The Simpsons

Episodes

Season 5 · 22 episodes

• E1 Homer's Barbershop Quartet
  Sep 30, 1993 22 min

  Through flashbacks, Homer recalls the dizzying rise and fall of his Beatles-esque barbershop quartet. The Be Sharps reunite for one last concert on the roof of Moe's Tavern.

• E2 Cape Feare
  Oct 7, 1993 22 min

  When Bart receives death threats from newly paroled Sideshow Bob, the family goes into the Witness Relocation Program and starts a new life on a houseboat on Terror Lake.

• E3 Homer Goes to College
  Oct 14, 1993 22 min

  Burns discovers that Homer is grossly unqualified to be a nuclear safety inspector, so Homer enrolls at Springfield University to study nuclear physics. While there, Homer befriends three nerds and instigates a prank that gets them expelled.

• E4 Rosebud
  Oct 21, 1993 22 min

  Mr. Burns pines away for Bobo, his beloved childhood teddy bear and symbol of lost innocence. When the bear turns up in Maggie's possession, the resulting tug of war affects the whole town.

• E5 Treehouse of Horror IV
  Oct 28, 1993 22 min

  In "The Devil and Homer Simpson," Homer sells his soul for a doughnut. In "Terror at 5 1/2 Feet," everyone doubts Bart's sanity when he's the only one to see a gremlin sabotaging the school bus. In "Bart Simpson's Dracula," the family turns into vampires, and Lisa sends Homer to the Burns mansion in an attempt to kill the head vampire.

• E6 Marge on the Lam
  Nov 4, 1993 22 min

  When Marge has a girls' night out with a new neighbor, they wind up roaring toward a cliff in a Thelma-and-Louise-style car chase.

• E7 Bart's Inner Child
  Nov 11, 1993 22 min

  Bart heckles the guru at a self-help seminar, and the man presents him to the audience as a role model for their "inner child." But when the whole town tries to "be like Bart," things start to fall apart.

• E8 Boy-Scoutz 'N the Hood
  Nov 18, 1993 22 min

  After joining the Junior Campers while on a sugar high, Bart reluctantly invites Homer to accompany him on the annual father-son rafting trip, which goes awry.

• E9 The Last Temptation of Homer
  Dec 9, 1993 22 min

  Homer struggles with his attraction to new coworker Mindy, a beautiful engineer whose love for doughnuts is equal to his own.

• E10 $pringfield (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)
  Dec 16, 1993 22 min

  When gambling is legalized in Springfield, Mr. Burns opens an extravagant casino on the waterfront, where Marge becomes addicted to the slot machines.

• E11 Homer the Vigilante
  Jan 6, 1994 22 min

  When a cat burglar prowls Springfield, Homer forms a vigilante group that winds up breaking more laws than they protect.

• E12 Bart Gets Famous
  Feb 3, 1994 22 min

  Working as Krusty the Clown's assistant, Bart accidentally steals the limelight by blurting an instant catchphrase: "I didn't do it." But when he tries to capitalize on his fifteen minutes of fame, the fans are fickle.

• E13 Homer and Apu
  Feb 10, 1994 22 min

  Fired for selling tainted meat to Homer, Apu tries to make amends to the Simpsons, and Homer joins him in a pilgrimage to Kwik-E-Mart headquarters in India.

• E14 Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy
  Feb 17, 1994 22 min

  Lisa is shocked to find that her new Malibu Stacy doll reinforces negative stereotypes of women. With Smithers' help, Lisa tracks down the original creator of Malibu Stacy and convinces her to market a new doll that's a better role model for girls.

• E15 Deep Space Homer
  Feb 24, 1994 22 min

  Dejected by a lack of recognition at work, Homer makes a crank call to NASA and winds up being chosen to ride into space with astronauts.

• E16 Homer Loves Flanders
  Mar 17, 1994 22 min

  Homer and Flanders bond over a football game. As the two friends become inseparable, Flanders struggles with a growing dislike of Homer that finally blows up in front of the entire church congregation.

• E17 Bart Gets an Elephant
  Mar 31, 1994 22 min

  Bart wins a wacky radio contest and forgoes the cash to claim the gag prize instead: an elephant.

• E18 Burns' Heir
  Apr 14, 1994 22 min

  The childless Mr. Burns selects Bart as his heir and begins grooming him for his new role. As a test of loyalty, Mr. Burns orders Bart to fire Homer.

• E19 Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song
  Apr 28, 1994 22 min

  When Bart gets Principal Skinner fired, Ned Flanders is brought in to act as principal. Skinner befriends his former nemesis and the pair look for a way to get Skinner reinstated.

• E20 The Boy Who Knew Too Much
  May 5, 1994 22 min

  Bart witnesses the alleged assault of a waiter by Mayor Quimby's nephew, but coming forward will mean admitting to skipping class and facing the consequences.

• E21 Lady Bouvier's Lover
  May 12, 1994 22 min

  Grampa falls in love with Marge's mother, but must compete with Mr. Burns for her heart.

• E22 Secrets of a Successful Marriage
  May 19, 1994 22 min

  Homer teaches an adult education class on successful marriage, but his students show little interest until he starts telling them juicy details of his marriage to Marge. Furious, Marge kicks Homer out.