The 50 Greatest Episodes of 1993
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- DirectorRich MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter being released from prison on parole, Sideshow Bob plots to murder Bart.10/10
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer sells his soul to the Devil for a donut, Bart contends with a gremlin on the side of the school bus which only he can see, and the family discovers that Mr. Burns is a vampire.10/10
- DirectorRich MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter receiving a considerable donation of money, Springfield builds a monorail system with Homer as the conductor, unaware they've just boarded a one-way train to Hell.10/10
- DirectorMark KirklandStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightWhen Mr. Burns revokes the plant's dental plan, forcing Lisa to be fitted with cheap, ugly braces, Homer leads its union into going on strike.10/10
- DirectorAndy De EmmonyStarsChris BarrieCraig CharlesDanny John-JulesAs the crew contend with Starbug's dwindling supplies, they find themselves being pulled towards a deserted space station where they meet the brilliant but mysterious Legion. Legion wishes only to fulfill their every need, but to what end?9/10
- 1989– 30mTV-148.6 (3.8K)TV EpisodeDirectorWesley ArcherStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMr. Burns builds a casino when Springfield decides to legalize gambling, with Marge becoming addicted to the slot machines.9/10
- DirectorJeffrey LynchStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter joining the Junior Campers while on a sugar high, Bart reluctantly invites Homer to accompany him on the group's annual father-son rafting trip, which soon goes awry.9/10
- DirectorWesley ArcherStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter his birthday party goes wrong, Mr. Burns begins to want his childhood toy, a teddy bear named Bobo; Homer finds that Maggie is in possession of the doll.9/10
- DirectorRich MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightBart and Lisa convince Grampa to let them use his name for episodes of "Itchy and Scratchy" they have written; Homer re-takes a test he failed in high school.9/10
- DirectorJeffrey LynchStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightWhen Bart gets tired of Homer's horrible parenting skills, he enrolls in the "Bigger Brother" program where he's assigned a fantastic role model.9/10
- DirectorMark KirklandStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightA girls' night out turns into a high speed chase when Marge learns her friend is driving a stolen car.9/10
- DirectorCarlos BaezaStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightSelma starts to feel broody, but after taking Bart and Lisa to Duff Gardens, she changes her mind.9/10
- DirectorWesley ArcherStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightLisa gives Ralph a Valentine's card out of pity, but soon regrets it when he develops an unwanted crush on her.8.5/10
- DirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieOwen BrenmanThe Meldrews, Mrs. Warboys, and Mr. Swainey take a trip to the countryside.8.5/10
- DirectorMark KirklandStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter the kids find a record with Homer's picture on it, he recalls the story of how he achieved fame in the 1980s with his barbershop quartet, The Be Sharps.8/10
- DirectorCarlos BaezaStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer's marriage is in trouble when he develops an attraction to a new co-worker; Bart undergoes medical treatments that make him look like a nerd.8/10
- 1987–199445mTV-PG8.5 (3.7K)TV EpisodeDirectorAlexander SingerStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonLt. Barclay mistakenly awakes Moriarty in the forgotten holodeck program, who then makes his demands clear and unforgettable.8/10
- DirectorJim ReardonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter Homer loses his license for DUI, Marge pressures him to give up beer for a month; Lisa attempts to prove that Bart is less intelligent than a hamster.8/10
- DirectorJim ReardonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightWhen a surprise inspection of the nuclear power plant reveals that Homer is not qualified to do his job, he is forced to go to college.8/10
- DirectorAlexander SingerStarsJohn NevilleJim NortonNatalija NogulichAfter an encounter with the Borg, Data feels his first emotion when he gets angry with the Borg. Data then tries to find ways to recreate the situation in order to feel emotions again, whilst the Enterprise investigates the Borg activity, and are bewildered as to why they feel emotions too.8/10
- DirectorRobert WiemerStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonOn his return from a bat'leth competition in the Klingon Empire, Worf finds himself shifting realities where events and details are in a constant state of flux and only he is aware of the changes.8/10
- DirectorPatrick StewartStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonData deals with his new ability to experience nightmares as the Enterprise deals with the installation of a new warp core that won't work as expected.8/10
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightWhen Krusty's show is canceled after losing viewers to a ventriloquist and his dummy, Bart and Lisa organize a celebrity-filled comeback special for their favorite clown.8/10
- DirectorJim ReardonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightA misunderstanding leads to Marge being imprisoned for shoplifting, with her absence soon descending the family, and eventually, the town into chaos.8/10
- DirectorJeffrey LynchStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMarge home-schools Bart after he is expelled from Springfield Elementary; Lisa protests a barbaric local holiday centered around clubbing snakes to death.8/10
- DirectorBob AndersonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightBrad Goodman, a self-help guru, encourages Springfield to act more like Bart, with disastrous results.8/10
- 1993–199822mNot Rated8.2 (185)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael GerardAlfred GimenoRusty MillsStarsRob PaulsenJess HarnellTress MacNeilleIn this Halloween episode, the Devil is "Hot, Bothered & Bedeviled" when the Warners visit Hades and torment him. Next, in "Moon Over Minerva," nerdy Wilford Wolf courts beautiful Minerva Mink.8/10
- 1993–199822mNot Rated8.7 (175)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael GerardGreg ReynaStarsRob PaulsenJess HarnellTress MacNeilleFirst, in "Video Review," the Warners run amok in a video store late at night. Then, in another effort to overthrow the world, Pinky and The Brain use H.G. Wells' time machine to create an era "When Mice Ruled the Earth."8/10
- 1993–199822mNot Rated8.0 (281)TV EpisodeDirectorRusty MillsGreg ReynaStarsRob PaulsenJess HarnellTress MacNeilleThe Warners give unwanted help to Kirk Douglas-cum-Michelangelo as he tries to paint the Sistine Chapel. Squit tells the story of how he became a Goodfeather - a story that involves a discarded bagel on a busy street.8/10
- 1993–199822mNot Rated8.2 (193)TV EpisodeDirectorRich AronsAlfred GimenoGary HartleStarsRob PaulsenJess HarnellTress MacNeilleAliens abduct Yakko, Wakko, and Dot. Inspired by the Orson Welles "War of the Worlds" radio drama, Brain stages a similar hoax on television, hoping to cause a nationwide panic.8/10
- 1993–199822mNot Rated7.9 (185)TV EpisodeDirectorRich AronsBarry CaldwellMichael GerardStarsRob PaulsenJess HarnellTress MacNeilleIn "Cat on a Hot Steel Beam," Mindy pursues a cute kitty into a dangerous construction site and Buttons tries desperately to save her. Later, Dr. Scratchansniff gets a parking ticket, he's represented in court by the firm of Warner, Warner and Warner ("La La Law").8/10
- 1993–199822mNot Rated7.9 (181)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael GerardGreg ReynaStarsRob PaulsenJess HarnellTress MacNeilleFirst, Chicken Boo tries to pass himself off as world-famous ballet dancer, "Chicken Booryshnikov." Then, Pinky and The Brain attempt to steal the crown jewels of Russia in "Pavlov's Mice." Finally, in Czarist Russia, royal dentists Yakko, Wakko and Dot treat Rasputin's toothache in "Nothing But the Tooth."8/10
- DirectorAlfred GimenoStarsRob PaulsenJess HarnellTress MacNeilleMr. Plotz tasks Scratchansniff with bringing the Warners in line so they might appear at a huge gala to schmooze some Japanese investors.7.5/10
- DirectorAndy De EmmonyStarsChris BarrieCraig CharlesDanny John-JulesLister awakens on Starbug and learns that 200 years have passed and the Red Dwarf has gone missing. While navigating an asteroid field, the crew are tempted by Psirens, shape-shifting creatures that wish to suck out their brains.7.5/10
- 1992–199522mUnrated8.6 (2K)TV EpisodeDirectorBruce TimmStarsKevin ConroyBob HastingsRobert CostanzoThe Joker becomes enraged when the Gotham copyright office rejects his demand for a copyright for his grinning Joker fish.7.5/10
- DirectorPaul WeilandStarsRowan AtkinsonMichael Fenton StevensRoger BrierleyMr. Bean goes to a hotel where he causes trouble and seeks competition in his hotel neighbor. After he eats some spoiled oysters, he wakes up at night from some loud noise and ends up being locked out of his room.7.5/10
- 1992–199522mUnrated8.8 (2K)TV EpisodeDirectorBruce TimmStarsKevin ConroyRobert CostanzoMatt FrewerSidney Debris, a small-time mobster, earns the hatred of all of Batman's enemies when he claims to have accidentally killed Batman during a brawl.7.5/10
- 1990–200127mTV-PG8.3 (143)TV EpisodeDirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieDoreen MantleThe Meldrews invite Patrick and Pippa round for a friendly evening meal, plus Victor hosts an eventful meeting of his local conjurers group before beginning his new job as a lollipop man.7.5/10
- DirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieDoreen MantleMargaret collapses from nervous exhaustion which has been building up for the past 35 years.7.5/10
- DirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonWhile on call for jury service, Victor spends the day home alone.7.5/10
- Episode: (1993)1993–199822mNot Rated8.3 (167)TV EpisodeDirectorGreg ReynaLenord RobinsonStarsRob PaulsenJess HarnellTress MacNeilleThis four-cartoon episode features the stars of the show appearing in each other's segments. First, The Brain ventures "In the Garden of Mindy" and enlists Mindy's help in his latest plan to take over the world.7.5/10
- 1993–199822mNot Rated8.1 (160)TV EpisodeDirectorAlfred GimenoDavid MarshallLenord RobinsonStarsRob PaulsenJess HarnellTress MacNeilleGreek playwright Aristotle tries to win cash and prizes on "You Risk Your Life," a game show hosted by Yakko.7.5/10
- DirectorAndy De EmmonyStarsChris BarrieCraig CharlesDanny John-JulesKryten diagnoses Rimmer with a stress-related condition, as a surviving Simulant attacks the crew. Fleeing in an escape pod, Rimmer enters a wormhole and must spend the next 600 years on a deserted planet with only his clones for company.7/10
- DirectorAndy De EmmonyStarsChris BarrieCraig CharlesDanny John-JulesWhen Lister is revealed to be a Mechanoid and Cat disappears from existence, the crew realise that they are flying through reality-changing unreality bubbles. The only way they can escape this mess? With the help of their future selves.7/10
- DirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWhen Captain Picard's artificial heart fails, he is offered the rare opportunity to go back in time and set right the mistake that led to his demise.7/10
- DirectorAndy De EmmonyStarsChris BarrieCraig CharlesDanny John-JulesStarbug is attacked by a Simulant battleship and infected with a virus which overrides it's navicomp. Lister, Rimmer and Cat use the AR machine to enter Kryten's mind, which has taken the form of the Wild West, in order to fight the virus.7/10
- DirectorTodd HollandStarsGarry ShandlingJeffrey TamborKathryn HarroldA staff shake-up interrupts preparations for Larry's surprise birthday party.7/10
- DirectorDennis ErdmanStarsGarry ShandlingJeffrey TamborKathryn HarroldHank's endorsement of an exercise device creates trouble; Arthur conducts a behind-the-scenes tour of the show for his television class.7/10
- DirectorPaul FlahertyStarsGarry ShandlingJeffrey TamborKathryn HarroldHank struggles to open the Look-A-Round Café7/10
- DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonRiker begins to question reality when he finds himself in an alien insane asylum and faces the prospect his life on the Enterprise has been a delusion.7/10