TV series
Just a product of society that's lost its good manners.
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
The Simpsons is available to stream on DirecTV On Demand, Disney+, Hulu, YouTube TV, Fubo, and Spectrum On Demand in United States. You can also buy it from Amazon, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home. Use the direct links below to open the provider.
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
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Episode 1
Lisa's friendship with Fat Tony's son Michael prompts mob boss Tony to invite the Simpsons over for dinner. Michael says he'd rather be a chef than take over the family business, but that's before Tony is shot by a rival mobster.
Directed by Michael MarcantelWritten by Bill OdenkirkGuest stars Joe Pantoliano, Michael Imperioli, Doris Grau, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Russi Taylor, Joe Mantegna
Episode 2
A child psychiatrist suggests drumming to channel Bart's energy, and the boy proves he's got the beat when he shows some talent on the skins.
Directed by Steven Dean MooreWritten by Daniel ChunGuest stars Jack White, Karl Wiedergott, Maggie Roswell, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Larina Adamson, Meg White
Episode 3
Marge reads Homer's carpentry books and becomes very handy at fixing things. Gender bias keeps the townspeople from accepting a female carpenter, so Marge pretends that Homer does the work. Meanwhile, Bart torments Skinner when he learns the principal has an extreme allergy to peanuts.
Directed by Mike B. AndersonWritten by Matt WarburtonGuest stars Karl Wiedergott, Maggie Roswell, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille
Episode 4
The 17th annual Halloween trilogy. Included: "Married to the Blob," in which a meteor turns Homer into a monster; "You Gotta Know When to Golem," about a monster from Jewish folklore; and "The Day the Earth Looked Stupid," about an alien invasion.
Directed by David SilvermanWritten by Peter GaffneyGuest stars Richard Lewis, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Fran Drescher, Maurice LaMarche, Phil McGraw, Marcia Wallace, Tress MacNeille
Episode 5
Homer is bamboozled by Army recruiters and winds up in basic training, where he runs afoul of a tough-minded colonel and is assigned to play the enemy in war games.
Directed by Nancy KruseWritten by Daniel ChunGuest stars Russi Taylor, Pamela Hayden, Kiefer Sutherland, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche
Episode 6
Lisa sees poetry in the notes Moe sticks to the walls of his hotel room, so she sends his work to a poetry journal, which publishes it, making Moe the toast of the literary circuit.
Directed by Mark KirklandWritten by Matt WarburtonGuest stars Gore Vidal, Thomas Pynchon, Jonathan Franzen, Michael Chabon, Tom Wolfe, Maggie Roswell, J.K. Simmons, Tress MacNeille
Episode 7
Homer is fired and decides to buy an ice-cream truck. Marge makes use of the mountains of Popsicle sticks from Homer's ice-cream consumption by creating sculptures of Springfield citizens with them, leading to a feature about her on the news.
Directed by Matthew NastukWritten by Carolyn OmineGuest stars Russi Taylor, Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden
Episode 8
When Bart ends up the only guest at Nelson's birthday party, the bully decides he's his best friend and goes about protecting Bart in a parody of "Goodfellas." Meanwhile, Homer reads Lisa to sleep and debates on whether to reveal the book's sad ending to her.
Directed by Chris ClementsWritten by Matt SelmanGuest stars Russi Taylor, Karl Wiedergott, Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden
Episode 9
Homer jumps into a brawl during a holiday ice-skating show. To escape the melee, Marge takes the family Christmas shopping, where a chance encounter with Gil leads to bad luck for Gil and the Simpson clan.
Directed by Bob AndersonWritten by Jeff WestbrookGuest stars Elvis Stojko, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Karl Wiedergott
Episode 10
Selma and Patti's home movies make Marge nostalgic for the Barnacle Bay vacations of her youth, so Homer takes the family there, but the area has changed since the Bouviers were little girls.
Directed by Lance KramerWritten by Kevin CurranGuest stars Sab Shimono, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, Dana Gould, Maggie Roswell, Karl Wiedergott
Episode 11
Homer learns three lessons about revenge from stories told by Marge, Lisa and Bart that parody "The Count of Monte Cristo," "Revenge of the Nerds" and "Batman Begins."
Directed by Michael PolcinoWritten by Joel H. CohenGuest stars Russi Taylor, Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden
Episode 12
Lisa pretends to be Native American for multicultural day at school. Meanwhile, Bart finds love with an older woman.
Directed by Raymond S. PersiWritten by Don PayneGuest stars Natalie Portman, Karl Wiedergott, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille
Episode 13
A documentary filmmaker who interviewed a group of Springfield schoolchildren 32 years ago has followed up at eight-year intervals to film how their lives have unfolded.
Directed by Chuck SheetzWritten by Matt WarburtonGuest stars Eric Idle, Karl Wiedergott, Tress MacNeille
Episode 14
Bart has to see a psychiatrist after he starts a panic at school by telling a story about a murderous cafeteria worker. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to civilize Cletus Spuckler's hillbilly children, with mixed results.
Directed by Susie DietterWritten by Michael PriceGuest stars Stephen Sondheim, James Patterson, Meg Ryan, Peter Bogdanovich, Andy Dick, Marcia Wallace
Episode 15
Selma and Grampa embark on a May-December romance, and Bart and Lisa get into trouble with deliverymen over cardboard boxes.
Directed by Nancy KruseWritten by Daniel ChunGuest stars Jane Kaczmarek, Karl Wiedergott, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille
Episode 16
After a celebrity scandal is accidentally captured in a family photo, Homer decides to become a paparazzo.
Directed by Matthew NastukWritten by J. Stewart BurnsGuest stars Betty White, Jon Lovitz, J.K. Simmons, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Karl Wiedergott
Episode 17
Marge goes online for the first time and becomes obsessed with a role-playing game that Bart and many of their neighbors are playing. Meanwhile, Lisa develops her own obsession--for soccer--and Homer becomes a referee.
Directed by Bob AndersonWritten by J. Stewart BurnsGuest stars Marcia Wallace, Karl Wiedergott, Maggie Roswell, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille
Episode 18
Bart goes from hero to goat on his Little League team after an error in the championship game. Meanwhile, Homer falls asleep on a bed in a department store. When he's awakened, he raves about the mattress and is given a job as a salesman.
Directed by Rob OliverWritten by Michael PriceGuest stars Maggie Roswell, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille, Karl Wiedergott
Episode 19
Homer, Apu, Moe and Skinner volunteer as firemen after Homer's sleepwalking accident injures the town's firefighters. They do some light looting at the fires to make up for not being compensated, but Marge and Lisa shame them into mending their ways.
Directed by Lance KramerWritten by Bill OdenkirkGuest stars Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden, Karl Wiedergott
Episode 20
The Simpsons' pooch, Santa's Little Helper, becomes a police dog.
Directed by Matthew FaughnanWritten by John FrinkGuest stars Stephen Hawking, Rudolph Giuliani, Russi Taylor, Marcia Wallace, Karl Wiedergott, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, Pamela Hayden
Episode 21
In a parody of "24," the school's Counter Truancy Unit tries to stop three sixth-graders planning to disrupt the school bake sale with a stink bomb.
Directed by Raymond S. PersiWritten by Billy Kimball, Ian Maxtone-GrahamGuest stars Mary Lynn Rajskub, Russi Taylor, Karl Wiedergott, Maggie Roswell, Pamela Hayden, Kiefer Sutherland, Tress MacNeille
Episode 22
Newsman Kent Brockman is fired for swearing on the air when Homer dumps coffee in his lap, but Lisa gets Brockman back in the game with her Webcam.
Directed by Matthew NastukWritten by Tim LongGuest stars Ludacris, Maurice LaMarche
Episode information updated Jul 25, 2026
Dan CastellanetaHomer Simpson / Abe Simpson / Barney Gumble / Krusty (voice)
Julie KavnerMarge Simpson / Patty Bouvier / Selma Bouvier (voice)
Nancy CartwrightBart Simpson / Nelson Muntz / Ralph Wiggum (voice)
Yeardley SmithLisa Simpson (voice)
Hank AzariaMoe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum / Apu / Comic Book Guy / Carl (voice)
Harry ShearerNed Flanders / Mr. Burns / Smithers / Skinner / Lenny (voice)
Jane KaczmarekConstance Harm (voice)
Jackie MasonHyman Krustofsky (voice)
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