The Simpsons: Season 15

2003 · 22 episodes · ★ 6.7

What Season 15 of The Simpsons

Season 15 opens with the arrival of Homer's mother, who disrupts the family's routine in Springfield. Lisa becomes Evita, and Bart keeps cooking up mischief with his usual rebellious spirit. During the trip to England, the Simpsons end up clashing with the Queen. Krusty prepares for his Bar Mitzvah with the help of Mr. T, and Milhouse decides to move out of town. Homer, as clumsy as ever, causes much of the trouble.

22episodes

Nov 2, 2003Aired

May 23, 2004latest episode

8.4 hrtotal runtime

Season 15 Episodes

15x01 Treehouse of Horror XIV
Nov 2, 2003 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
"Reaper Madness" - Death becomes Homer and our hero must learn to reap what he sows (and pull a fast one on the almighty). "Frinkenstein" - Soon to be Nobel-prize winning Professor Frink reanimates his father for some gruesome body parts-swapping. "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off" - A parody of Clockstoppers, starring Bart and Milhouse.
Directing: Steven Dean Moore · Writing: John Swartzwelder · Starring: Jerry Lewis, Jennifer Garner, Oscar de la Hoya, Maggie Roswell
15x02 My Mother the Carjacker
Nov 9, 2003 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
Homer's mother returns, and after being cleared of all charges, is re-imprisoned on a technicality.
Directing: Nancy Kruse · Writing: Michael Price · Starring: Glenn Close, Karl Wiedergott, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille
15x03 The President Wore Pearls
Nov 16, 2003 · 23 min · ★ 6.4
In this loose parody of the musical/movie Evita, Lisa is elected Student Body president, but is unaware that the school staff is using her for their own devices and as a scapegoat if something goes wrong.
Directing: Mike B. Anderson · Writing: Dana Gould · Starring: Michael Moore, Russi Taylor, Marcia Wallace, Karl Wiedergott
15x04 The Regina Monologues
Nov 23, 2003 · 23 min · ★ 6.8
After making over $3000 from his own museum featuring a $1000 bill, Bart takes the family to London (on the suggestion of Grampa), where Homer is arrested for treason after crashing into the Queen.
Directing: Mark Kirkland · Writing: John Swartzwelder · Starring: Ian McKellen, J.K. Rowling, Jane Leeves, Tony Blair
15x05 The Fat and the Furriest
Nov 30, 2003 · 22 min · ★ 6.8
Homer is humiliated when he appears on the news running from a bear that nearly attacks him at the city dump. After Grampa scolds him, he swears to fight the bear himself.
Directing: Matthew Nastuk · Writing: Joel H. Cohen · Starring: Karl Wiedergott, Tress MacNeille, Charles Napier, Pamela Hayden
15x06 Today I Am a Clown
Dec 7, 2003 · 23 min · ★ 6.2
Krusty discovers that he never had a bar mitzvah as a child. He quits his show to have it as an adult, with the help of his father, Rabbi Krustofski. Meanwhile, Homer hosts a late-night talk show a la "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher" as a replacement for Krusty's show.
Directing: Nancy Kruse · Writing: Joel H. Cohen · Starring: Mr. T, Jackie Mason, Karl Wiedergott, Tress MacNeille
15x07 'Tis the Fifteenth Season Mid-Season Finale
Dec 14, 2003 · 23 min · ★ 6.5
Homer realizes how selfish he is after he spends all the family's Christmas money on a present for himself. He becomes the nicest guy in town, making Ned Flanders jealous.
Directing: Steven Dean Moore · Writing: Michael Price · Starring: Karl Wiedergott, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille
15x08 Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays
Jan 4, 2004 · 23 min · ★ 6.2
When a group of singles, seniors, childless couples, teens and gays band together to protest having to accommodate families (including paying property taxes used to teach children they do not have) after a riot at a children's concert, Marge takes up the cause for the families, with some help from Bart and Lisa.
Directing: Bob Anderson · Writing: Jon Vitti · Starring: Marcia Wallace, Karl Wiedergott, Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden
15x09 I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot
Jan 11, 2004 · 23 min · ★ 7.2
Homer builds a battle robot to win Bart's respect, and places it in a tournament against other robots. What Bart does not know, though, is that the robot is actually Homer in costume. Meanwhile, Snowball II dies and Lisa tries to find a replacement cat.
Directing: Lauren MacMullan · Writing: Allen Glazier, Dan Greaney
15x10 Diatribe of a Mad Housewife
Jan 25, 2004 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Marge writes a romance novel with characters based on Homer and Ned Flanders that becomes a hit. Meanwhile, Homer gets fired from the power plant again and becomes an ambulance driver.
Directing: Mark Kirkland · Writing: Robin J. Stein · Starring: Thomas Pynchon, Tom Clancy, Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen
15x11 Margical History Tour
Feb 8, 2004 · 23 min · ★ 6.7
When the local library proves to be useless for the kids' class project, Marge tells Milhouse, Bart, and Lisa three Simpsons-style historical accounts: Henry VIII's (Homer's) attempts at siring a son, Lewis and Clark (Lenny and Carl) exploring the USA's wilderness with Sacagawea (Lisa), and Salieri (Lisa again) out to ruin piano-playing virtuoso Mozart (Bart).
Directing: Mike B. Anderson · Writing: Brian Kelley · Starring: Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden, Karl Wiedergott
15x12 Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Feb 15, 2004 · 23 min · ★ 6.8
Bart finds a friend in his own sister Lisa after Milhouse moves away to Capitol City to live with his divorced mom. Meanwhile Homer goes into panhandling to buy anniversary gifts for Marge. Later on Milhouse returns and Bart goes back being friends with him.
Directing: Matthew Nastuk · Writing: David Chambers, Julie Chambers · Starring: William Daniels, Isabel Sanford, Dick Tufeld, Nick Bakay
15x13 Smart and Smarter
Feb 22, 2004 · 23 min · ★ 6.4
When Maggie does better than Lisa on an IQ test, Lisa becomes upset over no longer being the smart one and tries to lead Maggie astray.
Directing: Steven Dean Moore · Writing: Carolyn Omine · Starring: Karl Wiedergott, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Simon Cowell
15x14 The Ziff Who Came to Dinner
Mar 14, 2004 · 23 min · ★ 6.1
The Simpsons go on a late-night attic search after Bart and Lisa (who are freaked out over a horror movie Homer let them watch) begin hearing voices -- and find Marge's ex-prom date Artie Ziff, who's on the run for cheating the shareholders of his company.
Directing: Nancy Kruse · Writing: Dan Castellaneta, Deb Lacusta · Starring: Pamela Hayden, Jon Lovitz, Tress MacNeille, Karl Wiedergott
15x15 Co-Dependent's Day
Mar 21, 2004 · 23 min · ★ 6.1
Homer and Marge's bond becomes stronger when they both get drunk on wine, but soon the bond unravels when Homer blames Marge for crashing the car and Marge gets sent to rehab. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa complain to Randall Curtis (a George Lucas-esque science fiction movie director) about his latest film.
Directing: Bob Anderson · Writing: Matt Warburton · Starring: Marcia Wallace, Karl Wiedergott, Tress MacNeille, Brave Combo
15x16 The Wandering Juvie
Mar 28, 2004 · 23 min · ★ 6.5
Bart gets sent to juvenile hall after fooling everyone that there was a marriage concerning him. He encounters a dangerous girl there... He flees with Gina, but then the two are caught by Wiggum.
Directing: Lauren MacMullan · Writing: Don Payne, John Frink · Starring: Jane Kaczmarek, Charles Napier, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Marcia Wallace
15x17 My Big Fat Geek Wedding
Apr 18, 2004 · 23 min · ★ 6.7
After hearing that Skinner is getting cold feet about their wedding, Edna leaves Skinner at the altar and, after sending back one marriage gift, hooks up with Comic Book Guy. Meanwhile, Homer and Marge have an argument about if their marriage is still solid or not.
Directing: Mark Kirkland · Writing: Kevin Curran · Starring: Matt Groening, Russi Taylor, Marcia Wallace, Karl Wiedergott
15x18 Catch 'Em If You Can
Apr 25, 2004 · 23 min · ★ 6.6
After a ruined movie night, thanks to Bart and Lisa, Homer and Marge take a vacation away from them, but decide to go to Miami instead of going to see an uncle. When Bart and Lisa catch wind of their parents' secret plan, Bart steals Rod's credit card (just like Homer stole Ned's) and go after them.
Directing: Matthew Nastuk · Writing: Ian Maxtone-Graham · Starring: Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Karl Wiedergott
15x19 Simple Simpson
May 2, 2004 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
Homer becomes "Pie Man", a masked vigilante who delivers a pie in the face of justice to evildoers. However, after attacking Mr. Burns, Burns hires him as a personal hitman, until Homer is ordered to attack the Dalai Lama.
Directing: Jim Reardon · Writing: Jon Vitti · Starring: Nichelle Nichols
15x20 The Way We Weren't
May 9, 2004 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
Homer and Marge recall the story of their first kiss at a summer camp when they were children—an event which was not all happy, as Homer (unwillingly) betrayed Marge by standing her up on their second date.
Directing: Mike B. Anderson · Writing: J. Stewart Burns · Starring: Russi Taylor, Maggie Roswell, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille
15x21 Bart-Mangled Banner
May 16, 2004 · 23 min · ★ 6.2
After receiving an injection from Dr. Hibbert, Bart becomes temporarily deaf, which makes him impervious to being bullied, until he accidentally moons the American flag during a donkey basketball game, prompting everyone in town to accuse the Simpsons of being unpatriotic under the new "Government Knows Best" Act.
Directing: Steven Dean Moore · Writing: John Frink · Starring: Marcia Wallace, Karl Wiedergott, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille
15x22 Fraudcast News Season Finale
May 23, 2004 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
Mr. Burns buys out Springfield's media outlets after a newspaper mistakenly reports his death, and Lisa's homemade newspaper is next on his list.
Directing: Bob Anderson · Writing: Don Payne · Starring: Karl Wiedergott, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille