Season 5

The SimpsonsSeason 5

1993
22 Episodes

Episodes

Homer's Barbershop Quartet
S05E01
8.1

Homer's Barbershop Quartet

Homer recalls when he, Apu, Barney and Principal Skinner became recording icons.

30 Sept 199323m
Cape Feare
S05E02
8.6

Cape Feare

The Simpsons go incognito to avoid the newly paroled Sideshow Bob, who's out to get Bart.

07 Oct 199323m
Homer Goes to College
S05E03
7.8

Homer Goes to College

Homer takes Nuclear Physics 101 at the local college, where he gets a trio of nerdy tutors expelled for extracurricular activities.

14 Oct 199323m
Rosebud
S05E04
8.1

Rosebud

Burns longs for a childhood toy that winds up in the grip of Maggie.

21 Oct 199323m
Treehouse of Horror IV
S05E05
8.0

Treehouse of Horror IV

Homer sells his soul; Vampire Burns invites the Simpsons for dinner; Bart sees a gremlin damaging his school bus.

28 Oct 199323m
Marge on the Lam
S05E06
7.7

Marge on the Lam

Marge's wild night out with neighbor Ruth includes running from the police in Ruth's car, stolen from her ex.

04 Nov 199323m
Bart's Inner Child
S05E07
7.2

Bart's Inner Child

Springfield emulates Bart after he's praised by a self-help guru.

11 Nov 199323m
Boy-Scoutz 'N the Hood
S05E08
8.1

Boy-Scoutz 'N the Hood

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 into the group but then must face the father-son rafting trip.

18 Nov 199323m
The Last Temptation of Homer
S05E09
8.0

The Last Temptation of Homer

Homer struggles with his attraction to new coworker Mindy, a beautiful engineer whose love for doughnuts is equal to his own.

09 Dec 199323m
$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)
S05E10
8.1

$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)

Legalized gambling comes to Springfield, and Marge becomes addicted; Robert Goulet entertains at Bart's casino for kids.

16 Dec 199323m
Homer the Vigilante
S05E11
7.8

Homer the Vigilante

Homer leads a vigilante group to catch the Springfield Cat Burglar, who then robs the museum.

06 Jan 199423m
Bart Gets Famous
S05E12
7.5

Bart Gets Famous

When an on-air remark catapults Bart to instant stardom, he finds that fame isn't all it's cracked up to be.

03 Feb 199423m
Homer and Apu
S05E13
7.5

Homer and Apu

Homer accompanies Apu to the Kwik-E-Mart home office--in India--after Apu is fired.

10 Feb 199423m
Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy
S05E14
7.6

Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy

Lisa's outrage over the gender stereotypes reinforced by a new talking doll prompts her to confront the dollmaker.

17 Feb 199423m
Deep Space Homer
S05E15
8.3

Deep Space Homer

Homer and Barney compete to be the first "average" American in space.

24 Feb 199423m
Homer Loves Flanders
S05E16
7.9

Homer Loves Flanders

Flanders' extra ticket to the big game makes him Homer's new best friend, a role that sorely tests Flanders' patience.

17 Mar 199423m
Bart Gets an Elephant
S05E17
7.5

Bart Gets an Elephant

Bart wins an elephant, but Homer won't let him keep it.

31 Mar 199423m
Burns' Heir
S05E18
7.8

Burns' Heir

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.

14 Apr 199423m
Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song
S05E19
8.0

Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song

Bart takes his dog to school, which gets Skinner fired, which in turn leaves Bart missing his archnemesis.

28 Apr 199423m
The Boy Who Knew Too Much
S05E20
7.7

The Boy Who Knew Too Much

Bart can clear Mayor Quimby's nephew of a charge of battery, but only by implicating himself as a hooky player.

05 May 199423m
Lady Bouvier's Lover
S05E21
7.2

Lady Bouvier's Lover

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.

12 May 199423m
Secrets of a Successful Marriage
S05E22
7.6

Secrets of a Successful Marriage

Homer teaches a class on marriage, but sharing secrets about his own union gets him kicked out of the house.

19 May 199423m