Episode guide
The Simpsons: Season 5
22 episodes · premiered Sep 30, 1993
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- Episode 1: Homer's Barbershop Quartet Sep 30, 1993 · 23m · TMDB 8.0 Homer recalls when he, Apu, Barney and Principal Skinner became recording icons.
- Episode 2: Cape Feare Oct 7, 1993 · 23m · TMDB 8.6 The Simpsons go incognito to avoid the newly paroled Sideshow Bob, who's out to get Bart.
- Episode 3: Homer Goes to College Oct 14, 1993 · 23m · TMDB 7.7 Homer takes Nuclear Physics 101 at the local college, where he gets a trio of nerdy tutors expelled for extracurricular activities.
- Episode 4: Rosebud Oct 21, 1993 · 23m · TMDB 8.1 Burns longs for a childhood toy that winds up in the grip of Maggie.
- Episode 5: Treehouse of Horror IV Oct 28, 1993 · 23m · TMDB 7.9 Homer sells his soul; Vampire Burns invites the Simpsons for dinner; Bart sees a gremlin damaging his school bus.
- Episode 6: Marge on the Lam Nov 4, 1993 · 23m · TMDB 7.6 Marge's wild night out with neighbor Ruth includes running from the police in Ruth's car, stolen from her ex.
- Episode 7: Bart's Inner Child Nov 11, 1993 · 23m · TMDB 7.2 Springfield emulates Bart after he's praised by a self-help guru.
- Episode 8: Boy-Scoutz 'N the Hood Nov 18, 1993 · 23m · TMDB 8.1 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…
- Episode 9: The Last Temptation of Homer Dec 9, 1993 · 23m · TMDB 7.9 Homer struggles with his attraction to new coworker Mindy, a beautiful engineer whose love for doughnuts is equal to his own.
- Episode 10: $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) Dec 16, 1993 · 23m · TMDB 7.9 Legalized gambling comes to Springfield, and Marge becomes addicted; Robert Goulet entertains at Bart's casino for kids.
- Episode 11: Homer the Vigilante Jan 6, 1994 · 23m · TMDB 7.7 Homer leads a vigilante group to catch the Springfield Cat Burglar, who then robs the museum.
- Episode 12: Bart Gets Famous Feb 3, 1994 · 23m · TMDB 7.4 When an on-air remark catapults Bart to instant stardom, he finds that fame isn't all it's cracked up to be.
- Episode 13: Homer and Apu Feb 10, 1994 · 23m · TMDB 7.4 Homer accompanies Apu to the Kwik-E-Mart home office--in India--after Apu is fired.
- Episode 14: Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy Feb 17, 1994 · 23m · TMDB 7.5 Lisa's outrage over the gender stereotypes reinforced by a new talking doll prompts her to confront the dollmaker.
- Episode 15: Deep Space Homer Feb 24, 1994 · 23m · TMDB 8.2 Homer and Barney compete to be the first "average" American in space.
- Episode 16: Homer Loves Flanders Mar 17, 1994 · 23m · TMDB 7.8 Flanders' extra ticket to the big game makes him Homer's new best friend, a role that sorely tests Flanders' patience.
- Episode 17: Bart Gets an Elephant Mar 31, 1994 · 23m · TMDB 7.4 Bart wins an elephant, but Homer won't let him keep it.
- Episode 18: Burns' Heir Apr 14, 1994 · 23m · TMDB 7.7 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.
- Episode 19: Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song Apr 28, 1994 · 23m · TMDB 8.0 Bart takes his dog to school, which gets Skinner fired, which in turn leaves Bart missing his archnemesis.
- Episode 20: The Boy Who Knew Too Much May 5, 1994 · 23m · TMDB 7.7 Bart can clear Mayor Quimby's nephew of a charge of battery, but only by implicating himself as a hooky player.
- Episode 21: Lady Bouvier's Lover May 12, 1994 · 23m · TMDB 7.2 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.
- Episode 22: Secrets of a Successful Marriage May 19, 1994 · 23m · TMDB 7.5 Homer teaches a class on marriage, but sharing secrets about his own union gets him kicked out of the house.