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Season 5

The Simpsons

Season 5

September 29, 199322 episodes

Episodes

Homer's Barbershop Quartet

E01

23m8.1

Homer's Barbershop Quartet

September 30, 1993

Homer recalls when he, Apu, Barney and Principal Skinner became recording icons.

Cape Feare

E02

23m8.7

Cape Feare

October 7, 1993

The Simpsons go incognito to avoid the newly paroled Sideshow Bob, who's out to get Bart.

Homer Goes to College

E03

23m7.8

Homer Goes to College

October 14, 1993

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

Rosebud

E04

23m8.1

Rosebud

October 21, 1993

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

Treehouse of Horror IV

E05

23m8

Treehouse of Horror IV

October 28, 1993

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

Marge on the Lam

E06

23m7.7

Marge on the Lam

November 4, 1993

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

Bart's Inner Child

E07

23m7.2

Bart's Inner Child

November 11, 1993

Springfield emulates Bart after he's praised by a self-help guru.

Boy-Scoutz 'N the Hood

E08

23m8.1

Boy-Scoutz 'N the Hood

November 18, 1993

After a reckless Squishee bender with Milhouse, Bart wakes to the shocking realization that he joined the Junior Campers. Lured by pocketknives and knot-tying lessons, Bart assimilates into the group but then must face the father-son rafting trip.

The Last Temptation of Homer

E09

23m8

The Last Temptation of Homer

December 9, 1993

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

$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)

E10

23m8.1

$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)

December 16, 1993

Legalized gambling comes to Springfield, and Marge becomes addicted; Robert Goulet entertains at Bart's casino for kids.

Homer the Vigilante

E11

23m7.8

Homer the Vigilante

January 6, 1994

Homer leads a vigilante group to catch the Springfield Cat Burglar, who then robs the museum.

Bart Gets Famous

E12

23m7.5

Bart Gets Famous

February 3, 1994

When an on-air remark catapults Bart to instant stardom, he finds that fame isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Homer and Apu

E13

23m7.5

Homer and Apu

February 10, 1994

Homer accompanies Apu to the Kwik-E-Mart home office--in India--after Apu is fired.

Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy

E14

23m7.6

Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy

February 17, 1994

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

Deep Space Homer

E15

23m8.3

Deep Space Homer

February 24, 1994

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

Homer Loves Flanders

E16

23m7.9

Homer Loves Flanders

March 17, 1994

Flanders' extra ticket to the big game makes him Homer's new best friend, a role that sorely tests Flanders' patience.

Bart Gets an Elephant

E17

23m7.5

Bart Gets an Elephant

March 31, 1994

Bart wins an elephant, but Homer won't let him keep it.

Burns' Heir

E18

23m7.8

Burns' Heir

April 14, 1994

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.

Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song

E19

23m8

Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song

April 28, 1994

Bart takes his dog to school, which gets Skinner fired, which in turn leaves Bart missing his archnemesis.

The Boy Who Knew Too Much

E20

23m7.7

The Boy Who Knew Too Much

May 5, 1994

Bart can clear Mayor Quimby's nephew of a charge of battery, but only by implicating himself as a hooky player.

Lady Bouvier's Lover

E21

23m7.2

Lady Bouvier's Lover

May 12, 1994

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.

Secrets of a Successful Marriage

E22

23m7.6

Secrets of a Successful Marriage

May 19, 1994

Homer teaches a class on marriage, but sharing secrets about his own union gets him kicked out of the house.