#1
S8E23
Homer's Enemy
A hardworking new employee at the power plant is consumed with resentment at Homer's undeserved success.
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#2
S5E2
Cape Feare
The Simpsons go incognito to avoid the newly paroled Sideshow Bob, who's out to get Bart.
#3
S6E6
Treehouse of Horror V
Lack of beer and cable TV make Homer a crazed killer; the present is altered by a time-traveling Homer; and Principal Skinner turns detention students into food.
#4
Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part One
S6E25
#5
You Only Move Twice
S8E2
#6
Marge vs. the Monorail
S4E12
#7
The Springfield Files
S8E10
#8
Last Exit to Springfield
S4E17
#9
Homer Badman
S6E9
#10
Homer the Great
S6E12
Lowlights
Lisa tries to make herself more popular by writing good things about herself on the school blog, but the plan backfires; Lisa helps Lady Gaga and learns the importance of being yourself.
#804
The Star of the Backstage
S33E1
#803
The Musk Who Fell to Earth
S26E12
#802
All Singing, All Dancing
S9E11
#801
Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy
S30E18
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