The Simpsons Season 18

S18E01 Sep 10, 2006 30 MIN ★ 8.7

The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer

After Lisa befriends Fat Tony's son Michael, Fat Tony invites the Simpsons over for dinner as a sign of gratitude. Shockingly, Fat Tony is shot by a rival family moments after…

GUESTS Tress MacNeille, James Hetfield, Michael Imperioli

DIRECTED BY Michael Marcantel

S18E02 Sep 17, 2006 30 MIN ★ 8.0

Jazzy and the Pussycats

When Bart turns a quiet funeral into a chaotic mess, his parents are faced with a mob of angry Springfieldians who have had enough. Homer and Marge desperately look to a child…

GUESTS Tress MacNeille, Maggie Roswell, Pamela Hayden

DIRECTED BY Steven Dean Moore

S18E03 Sep 24, 2006 30 MIN ★ 8.1

Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'em

Hoping to see a new side to Homer, Marge convinces him to buy a refined collection of carpentry books. To Marge's dismay, the books only gather dust until she accidentally breaks…

GUESTS Tress MacNeille, Maggie Roswell, Pamela Hayden

DIRECTED BY Mike B. Anderson

S18E04 Nov 5, 2006 30 MIN ★ 8.5

Treehouse of Horror XVII

Hand out screams and scare up laughs in their annual, bone-chilling Halloween special. The horror starts in 'Married To The Blob,' when a meteor falls to Earth and reveals a green…

GUESTS Maurice LaMarche, Tress MacNeille, Fran Drescher

DIRECTED BY David Silverman, Matthew Faughnan

S18E05 Nov 12, 2006 30 MIN ★ 7.5

GI (Annoyed Grunt)

After Bart gets out of a commitment to join the Army at 18, Homer falls prey to a couple of Army recruiters and lands himself in basic training. Homer, of course, treats it like…

GUESTS Maurice LaMarche, Tress MacNeille, Kiefer Sutherland

DIRECTED BY Nancy Kruse

S18E06 Nov 19, 2006 30 MIN ★ 7.6

Moe 'N' a Lisa

When Homer forgets Moe's birthday, Moe's anger inspires Lisa to write about him for her school report. She finds a poetic side to Moe and helps him get published in "American…

GUESTS Tom Wolfe, Tress MacNeille, J.K. Simmons

DIRECTED BY Mark Kirkland

S18E07 Nov 26, 2006 30 MIN ★ 8.2

Ice Cream of Margie (With the Light Blue Hair)

After Homer gets fired at the nuclear power plant, he takes over the ice cream truck business, while a depressed Marge creates popsicle stick sculptures to keep busy. The…

GUESTS Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden, Russi Taylor

DIRECTED BY Matthew Nastuk

S18E08 Dec 10, 2006 30 MIN ★ 8.8

The Haw-Hawed Couple

After Bart convinces all his friends not to go to Nelson's birthday party, Marge forces him to attend. After the party, Bart becomes Nelson's new best friend and under Nelson's…

GUESTS Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden, Russi Taylor

DIRECTED BY Chris Clements

S18E09 Dec 17, 2006 30 MIN ★ 7.7

Kill Gil (Parts I & II)

During a holiday ice skating show starring guest voice Elvis Stojko, Homer jumps into a chaotic brawl involving the other ice skaters. In order to escape the chaos, Marge decides…

GUESTS Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden, Karl Wiedergott

DIRECTED BY Bob Anderson

S18E10 Jan 7, 2007 30 MIN ★ 8.3

The Wife Aquatic

While watching a home movie, Marge becomes depressed as she is reminded of memorable childhood vacations spent at Barnacle Bay. Hating to see Marge sad, Homer and the kids take…

GUESTS Maurice LaMarche, Tress MacNeille, Maggie Roswell

DIRECTED BY Lance Kramer

S18E11 Jan 28, 2007 30 MIN ★ 8.6

Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times

After the Simpsons' car breaks down, the family tells each other tales of revenge gone wrong. Marge offers a cautionary tale of revenge from 19th-century France, where Homer is…

GUESTS Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden, Russi Taylor

DIRECTED BY Michael Polcino

S18E12 Feb 11, 2007 30 MIN ★ 8.3

Little Big Girl

When Lisa struggles to find excitement and intrigue in her family heritage for a school presentation, she decides to take creative license in crafting her heritage as a Native…

GUESTS Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden, Karl Wiedergott

DIRECTED BY Raymond S. Persi

S18E13 Feb 18, 2007 30 MIN ★ 8.9

Springfield Up

An eccentric documentary filmmaker Declan Desmond offers an inside look at his work chronicling the growth and development of some of Springfield's 'finest' for his documentary,…

GUESTS Tress MacNeille, Karl Wiedergott, Eric Idle

DIRECTED BY Chuck Sheetz

S18E14 Mar 4, 2007 30 MIN ★ 8.5

Yokel Chords

When the ever-righteous Lisa protests denying education to Cletus' 'hillbilly' kids, Principal Skinner offers her a chance to tutor the kids herself. However, Lisa's plans to help…

GUESTS Marcia Wallace, Andy Dick, Stephen Sondheim

DIRECTED BY Susie Dietter

S18E15 Mar 11, 2007 30 MIN ★ 7.7

Rome-old and Juli-eh

The court appoints an accountant for Homer when he incorrectly files for bankruptcy, which results in his cutting back on all of his expenses, including Grampa's nursing home. In…

GUESTS Jane Kaczmarek, Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden

DIRECTED BY Nancy Kruse

S18E16 Mar 25, 2007 30 MIN ★ 8.2

Homerazzi

When a candle on Homer's birthday cake sets fire to his party hat, the Springfield fire department must save the Simpson home from peril for the sixth time that month. Marge is…

GUESTS Tress MacNeille, Betty White, J.K. Simmons

DIRECTED BY Matthew Nastuk

S18E17 Apr 22, 2007 30 MIN ★ 8.2

Marge Gamer

Marge becomes a spectacle during a PTA meeting for not having an e-mail address, and she decides to take a chance on using the Internet. Amazed and delighted by all the Internet…

GUESTS Tress MacNeille, Maggie Roswell, Pamela Hayden

DIRECTED BY Bob Anderson

S18E18 Apr 29, 2007 30 MIN ★ 7.8

The Boys of Bummer

Bart becomes a hometown hero when he makes the game-winning catch at his Little League game, sending the Springfield Isotots to the Little League championship for the first time…

GUESTS Tress MacNeille, Maggie Roswell, Pamela Hayden

DIRECTED BY Rob Oliver

S18E19 May 6, 2007 30 MIN ★ 7.7

Crook and Ladder

Maggie goes on a path of destruction in the Simpsons' home after Marge follows advice in a parenting magazine and throws away her pacifier. Marge finally gives in and sends Homer…

GUESTS Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden, Karl Wiedergott

DIRECTED BY Lance Kramer

S18E20 May 13, 2007 30 MIN ★ 7.8

Stop or My Dog Will Shoot

Homer is upset when he realizes that Marge brought him and the family to a boring Harvest Fest instead of his much-anticipated day of debauchery at October Fest. Attempting to…

GUESTS Maurice LaMarche, Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden

DIRECTED BY Matthew Faughnan

S18E21 May 20, 2007 30 MIN ★ 9.2

24 Minutes

In a parody of "24," the school's Counter Truancy Unit tries to stop three sixth-graders planning to disrupt the school bake sale with a stink bomb.

GUESTS Tress MacNeille, Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub

DIRECTED BY Raymond S. Persi

S18E22 May 20, 2007 30 MIN ★ 8.2

You Kent Always Say What You Want

At the Simpsons' annual dental check-up, Lisa gets an education in dental hygiene from a video starring Ludacris (guest voice Chris "Ludacris" Bridges) as Luda-Crest, a tube of…

GUESTS Maurice LaMarche, Ludacris

DIRECTED BY Matthew Nastuk