The Simpsons
The Simpsons: Season 5

Air Date

September 30, 1993

Episodes

22 episodes

The Simpsons

Season 5

Episodes

Homer's Barbershop Quartet

1. Homer's Barbershop Quartet

8.0
September 30, 1993
23 min

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

Cape Feare

2. Cape Feare

8.5
October 7, 1993
23 min

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

Homer Goes to College

3. Homer Goes to College

7.6
October 14, 1993
23 min

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

Rosebud

4. Rosebud

8.0
October 21, 1993
23 min

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

Treehouse of Horror IV

5. Treehouse of Horror IV

7.8
October 28, 1993
23 min

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

Marge on the Lam

6. Marge on the Lam

7.4
November 4, 1993
23 min

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

Bart's Inner Child

7. Bart's Inner Child

7.1
November 11, 1993
23 min

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

Boy-Scoutz 'N the Hood

8. Boy-Scoutz 'N the Hood

8.0
November 18, 1993
23 min

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.

The Last Temptation of Homer

9. The Last Temptation of Homer

7.7
December 9, 1993
23 min

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

$pringfield

10. $pringfield

7.9
December 16, 1993
23 min

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

Homer the Vigilante

11. Homer the Vigilante

7.5
January 6, 1994
23 min

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

Bart Gets Famous

12. Bart Gets Famous

7.3
February 3, 1994
23 min

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

Homer and Apu

13. Homer and Apu

7.2
February 10, 1994
23 min

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

Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy

14. Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy

7.4
February 17, 1994
23 min

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

Deep Space Homer

15. Deep Space Homer

8.1
February 24, 1994
23 min

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

Homer Loves Flanders

16. Homer Loves Flanders

7.7
March 17, 1994
23 min

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

Bart Gets an Elephant

17. Bart Gets an Elephant

7.2
March 31, 1994
23 min

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

Burns' Heir

18. Burns' Heir

7.5
April 14, 1994
23 min

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.

Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song

19. Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song

7.9
April 28, 1994
23 min

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

The Boy Who Knew Too Much

20. The Boy Who Knew Too Much

7.4
May 5, 1994
23 min

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

Lady Bouvier's Lover

21. Lady Bouvier's Lover

6.9
May 12, 1994
23 min

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.

Secrets of a Successful Marriage

22. Secrets of a Successful Marriage

7.2
May 19, 1994
23 min

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