The Simpsons

Seasons

1989

USA

8.6

TV-G

The satiric half-hour adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire

Homer is forced to become a department store Santa when Marge spends the family's Christmas savings on removing Bart's tattoo.

S1 • E2

Bart the Genius

Bart ends up at a school for gifted children after cheating on an IQ test.

S1 • E3

Homer's Odyssey

After losing his job, Homer contemplates ending it all, until he discovers a new life path as a safety advocate.

S1 • E4

There's No Disgrace Like Home

After being embarrassed by the rest of the family at a company picnic, Homer becomes obsessed with improving their behavior towards each other.

S1 • E5

Bart the General

After being beaten up by Nelson Muntz one too many times, Bart turns to Grampa for help, and soon leads a rebellion against the school bully.

S1 • E6

Moaning Lisa

A depressed Lisa's spirit is lifted when she meets a jazz-man, Bleeding Gums Murphy.

S1 • E7

The Call of the Simpsons

Homer takes the family camping, but it soon becomes a misadventure when they lose their equipment and Homer is mistaken for Bigfoot.

S1 • E8

The Telltale Head

Bart gets more than he bargained for when he saws the head off a statue of the town's founder.

S1 • E9

Life on the Fast Lane

After Homer humiliates Marge on her birthday, she takes up bowling out of spite, only to develop a mutual infatuation with a suave French instructor.

S1 • E10

Homer's Night Out

After a photograph of Homer gyrating with an exotic dancer is distributed throughout Springfield, he finds himself kicked out of the house by Marge.

S1 • E11

The Crepes of Wrath

Bart is sent to France on a student exchange program, where he's treated like a slave; an Albanian student with suspicious motives takes Bart's place in the family.

S1 • E12

Krusty Gets Busted

After Krusty is found guilty of robbing the Kwik-E-Mart following Homer's eyewitness testimony, Bart and Lisa set out to prove his innocence.

S1 • E13

Some Enchanted Evening

Homer takes Marge out for a night on the town to make up for his recent neglecting of her, leaving the kids with a sinister babysitter who has a diabolical secret.