The Simpsons: Season 19

2007 · 20 episodes · ★ 6.6

What Season 19 of The Simpsons

Season 19 opens with Homer saving Mr. Burns from drowning in a mall fountain. The tycoon repays the favor with a ride on his private jet, and Homer becomes obsessed with the perks of flying on a company plane. Marge, meanwhile, tries to get Maggie to rely on her less, and while waiting on a bench she meets a man who ends up trying to mug her. Homer, moreover, discovers that he sings opera when he's lying down, which makes him a celebrity that annoys Marge. Bart's mischief and Lisa's new hobbies round out a season centered on the family's life in Springfield.

20episodes

Sep 23, 2007premiered

May 18, 2008latest episode

7.7 hrtotal runtime

Season 19 Episodes

19x01 He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs
Sep 23, 2007 · 22 min · ★ 6.7
Homer falls in love with the high life of flying in private planes when he saves Mr. Burns from drowning, and Burns repays him by flying him to Chicago for a night on the town.
Directing: Mark Kirkland · Writing: Joel H. Cohen · Starring: Lionel Richie, Stephen Colbert, Pamela Hayden
19x02 The Homer of Seville
Sep 30, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 5.9
A freak accident gives Homer an operatic singing voice, and he becomes a star at the Springfield Opera. But with fame and fortune comes a price: He's continually bothered by fans, an obsessed woman in particular.
Directed by Michael Polcino · Written by Carolyn Omine · Starring: Maya Rudolph, Plácido Domingo, Pamela Hayden
19x03 Midnight Towboy
Oct 7, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 6.8
Homer takes a job as a tow-truck driver, and Marge hires a service that claims to make babies less clingy. Both decisions have unexpected consequences.
Directing: Matthew Nastuk · Writing: Stephanie Gillis · Starring: Matt Dillon
19x04 I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Oct 14, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 6.4
Marge is held hostage during a bank robbery and forms an uneasy bond with one of the thieves before he's taken to prison.
Directing: Bob Anderson · Writing: Dana Gould · Starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Steve Buscemi, Ted Nugent
19x05 Treehouse of Horror XVIII
Nov 4, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 6.4
The series' 18th Halloween show features three vignettes that parody movies: one that spoofs "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"; one that sends up "E.T."; and one that parodies "Se7en."
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: Marc Wilmore · Starring: Karl Wiedergott, Pamela Hayden, Maurice LaMarche, Tress MacNeille
19x06 Little Orphan Millie
Nov 11, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 6.4
Milhouse stays with the Simpsons when his parents remarry each other and honeymoon on a cruise ship. But when his parents are knocked overboard and lost at sea, Milhouse decides to grow up and be a man.
Directing: Lance Kramer · Writing: Mick Kelly
19x07 Husbands and Knives
Nov 18, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 6.6
Marge opens a gym for real women because she's disenchanted with Springfield's snooty, glitzy L.A. Body Works. Her gym, Shapes: A Gym for Women, is a huge success, launching a chain that makes Marge rich and famous. But Homer fears Marge will leave him for someone more attractive and goes to extreme lengths to try to save his marriage.
Directing: Nancy Kruse · Writing: Matt Selman · Starring: Alan Moore, Jack Black, Russi Taylor, Daniel Clowes
19x08 Funeral for a Fiend
Nov 25, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 6.6
Sideshow Bob tries again for revenge against the Simpsons.
Directed by Rob Oliver · Written by Michael Price · Starring: David Hyde Pierce, Keith Olbermann, John Mahoney, Kelsey Grammer
19x09 Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind Mid-Season Finale
Dec 16, 2007 · 23 min · ★ 7.7
Homer loses his memory--and his family--when he drinks Moe's most potent libation, the Forget-Me-Shot, in an episode that spoofs "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "It's a Wonderful Life."
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: J. Stewart Burns · Starring: Tress MacNeille, Karl Wiedergott
19x10 E Pluribus Wiggum
Jan 6, 2008 · 23 min · ★ 6.7
Homer burns down Springfield's fast-food district. In order to float a bond issue to rebuild it, Mayor Quimby moves up election day, making Springfield's primary election the first in the nation. This causes the town to be overrun with reporters, candidates and pundits.
Directing: Michael Polcino · Writing: Michael Price · Starring: Jon Stewart, Dan Rather
19x11 That 90's Show
Jan 27, 2008 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
Flashbacks follow Marge and Homer back to their dating days, when she was a college student and he was working for his father to support her. Then Marge becomes smitten with a professor, so a sorrowful Homer turns to music--and invents grunge.
Directing: Mark Kirkland · Writing: Matt Selman · Starring: Kurt Loder, 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille
19x12 Love, Springfieldian Style
Feb 17, 2008 · 23 min · ★ 6.8
Homer and Marge celebrate Valentine's Day by going on the Tunnel of Love ride at a carnival, but they end up stranded when Bart pulls a prank involving gelatin. To pass the time, Homer tells the love story of Bonnie and Clyde, Marge tells her version of "Lady and the Tramp," and Bart tells the love story of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen.
Directing: Raymond S. Persi · Writing: Don Payne
19x13 The Debarted
Mar 2, 2008 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
A new kid at school named Donny works with Bart on his pranks. But when the pranks start to backfire, Bart wonders if he can trust his new accomplice. Meanwhile, the Simpsons get a fancy loaner car after Marge gets in an accident, and Homer falls in love with it.
Directing: Matthew Nastuk · Writing: Joel H. Cohen · Starring: Topher Grace, Marcia Wallace, Terry Gross
19x14 Dial 'N' for Nerder
Mar 9, 2008 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Homer cheats on his diet, so Marge gets a reality show called "The Sneakers" to check up on him. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa fear that a prank they played on Martin Prince had deadly consequences.
Directing: Bob Anderson · Writing: Carolyn Omine · Starring: Marcia Wallace
19x15 Smoke on the Daughter
Mar 30, 2008 · 23 min · ★ 6.4
With Lisa's encouragement, Marge pursues her dream of becoming a ballerina. But when Marge auditions at the ballet academy, Lisa is invited to enroll. Unfortunately, Lisa becomes addicted to secondhand smoke from the other dancers. Meanwhile, Homer's beef-jerky operation runs into a snag.
Directing: Lance Kramer · Writing: Billy Kimball
19x16 Papa Don't Leech
Apr 13, 2008 · 23 min · ★ 6.0
The Simpsons take in a country singer Homer used to manage who owes back taxes to Springfield. She is now destitute, so the family tries to help her get back on her feet.
Directing: Chris Clements · Writing: Reid Harrison · Starring: Beverly D'Angelo
19x17 Apocalypse Cow
Apr 27, 2008 · 23 min · ★ 6.3
Bart joins the 4-H club and raises a calf to be a blue-ribbon-winning bull, but panics when he learns the bull will be slaughtered.
Directing: Nancy Kruse · Writing: Jeff Westbrook · Starring: Zooey Deschanel
19x18 Any Given Sundance
May 4, 2008 · 23 min · ★ 6.5
Lisa makes a film about her family that gets accepted by the Sundance Film Festival, and the Simpsons go to Park City, Utah, to attend.
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: Daniel Chun · Starring: John C. Reilly, Jim Jarmusch
19x19 Mona Leaves-a
May 11, 2008 · 23 min · ★ 6.8
Homer's mother, Mona, returns, but Homer is reluctant to trust her because she abandoned him so many times as a child.
Directing: Mike B. Anderson · Writing: Joel H. Cohen · Starring: Lance Armstrong, Glenn Close, Pamela Hayden
19x20 All About Lisa Season Finale
May 18, 2008 · 23 min · ★ 6.1
Lisa receives Springfield's Entertainer of the Year Award, and Sideshow Mel narrates her history in showbiz in a wry spoof of "All About Eve."
Directing: Steven Dean Moore · Writing: John Frink · Starring: Drew Carey