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The Simpsons Season 22 Episodes
Season 22 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2010 - 2011
Romance is in the air in Springfield in Season 22, as a number of its residents find love in unusual places. Principal Skinner falls for a new music teacher (voice of Kristen Wiig), whose daughter (Alyson Hannigan) in turn has a crush on Bart. And in the finale, Ned Flanders begins dating schoolteacher Edna Krabappel, but their blossoming relationship is complicated by the latter's extensive dating history (the episode originally ended with a message from Homer and Marge saying that fans can go online to vote on whether they want the pair to stay together or break up). In other events, Lisa goes to a performing-arts camp, Mr. Burns learns he's dying and Moe tries his luck at dating.
Episode 1
Elementary School Musical
Sun, Sep 26, 2010 30 mins
In the 22nd-season premiere, Lisa goes to a performing-arts camp, which sparks her creative fire. Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and Amber Riley from "Glee" lend their voices to Lisa's fellow campers, while Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie ("Flight of the Conchords") give voice to her counselors.
Episode 2
Loan-a-Lisa
Sun, Oct 3, 2010 30 mins
Lisa invests in Nelson's new business, which becomes an instant success, but cautions him against dropping out of school as a result. Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg have voice cameos as themselves.
Episode 3
MoneyBart
Sun, Oct 10, 2010 30 mins
Lisa coaches Bart's Little League team to beef up her extracurricular-activities resumé, but her academic approach to the game takes some of the fun out of it for Bart. Baseball great Mike Scioscia and statistician Bill James have voice cameos.
Episode 4
Treehouse of Horror XXI
Sun, Nov 7, 2010 30 mins
In three haunting tales, Bart and Milhouse discover the joys of board games, Lisa falls for a vampire (voice of Daniel Radcliffe) and Marge and Homer's romantic second honeymoon at sea is interrupted by a castaway (voice of Hugh Laurie).
Episode 5
Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life
Sun, Nov 14, 2010 30 mins
Lisa learns that Marge was once a good student whose grades slipped when she became distracted, and Lisa fears she'll meet the same fate. So Marge makes a deal to allow Lisa to attend her dream school, and Lisa learns a lesson about family and altruism. Meanwhile, Bart turns the tables on Nelson and inadvertently gains a reputation as a bully.
Episode 6
The Fool Monty
Sun, Nov 21, 2010 30 mins
Mr. Burns has multiple illnesses and is told he only has weeks to live. Bart finds him weak and vulnerable in the wilderness, and invites him into the Simpsons' home.
Episode 7
How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?
Sun, Nov 28, 2010 30 mins
Bart nurses a wounded pigeon back to health, but Santa's Little Helper has other plans. Danica Patrick and Rachel Weisz have voice cameos.
Episode 8
The Fight Before Christmas
Sun, Dec 5, 2010 30 mins
An edgy, dysfunctional Christmas with the Simpsons features some disturbing twists. Martha Stewart has a voice cameo, and Katy Perry appears in a live-action segment with puppets of the Simpsons.
Episode 9
Donnie Fatso
Sun, Dec 12, 2010 22 mins
After Homer is jailed on New Year's Eve for bribery, he agrees to go undercover as an informant against mobster Fat Tony (voice of Joe Mantegna) to reduce his sentence. Jon Hamm has a voice cameo as an FBI investigator.
Episode 10
Moms I'd Like to Forget
Sun, Jan 9, 2011 30 mins
Marge recalls "The Cool Moms," a social group of women who set up playdates for their young sons. Her social life gets a lift when she reconnects with the group, but there's soon trouble in paradise.
Episode 11
Flaming Moe
Sun, Jan 16, 2011 30 mins
Smithers gives Moe's pub a trendy makeover, and it becomes a gay bar. Principal Skinner has eyes for the new music teacher (voice of Kristen Wiig) and enlists an unlikely ally, Bart, to help him win her heart. Alyson Hannigan and Scott Thompson have voice cameos.
Episode 12
Homer the Father
Sun, Jan 23, 2011 30 mins
Homer learns about parenting from a 1980s sitcom. James Lipton and David Mamet have voice cameos.
Episode 13
The Blue and the Gray
Sun, Feb 13, 2011 30 mins
Marge's hair turns gray, and the family has a hard time adjusting to the change.
Episode 14
Angry Dad: The Movie
Sun, Feb 20, 2011 30 mins
Bart becomes a filmmaker for an animated short by a bizarre series of coincidences, and Homer becomes the voice of his lead character, Angry Dad. Naturally, they become the toast of awards season. Halle Berry and Ricky Gervais have voice cameos as themselves.
Episode 15
The Scorpion's Tale
Sun, Mar 6, 2011 30 mins
Grampa is kicked out of the nursing home for being too surly, and moves in with the Simpsons. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa visit Springfield Desert State Park, where Lisa makes a discovery that promises a cure for Grampa's grumpiness but it may have a cost.
Episode 16
A Midsummer's Nice Dreams
Sun, Mar 13, 2011 30 mins
Cheech and Chong launch a reunion comedy tour, but Chong refuses to do the old routines and leaves the stage during the Springfield show. Homer fills in for him, and Cheech hires Homer to perform with him as "Cheech and Chunk." Meanwhile, Marge and Lisa try to help the crazy cat lady, a compulsive hoarder, to clean up her house, but Marge catches the hoarding bug.
Episode 17
Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing
Sun, Mar 27, 2011 30 mins
Homer's rage toward Bart gets him in trouble with a therapist (Paul Rudd) who manages to reverse Bart and Homer's roles. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has a voice cameo as himself.
Episode 18
The Great Simpsina
Sun, Apr 10, 2011 30 mins
Lisa becomes an apprentice to a magician, the Great Raymondo (voice of Martin Landau), and ends up inadvertently embroiled in a showdown of the craft's elite. David Copperfield and Penn and Teller have voice cameos as themselves.
Episode 19
The Real Housewives of Fat Tony
Sun, May 1, 2011 30 mins
Fat Tony (voice of Joe Mantegna) woos Marge's sister Selma, and they marry. Marge worries that Selma is choosing her new lifestyle over family after the whirlwind romance, but Tony invites Homer and Marge to join them on a getaway at the Jersey shore. Meanwhile, Bart develops a gift for finding truffles, much to Lisa's delight.
Episode 20
Homer Scissorhands
Sun, May 8, 2011 30 mins
Homer has a gift for hairstyling, but listening to women's problems and gossip all day makes him wonder if it's not really a curse. Meanwhile, Milhouse's heart is broken after declaring his love for Lisa, but he catches the eye of a popular fifth-grader (voice of Kristen Schaal), and that changes everything.
Episode 21
500 Keys
Sun, May 15, 2011 30 mins
The Simpson family find a set of keys to every door in Springfield, which leads Lisa to discover a secret classroom beneath Springfield Elementary School.
Episode 22
The Ned-Liest Catch
Sun, May 22, 2011 30 mins
In the 22nd-season finale, Ned Flanders saves Edna Krabappel's life and they begin dating. To Ned's surprise, he learns that Edna has been with many of Springfield's men, including Homer and Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer, who provides his own voice.
