The Simpsons: Season 24

2012 · 22 episodes · ★ 6.6

What Season 24 of The Simpsons

The season kicks off with a family of hipsters moving in next door to the Simpsons. Marge is suspicious of them because of their liberal lifestyle, while Homer tries hard to win them over. Milhouse pretends to be the family's father, and Homer ends up punching Flanders. Bart schemes nonstop, and Lisa suffers under a teacher who doesn't like her. Homer also gets hooked on games and apps on his tablet. Mr. Burns appears as Fruit Batman, and Grandpa Abe carries his own secrets from the past.

22episodes

Sep 30, 2012premiered

May 19, 2013latest episode

8.3 hrtotal runtime

Season 24 Episodes

24x01 Moonshine River
Sep 30, 2012 · 22 min · ★ 6.5
Bart will be visited by many of his past girlfriends.
Directing: Bob Anderson · Writing: Tim Long · Starring: Natalie Portman, Zooey Deschanel, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Marcia Wallace
24x02 Treehouse of Horror XXIII
Oct 7, 2012 · 23 min · ★ 6.3
A black hole threatens to swallow Springfield, Homer tries to find the source of paranormal activity, and a "Back to the Future" parody in which Bart keeps Marge from marrying Homer.
Directing: Steven Dean Moore · Writing: Brian Kelley, David Mandel · Starring: Marcia Wallace
24x03 Adventures in Baby-Getting
Nov 4, 2012 · 22 min · ★ 6.6
When Marge's car falls into a sink hole, she buys the perfect replacement to fit her family of five. But she quickly grows to hate it because, as she tells a shocked Homer, the car would be too small if she wanted to have another baby. Meanwhile, Bart and his friends are determined to find out what secret Lisa is keeping when Bart finds her cryptic messages and follows her sneaking off downtown for covert meetings after school.
Directing: Rob Oliver · Writing: Bill Odenkirk · Starring: Jeff Gordon
24x04 Gone Abie Gone
Nov 11, 2012 · 23 min · ★ 6.2
Homer and Marge try to track down Grampa by following clues that lead to secrets from his past.
Directing: Matthew Nastuk · Writing: Joel H. Cohen · Starring: Marvin Hamlisch, Anika Noni Rose
24x05 Penny-Wiseguys
Nov 18, 2012 · 22 min · ★ 6.3
Homer is shocked to discover that his bowling teammate is an accountant for Fat Tony and his mob. When Fat Tony gets jury duty, he appoints Dan as the temporary don of the mafia. Meanwhile, Lisa adds insects to her vegetarian diet after she passes out in the middle of a saxophone solo, but starts questioning her decision when bugs start pleading for mercy in her dreams.
Directing: Mark Kirkland, Steven Dean Moore · Writing: Michael Price, Brian Kelley, David Mandel · Starring: Steve Carell, Alex Trebek, Joe Mantegna
24x06 A Tree Grows in Springfield
Nov 25, 2012 · 23 min · ★ 6.7
Homer wins a MyPad at the school auction and Steve Mobbs, who is now in heaven, talks to Homer through it. Homer goes into a funk when he breaks the myPad, until Ned Flanders discovers a miracle tree in the Simpsons' back garden.
Directing: Timothy Bailey · Writing: Stephanie Gillis · Starring: Kelsey Grammer, Marcia Wallace
24x07 The Day the Earth Stood Cool
Dec 9, 2012 · 23 min · ★ 6.4
A "cool family" from Portland moves in next door to the Simpsons. Homer is desperate to befriend them, while Marge is skeptical, thinking that being cool is not all it's cracked up to be.
Directing: Matthew Faughnan · Writing: Matt Selman · Starring: Carrie Brownstein, Colin Meloy, Patton Oswalt, Marcia Wallace
24x08 To Cur, with Love Mid-Season Finale
Dec 16, 2012 · 22 min · ★ 7.1
Grampa has to move into the Simpsons house following a fire at the retirement home, and on moving day, Homer 'throws his back out' and 'rests' at home. He later finds an advert for a video game, Villageville on his myPad, and starts playing. During that time, Homer loses Santa's Little Helper. When the family find him, Homer doesn't seem to care because he's "not a dog person". Grampa later tells the rest of the family the story of Homer's childhood companion, pet dog Bongo.
Directing: Steven Dean Moore · Writing: Carolyn Omine
24x09 Homer Goes to Prep School
Jan 6, 2013 · 22 min · ★ 6.3
Homer joins the "Springfield Preppers," an off-the-grid survivalist group whose leader has set up a top-secret retreat outside of town to prepare for the end of the world.
Directing: Mark Kirkland · Writing: Brian Kelley · Starring: Tom Waits
24x10 A Test Before Trying
Jan 13, 2013 · 23 min · ★ 6.8
The fate of Springfield Elementary rests on Bart and his test scores, and Homer finds way to make money with his own parking meter.
Directing: Chris Clements · Writing: Joel H. Cohen · Starring: Marcia Wallace, Valerie Harper
24x11 The Changing of the Guardian
Jan 27, 2013 · 22 min · ★ 6.5
A tornado touches down in Springfield which sucks up Santa's Little Helper. While Homer and Marge are out looking for the family dog, the tornado strikes again and almost takes Marge and Homer. Marge is distraught about the kids and decide to pick a guardian to care for the children.
Directing: Bob Anderson · Writing: Rob LaZebnik · Starring: Danny DeVito, Rashida Jones, Maggie Roswell
24x12 Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing
Feb 10, 2013 · 22 min · ★ 6.3
Bart's dream girl, Mary Spuckler, comes to town, but his failure to pay her enough attention is having a negative impact on their relationship. Meanwhile, Homer once again runs afoul of Marge and lands in the doghouse.
Directing: Michael Polcino · Writing: Tim Long · Starring: Zooey Deschanel, Max Weinberg, Robert Caro, Benedict Cumberbatch
24x13 Hardly Kirk-ing
Feb 17, 2013 · 22 min · ★ 6.5
Bart and Milhouse explore the perks of adulthood following a shaving experiment.
Directing: Matthew Nastuk · Writing: Tom Gammill, Max Pross
24x14 Gorgeous Grampa
Mar 3, 2013 · 23 min · ★ 6.4
Homer's obsession with the TV show "Storage Battles" leads the family to discover Grampa's past identity as "Gorgeous Godfrey," the most feared, villainous man in pro-wrestling history
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: Matt Selman
24x15 Black-Eyed, Please
Mar 10, 2013 · 22 min · ★ 7.0
When Flanders' parents prove to prefer Homer's company to his, he jealously responds by giving Homer a shiner, and then tries desperately to reconcile with him. Meanwhile, Lisa is at a loss to understand why a new substitute teacher is bullying her for no obvious reason.
Directing: Matthew Schofield · Writing: John Frink · Starring: Richard Dawkins, Tina Fey, Marcia Wallace
24x16 Dark Knight Court
Mar 17, 2013 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Springfield's Easter is ruined by a prank and all fingers point to Bart. It is up to Lisa to save her brother, in a student court presided over by Attorney General Janet Reno. Meanwhile, inspired by an old comic book, Mr. Burns becomes an ineffectual superhero—fruit bat man.
Directing: Mark Kirkland · Writing: Ian Maxtone-Graham, Billy Kimball · Starring: Janet Reno
24x17 What Animated Women Want
Apr 14, 2013 · 23 min · ★ 6.4
Homer's behavior once again lands him in hot water with Marge and he needs to fathom a way to save his marriage, while a dose of "A Streetcar Named Desire" drives Milhouse to affect a Marlon Brando-esque bad-boy demeanor in an effort to impress Lisa.
Directing: Steven Dean Moore · Writing: J. Stewart Burns · Starring: Wanda Sykes, Marcia Wallace, Maggie Roswell, Pamela Hayden
24x18 Pulpit Friction
Apr 28, 2013 · 23 min · ★ 6.5
Homer is recruited to be a deacon by the cutting-edge new pastor. The dry cleaner mistakenly switches Marge's wedding dress for one of Krusty's costumes.
Directing: Chris Clements · Writing: Bill Odenkirk · Starring: Edward Norton
24x19 Whiskey Business
May 5, 2013 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Moe is flying high after venture capitalists take a shine to his homemade whiskey, while Grampa, after injuring himself babysitting Bart, decides he'd rather be looked after by his grandson than be at the nursing home. Also, Lisa voices her displeasure at a hologram of music legend Bleeding Gums Murphy, and Sonny Rollins (as himself) shows up to ask her to stop all that jazz about boycotting a record label.
Directing: Matthew Nastuk · Writing: Valentina Garza · Starring: Sonny Rollins, Tony Bennett, Kevin Michael Richardson
24x20 The Fabulous Faker Boy
May 12, 2013 · 23 min · ★ 6.6
Marge encourages Bart to explore his creative side, and his initial reticence quickly subsides when she hires Slava’s beautiful daughter, Zhenya, as his new piano instructor. Homer is shocked when he loses the last two hairs on his head, and employs a wide variety of headgear to try and keep his new found baldness a secret from Marge.
Directing: Bob Anderson · Writing: Brian McConnachie · Starring: Justin Bieber, Bill Hader, Jane Krakowski, Patrick Stewart
24x21 The Saga of Carl
May 19, 2013 · 23 min · ★ 7.3
Homer, Moe, Lenny and Carl win $200,000 in the Springfield Lottery. But when Carl takes off to Iceland – his homeland – with all the winnings, the guys embark on a Nordic adventure to get the cash back.
Directing: Chuck Sheetz · Writing: Eric Kaplan · Starring: Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille
24x22 Dangers on a Train Season Finale
May 19, 2013 · 23 min · ★ 6.4
When Marge tries to buy Homer snack cakes for their anniversary, she winds up meeting a married man who shares a common love of British Television. Ignorant of all, Homer attempts to secretly construct a romantic anniversary train in the Simpsons back yard.
Directing: Steven Dean Moore · Writing: Michael Price · Starring: Lisa Lampanelli, Seth MacFarlane