EPISODE GUIDE

The Simpsons
Season 5.

22 episodes in the catalogue. Explore the stories and air dates, then choose an episode to open FRAME’s player.

1. Homer's Barbershop Quartet

Air date: 1993-09-30 · 30 min

Homer recalls when he, Apu, Barney and Principal Skinner became recording icons---after Barney replaced Chief Wiggum, on the advice of their manager. Blackboard: 'I will never win an emmy'.

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2. Cape Feare

Air date: 1993-10-07 · 30 min

The Simpsons go incognito to avoid the newly paroled Sideshow Bob, who's out to get Bart. Blackboard: 'The cafeteria deep fryer is not a toy'.

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3. Homer Goes to College

Air date: 1993-10-14 · 30 min

Homer takes Nuclear Physics 101 at the local college, where he gets a trio of nerdy tutors expelled for extracurricular activities.

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4. Rosebud

Air date: 1993-10-21 · 30 min

Burns longs for a childhood toy that winds up in the grip of Maggie.

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5. Treehouse of Horror IV

Air date: 1993-10-28 · 30 min

Homer sells his soul; Vampire Burns invites the Simpsons for dinner; Bart sees a gremlin damaging his school bus.

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6. Marge on the Lam

Air date: 1993-11-04 · 30 min

Marge's wild night out with neighbor Ruth (Pamela Reed) includes running from the police in Ruth's car, stolen from her ex.

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7. Bart's Inner Child

Air date: 1993-11-11 · 30 min

Springfield emulates Bart after he's praised by a self-help guru. James Brown has a cameo at Springfield's Do What You Want festival.

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8. Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood

Air date: 1993-11-18 · 30 min

Bart joins the Junior Campers, which isn't all bad until he goes on a rafting trip that includes Flanders and "celebrity dad" Ernest Borgnine.

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9. The Last Temptation of Homer

Air date: 1993-12-09 · 30 min

Homer is attracted to a pretty power-plant worker (voice of Michelle Pfeiffer), and Werner Klemperer speaks for the guardian angel who helps Homer fight temptation. Blackboard: 'All work and no play makes Bart a dull boy.'.

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10. $pringfield (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)

Air date: 1993-12-16 · 30 min

Legalized gambling comes to Springfield, and Marge becomes addicted; Robert Goulet entertains at Bart's casino for kids. Blackboard: 'I will not say "Springfield" just to get applause'.

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11. Homer the Vigilante

Air date: 1994-01-06 · 30 min

Homer leads a vigilante group to catch the Springfield Cat Burglar (voice of Sam Neill), who then robs the museum. Blackboard: 'I am not authorized to fire substitute teachers'.

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12. Bart Gets Famous

Air date: 1994-02-03 · 30 min

When an on-air remark catapults Bart to instant stardom, he finds that fame isn't all it's cracked up to be. Blackboard: 'My homework was not stolen by a one-armed man'.

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13. Homer and Apu

Air date: 1994-02-10 · 30 min

Homer accompanies Apu to the Kwik-E-Mart home office---in India---after Apu is fired. Blackboard: 'I will not go near the kindergarten turtle'.

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14. Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy

Air date: 1994-02-17 · 30 min

Lisa's outrage over the gender stereotypes reinforced by a new talking doll prompts her to confront the dollmaker (Kathleen Turner).

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15. Deep Space Homer

Air date: 1994-02-24 · 30 min

Homer and Barney compete to be the first "average" American in space.

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16. Homer Loves Flanders

Air date: 1994-03-17 · 30 min

Flanders' extra ticket to the big game makes him Homer's new best friend, a role that sorely tests Flanders' patience. Blackboard: 'I am not delightfully saucy'.

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17. Bart Gets an Elephant

Air date: 1994-03-31 · 30 min

Bart wins an elephant, but Homer won't let him keep it. Blackboard: 'Organ transplants are best left to the professionals'.

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18. Burns' Heir

Air date: 1994-04-14 · 30 min

Bart is picked to be Burns' heir and moves into the Burns mansion, prompting Homer and Marge to hire a deprogrammer to get him back. Blackboard: 'The pledge of Allegiance does not end with hail satan'.

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19. Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song

Air date: 1994-04-28 · 30 min

Bart takes his dog to school, which gets Skinner fired, which in turn leaves Bart missing his archnemesis. Blackboard : 'I will not celebrate meaningless milestones'.

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20. The Boy Who Knew Too Much

Air date: 1994-05-05 · 30 min

Bart can clear Mayor Quimby's nephew of a charge of battery, but only by implicating himself as a hooky player. Blackboard: 'There are plenty of businesses like show business'.

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21. Lady Bouvier's Lover

Air date: 1994-05-12 · 30 min

Grandpa Simpson falls for Marge's mother, but loses out to a competitor; Bart gets ripped off shopping at home with Homer's credit card.

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22. Secrets of a Successful Marriage

Air date: 1994-05-19 · 30 min

Homer teaches a class on "Secrets of a Successful Marriage," but sharing secrets about his own union gets him kicked out of the house. Blackboard: 'Five days is not too long to wait for a gun'.

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