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The Simpsons Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1993 - 1994
Episode 1
Homer's Barbershop Quartet
Thu, Sep 30, 199330 mins
After the kids find a record with Homer's picture on it, he recalls the story of how he achieved fame in the 1980s with his barbershop quartet, The Be Sharps.
Episode 2
Cape Feare
Thu, Oct 7, 199323 mins
An anonymous letter writer makes ominous threats to Bart. The Simpsons discover they were sent by Sideshow Bob who, when released from prison, harasses the Simpsons and then attempts to kill Bart with a machete. But Bob's vanity foils him yet again.
Episode 3
Homer Goes to College
Thu, Oct 14, 199330 mins
Naptime at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant is rudely interrupted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which is conducting a surprise inspection and employee audit. Homer's skills are tested and not only is he found to be incompetent, he causes a nuclear meltdown! The NRC inspectors demand that Homer (who is found to lack proper certification) either take college courses to obtain the necessary credentials or else Mr. Burns will face criminal charges. Burns gets Homer enrolled at Springfield University, where he acts like an immature adolescent (both in class and around campus) rather than someone needing to study for a college degree. When he continues to act like a know-it-all in physics class, the professor has enough and asks him to demonstrate a proton accelerator; Homer winds up causing another meltdown. Homer is asked to hire a tutor, and does: nerds Benjamin, Gary and Doug. Instead of applying himself, Homer sees the three nerds have no social life and decides to teach them how to party. He masterminds a practical joke with rival Springfield A&M University's college mascot, Sir Oinks-a-Lot, but things backfire and the nerds are expelled. Homer feels bad and allows them to move into his house, but the nerds quickly disrupt the family routine. Marge demands that the nerds need to go, so Homer decides to get them re-enrolled by having the nerds save the dean's life by pushing him out of the way of Homer's car. However, the plan fails and the dean will now need hip replacement surgery. At the hospital, Homer admits his recent schemes, and the dean (who for some reason is not upset at all) allows the nerds to re-enroll. With the final exam fast approaching, Benjamin, Gary and Doug have no choice but to force Homer to cram. However, Homer still fails his exam ... or does he? Homer tries to get the nerds to hack into the college computer mainframe and change his grade, but Marge puts a stop to it and orders him to re-take the course ... alas, it only gives Homer more time to party!
Episode 4
Rosebud
Thu, Oct 21, 199330 mins
Burns' birthday is approaching and he longs for Bobo,the teddy bear he had as a child. Bobo has had an illustrious history,including flying the Atlantic with Lindbergh and being buried in Arctic ice,some of which is sold as ice cubes to the Simpsons so that Bobo is now Maggie's toy. Burns attempts theft,bribery and robbery to get his Bobo back but the family stand firm against him until finally Maggie,feeling sorry for him,offers him Bobo.
Episode 5
Treehouse of Horror IV
Thu, Oct 28, 199330 mins
Homer, after seeing no more donuts in the power plant, says he would sell his soul for a donut, for the devil appears to be Ned Flanders. Whilst riding to school, Bart sees a gremlins on the side of the bus which only he can see. The Simpsons family go to Mr Burns' haunted castle where they think that Mr Burns is Count Dracula.
Episode 6
Marge on the Lam
Thu, Nov 4, 199330 mins
Marge starts hanging out with Ruth Powers from next door,to the annoyance of Homer,who feels neglected. When Chief Wiggum tries to flag the women down in Ruth's car Ruth keeps going,saying that she has stolen the car from her ex-husband. A high speed chase follows in the manner of 'Thelma and Louise',culminating at the top of a canyon,where the women manage to stop in time but Wiggum,with Homer as his passenger,goes flying into the void.
Episode 7
Bart's Inner Child
Thu, Nov 11, 199330 mins
Brad Goodman, a self-help guru, encourages Springfield to act more like Bart, with disastrous results.
Episode 8
Boy Scoutz 'n the Hood
Thu, Nov 18, 199322 mins
Bart wakes up after a sugar bender to find that he has joined the Junior Campers. Although he hates the club at first, he eventually grows to enjoy it. When a father/son rafting trip is announced, Homer unwittingly strands the group at sea.
Episode 9
The Last Temptation of Homer
Thu, Dec 9, 199330 mins
To satisfy gender equality guidelines, the power plant employs its first female worker: the highly attractive Mindy Simmons. Although Homer initially feels that they will have nothing in common, Mindy turns out to have the same slobbish tastes that he has, and he finds himself attracted to her. Temptation occurs when they are in the same hotel for a convention in Capital City but Homer ultimately remains faithful to Marge. Due to a temporary illness Bart has to wear thick glasses that make him resemble a nerd and he is picked on even more than usual by the school bullies.
Episode 10
$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)
Thu, Dec 16, 199330 mins
Mr. Burns builds a casino when Springfield decides to legalize gambling, with Marge becoming addicted to the slot machines.
Episode 11
Homer the Vigilante
Thu, Jan 6, 199430 mins
Springfield is hit by a spate of burglaries with the Simpsons among the victims. Wiggum is as useless as ever so Homer forms a vigilante posse,especially to guard a zirconia from the museum,having been been tipped off that it will be stolen. Needless to say Homer is as useless as Wiggum and the zirconia is stolen. However Grandpa catches the burglar,Molloy,a suave resident of the Retirement Castle,who returns the stolen goods but makes his escape from prison whilst sending the citizens on a wild goose chase for non-existent treasure.
Episode 12
Bart Gets Famous
Thu, Feb 3, 199430 mins
Bart becomes an overnight sensation as the "I didn't do it" boy on Krusty the Clown's show.
Episode 13
Homer and Apu
Thu, Feb 10, 199430 mins
Homer participates in a hidden camera investigation of unsanitary food preparation at the Kwik-E-Mart, which costs Apu his job. Apu then enlists Homer's help on a journey to India to get his job back, while James Woods becomes the new Kwik-E-Mart clerk, as part of his research for a film project.
Episode 14
Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy
Thu, Feb 17, 199430 mins
Angered by the vacuous phrases her Malibu Stacy doll utters, Lisa works with Malibu Stacy's original designer to create a doll with admirable traits.
Episode 15
Deep Space Homer
Thu, Feb 24, 199430 mins
The powers that be at NASA, distraught over low television ratings for their space launches, decide to improve them by putting a private citizen on their next space shuttle. After receiving an angry phone call from Homer, they decide he is their man.
Episode 16
Homer Loves Flanders
Thu, Mar 17, 199430 mins
After Flanders invites Homer to a football game, the pair become friends, but Homer's possessiveness and loutish behaviour slowly turns Ned against him.
Episode 17
Bart Gets an Elephant
Thu, Mar 31, 199430 mins
After winning a phone-in competition Bart has a choice of prize of either $10,000 or an elephant, he chooses the latter, naming him Stampy. The Simpsons are in chaos after Stampy wrecks the house and eats all the food. They have no alternative, Stampy must go to an animal refuge.
Episode 18
Burns' Heir
Thu, Apr 14, 199430 mins
After a close brush with death, Mr. Burns decides to find an heir to his empire, and chooses Bart because of his truly devious nature.
Episode 19
Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song
Thu, Apr 28, 199430 mins
Bart accidentally gets Principal Skinner fired on inspection day, with Ned Flanders taking over as his replacement.
Episode 20
The Boy Who Knew Too Much
Thu, May 5, 199430 mins
After playing hooky from school, Bart sneaks in to Mayor Quimby's nephew Freddy's birthday party and witnesses a confrontation between Freddy and a waiter, Freddy is accused of beating the waiter but Bart knows what really happened, should he keep quiet or tell the truth and risk getting Cort playing hooky?
Episode 21
Lady Bouvier's Lover
Thu, May 12, 199430 mins
Marge arranges for her mother Jacqueline Bouvier to start dating Grandpa Simpson and all is going well until Burns cuts in and takes her away from Grandpa Abe. When he hears that she is getting married to Burns he goes to the church and,in a nod to the climax of the film 'The Graduate',runs away with her and,after she has declared that she doesn't want to marry either of them,they get on a bus together.
Episode 22
Secrets of a Successful Marriage
Thu, May 19, 199430 mins
Homer is given the task of teaching an adult education class about relationships. He fails to woo the class until he starts talking about his and Marge's sex life. When Marge finds out, she orders him not to talk about their private life again. But then he invites his entire class to dinner. This is the final straw for Marge and she chucks him out of the house. He then moves in to Bart's tree house. After seeing the error of his ways he asks Marge for a second chance. She accepts and the two reconcile.
