When Lisa starts wearing Marge's "vintage" clothes from the 90's, she's welcomed into the school's super-elite fashion club. But as they run out of retro looks, the funky fashionistas become obsessed with getting more...by hook or by crook.
Episode number: 791
Season number: S37 E1
Production code: 36ABF13
Original airdate: September 28, 2025
Showrunner: Matt Selman
Co-showrunner: Cesar Mazariegos
Written by: Jessica Conrad
Directed by: Gabriel DeFrancesco
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***Next Episode: S37 E02 - Keep Chalm and Gary On***
"Behind the Laughter" takes a behind-the-scenes look at The Simpsons. We see Homer's shoddily directed pilot episode before he becomes addicted to prescription drugs, Marge makes bizarre business investments, and Bart goes to rehab. The show is put on hiatus after the family splits up, and Lisa writes a book about her ordeal.
Episode number: 248
Season number: S11 E22
Production code: BABF19
Original airdate: May 21, 2000
Showrunners: Mike Scully, George Meyer, and Al Jean
Written by: Tim Long, George Meyer, Mike Scully, and Matt Selman
Directed by: Mark Kirkland
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***Next Episode: S37 E01 - Thrifty Ways to Thieve Your Mother***
After Homer discovers a talent for styling hair, he becomes Springfield's most in-demand hair stylist. But having to listen to women's problems and gossip all day long leads Homer to believe his gift may actually be a curse. Meanwhile, Milhouse professes his love for Lisa, only to have his heart broken. Milhouse then catches the eye of popular fifth-grader Taffy, causing Lisa to become jealous.
Episode number: 484
Season number: S22 E20
Production code: NABF13
Original airdate: May 8, 2011
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: Peter Gaffney & Steve Viksten
Directed by: Mark Kirkland
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***Next Episode: S11 E22 - Behind the Laughter***
Grampa makes a confession to Homer while on his deathbed. He tells Homer that after Mona left him, he threw away the recipes she left to Homer. After Grampa's recovery, he comes to realize that this issue will not be easy to reconcile.
Episode number: 636
Season number: S29 E18
Production code: XABF09
Original airdate: April 29, 2018
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: Bill Odenkirk
Directed by: Rob Oliver
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***Next Episode: S22 E20 - Homer Scissorhands***
Homer helps a woman, Gretchen, deliver her baby in an elevator. When she names the child Homer Jr., he quickly develops a deep emotional bond with the kid. Meanwhile, Lisa is recruited by the cheerleaders of the local pro football team, the Springfield Atoms.
Episode number: 535
Season number: S25 E5
Production code: RABF19
Original airdate: November 17, 2013
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: Don Payne & Mitchell H. Glazer
Directed by: Matthew Faughnan
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***Next Episode: S29 E18 - Forgive and Regret***
A restaurant hypnotist causes Homer to relive a traumatic childhood experience where, upon swimming in a quarry, he found a dead body. That dead body turned out to be Smithers' father, Waylon Smithers, Sr., who had disappeared twenty-five years earlier under suspicious circumstances. Meanwhile, Marge finds herself attracted to Burly, the mascot for Burly Paper Towels.
Episode number: 274
Season number: S13 E5
Production code: CABF21
Original airdate: December 9, 2001
Showrunner: Mike Scully
Written by: Ian Maxtone-Graham
Directed by: Steven Dean Moore
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***Next Episode: S25 E05 - Labor Pains***
When Homer admits that Marge was not his first kiss, he recounts the story of his first smooch at summer camp with an anonymous girl—who turns out to be Marge after all. Following their first kiss, young Homer and Marge planned to meet again, but Homer accidentally returned to the wrong camp. Marge admits to Homer that believing her first kiss had stood her up caused her 30 years of heartbreak.
Episode number: 333
Season number: S15 E20
Production code: FABF13
Original airdate: May 9, 2004
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: J. Stewart Burns
Directed by: Mike B. Anderson
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***Next Episode: S13 E05 - The Blunder Years***
Flanders pushes Mayor Quimby to appoint the Rev. Lovejoy as morality czar in charge of spreading the theory of creationism; Lisa is arrested.
Episode number: 377
Season number: S17 E21
Production code: HABF14
Original airdate: May 14, 2006
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: J. Stewart Burns
Directed by: Raymond S. Persi
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***Next Episode: S15 E20 The Way We Weren't***
Marge encourages Bart to explore his creative side and take music lessons, and Bart develops a crush on his beautiful piano teacher, Zhenya. To pay for Bart's music lessons, Marge agrees to be Slava's driving instructor. Meanwhile, Homer is shocked when he loses the last two remaining hairs on his head, and Patrick Stewart teaches Homer how to live with his newfound baldness.
Episode number: 528
Season number: S24 E20
Production code: RABF12
Original airdate: May 12, 2013
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: Brian McConnachie
Directed by: Bob Anderson
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***Next Episode: S17 E21 - The Monkey Suit***
When Bart and Lisa stumble into Professor Frink's basement, he gives them a look into their future as teenagers as they get ready for their high school graduation. Bart is in a relationship with a girl named Jenda, Lisa is going to Yale, and Homer and Marge separate after Homer buys an underwater house.
Episode number: 350
Season number: S16 E15
Production code: GABF12
Original airdate: April 17, 2005
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: Matt Selman
Directed by: Mike B. Anderson
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***Next Episode: S24 E20 - The Fabulous Faker Boy***
When Springfield Elementary's two fourth grade classes have to share desks rather than pay for a substitute teacher, Bart falls for his new deskmate, Nikki McKenna. But after he kisses her, she starts sending him mixed signals and her parents get involved. Meanwhile, Lisa gets advice on how to handle being a female overachiever from Michelle Obama.
Episode number: 456
Season number: S21 E15
Production code: MABF07
Original airdate: March 21, 2010
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: John Frink
Directed by: Steven Dean Moore
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***Next Episode: S16 E15 - Future-Drama***
Bart is forced to chaperone Shauna to a movie, and they both start developing feelings for each other. This angers Shauna's boyfriend Jimbo, and he and the bullies go after Bart. Meanwhile, Homer uses his new treadmill to watch an old TV show, Stranded, which he gets hooked on.
Episode number: 504
Season number: S23 E18
Production code: PABF11
Original airdate: April 15, 2012
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: Ben Joseph
Directed by: Mark Kirkland
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***Next Episode: S21 E15 - Stealing First Base***
Bart volunteers at the Springfield Retirement Castle in order to impress Jenny, a girl who likes helping the world, but this leaves Milhouse less than impressed. Meanwhile, Lisa becomes depressed when she writes a report on what Springfield will be like 50 years from now, but her new medication makes her start hallucinating.
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***Next Episode: S23 E18 - Beware My Cheating Bart***
When Bart joins the 4-H Club, he unexpectedly comes to care for a cow named Lou. But when Bart finds out that Lou has been sold to a slaughterhouse, he saves him and delivers him to Mary, a fellow 4-H Club member. However, Mary's father mistakenly believes Bart is giving them the cow as a dowry for Mary's hand in marriage.
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***Next Episode: S20 E17 - The Good, the Sad and the Drugly***
Unfortunately, there won’t be a new podcast episode this week—but don’t worry! We’ll be back next week with our review of S19 E17 - Apocalypse Cow.
In the meantime, since we’ve been talking about Bart’s lovers during this “Bart Summer,” we thought it’d be fun to revisit our 217th episode: S15 E16 – The Wandering Juvie.
Originally released March 30, 2023
After playing a prank on the whole town, Bart is sentenced to six months of juvenile detention. There he meets Gina Vendetti, who forces Bart to escape with her.
Wanting to meet up with his former love Mary Spuckler, Bart goes to see her, only to find that she's run away from home. After finding that she moved to New York City, the Simpsons travel there in search of her. Meanwhile, not able to afford a Broadway show, Lisa and Marge settle for the free "Shakespeare in the Park", which doesn't go as planned.
After extinguishing a city-wide fire, Bart is rewarded with a driving license. However, he gets tired of taking Homer everywhere, so he escapes and meets a teenage girl who falls in love with him. Meanwhile, Lisa claims she is a descendant of a fake Native American tribe for a school project.
When Marge forces Otto to choose between rock 'n' roll and his bride-to-be, Marge quickly finds herself playing hostess to a now-single Becky. But when Becky's attempt to earn her keep upstages Marge's own homemaking abilities, Marge quickly finds herself losing her mind.
The Simpsons explore Earth in a Nat-Geo style mockumentary.
When Bart & Lisa stop watching Itchy & Scratchy together, Marge fears that they'll start to drift apart... but she has no idea how bad things are about to get.
