service cut off for refusing to pay for calls made to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Lisa confesses that she was the one who called Rio after sponsoring an orphan who goes missing. She convinces the family to travel to Brazil to look for him. However, once there, they have no luck finding him, and Homer is kidnapped.

S13 E16
★ 7.7

Weekend at Burnsie's

Apr 7, 2002

Homer is prescribed medicinal marijuana after getting pecked in the eyes by a murder of crows. While his family and friends worry about the drug altering his personality, Homer becomes Mr. Burns's vice president after cracking up at Burns's antiquated jokes.

S13 E17
★ 5.4

Gump Roast

Apr 21, 2002

In this clip show episode, Homer is honored at a Friars' Club Roast. A number of characters show up to roast him, but the celebrating is interrupted by Kang and Kodos, who say that humanity will be judged based on Homer's experiences.

S13 E18
★ 7.7

I Am Furious (Yellow)

Apr 28, 2002

Inspired by a cartoonist who speaks at the school as part of a career day assembly, Bart creates a comic book series based on Homer and his anger problems, which turns into a popular Internet cartoon series called Angry Dad. Homer finds out about this and is at first outraged, but after talking to his family, he decides to try to become a less angry person.

S13 E19
★ 6.7

The Sweetest Apu

May 5, 2002

Homer and Marge discover that Apu is having an affair with the Squishee delivery lady at the Kwik-E-Mart. They decide to keep Apu's wife Manjula from finding out about it. However, she eventually learns of Apu's affair by watching store security tapes. She throws Apu out of the house and decides to file for divorce, but soon realizes that she misses him.

S13 E20
★ 7.1

Little Girl in the Big Ten

May 12, 2002

Lisa tries to fit in with two college students by lying about her age. She finds that the college atmosphere is perfect for her, but her lie is soon discovered and she is shunned by her fellow elementary school students. Meanwhile, Bart is diagnosed with a weakened immune system after getting bitten by a Chinese mosquito and must live in a plastic, germ-free bubble.

S13 E21
★ 7.0

The Frying Game

May 19, 2002

While faced with community service for abusing an endangered insect, Homer begins assisting an elderly woman named Mrs. Bellamy. One night, Mrs. Bellamy is murdered, and Homer and Marge are accused of committing the crime.

S13 E22
★ 7.8

Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge

May 22, 2002

Homer starts a security company with Lenny and Carl after the police are ineffective during a blackout, and eventually Mayor Quimby decides to have them replace the police. Homer finds that he excels at the job, but then he runs afoul of mob boss Fat Tony, who threatens Homer with death unless he leaves town.

Season Average Rating Episodes Best Episode Worst Episode
6 ★ 8.4 25
★ 9.2 Treehouse of Horror V
★ 5.8 Another Simpsons Clip Show
7 ★ 8.4 25
★ 9.0 Who Shot Mr. Burns? (2)
★ 7.3 The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular
5 ★ 8.3 22
★ 9.2 Cape Feare
★ 7.5 Lady Bouvier's Lover
4 ★ 8.3 22
★ 9.1 Marge vs. the Monorail
★ 6.9 So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show
8 ★ 8.2 25
★ 9.3 Homer's Enemy
★ 7.1 The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase
3 ★ 8.1 24
★ 8.8 Flaming Moe's
★ 7.6 Like Father, Like Clown
2 ★ 8.0 22
★ 8.8 One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish
★ 7.3 Dancin' Homer
9 ★ 7.8 25
★ 9.0 The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson
★ 5.0 All Singing, All Dancing
1 ★ 7.7 13
★ 8.3 Krusty Gets Busted
★ 7.3 Homer's Odyssey
10 ★ 7.6 23
★ 8.1 The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace
★ 7.0 Sunday, Cruddy Sunday
12 ★ 7.3 21
★ 8.6 Trilogy of Error
★ 6.7 Bye Bye Nerdy
11 ★ 7.3 22
★ 7.9 E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)
★ 6.4 Saddlesore Galactica
13 ★ 7.1 22
★ 7.8 Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge
★ 5.4 Gump Roast
14 ★ 7.0 22
★ 7.7 Moe Baby Blues
★ 6.6 Old Yeller-Belly
15 ★ 7.0 22
★ 7.5 Treehouse of Horror XIV
★ 6.3 Bart-Mangled Banner
16 ★ 6.9 21
★ 7.4 Treehouse of Horror XV
★ 6.2 Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass
18 ★ 6.9 22
★ 8.1 24 Minutes
★ 5.9 The Boys of Bummer
20 ★ 6.9 21
★ 7.2 Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes
★ 6.0 Lisa the Drama Queen
19 ★ 6.8 20
★ 8.2 Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind
★ 6.1 Papa Don't Leech
17 ★ 6.8 22
★ 7.6 The Seemingly Never-Ending Story
★ 6.2 The Bonfire of the Manatees
21 ★ 6.8 23
★ 7.3 Treehouse of Horror XX
★ 5.7 The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed
25 ★ 6.7 22
★ 7.9 Brick Like Me
★ 5.8 What to Expect When Bart's Expecting
23 ★ 6.7 22
★ 8.3 Holidays of Future Passed
★ 4.0 Lisa Goes Gaga
22 ★ 6.7 22
★ 7.3 500 Keys
★ 6.0 A Midsummer's Nice Dream
24 ★ 6.7 22
★ 7.2 Treehouse of Horror XXIII
★ 6.2 Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing
27 ★ 6.6 22
★ 8.4 Barthood
★ 5.6 Every Man's Dream
29 ★ 6.6 21
★ 7.6 Flanders' Ladder
★ 6.0 Fears of a Clown
26 ★ 6.6 22
★ 7.9 Simpsorama
★ 5.2 The Musk Who Fell to Earth
33 ★ 6.6 22
★ 8.3 A Serious Flanders (1)
★ 4.3 The Star of the Backstage
35 ★ 6.5 18
★ 7.1 A Mid-Childhood Night's Dream
★ 6.0 Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story
36 ★ 6.5 11
★ 8.0 Bart's Birthday
★ 5.7 Women in Shorts
31 ★ 6.5 22
★ 7.5 The Way of the Dog
★ 5.7 Marge the Lumberjill
34 ★ 6.5 22
★ 8.3 Treehouse of Horror XXXIII
★ 5.5 Fan-ily Feud
28 ★ 6.4 21
★ 7.0 The Town
★ 5.9 The Nightmare After Krustmas
32 ★ 6.4 22
★ 7.4 The Last Barfighter
★ 5.6 Yokel Hero
30 ★ 6.3 23
★ 7.0 Baby You Can't Drive My Car
★ 5.1 Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy