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Season 25 is the next season that is set to air from fall 2013 to spring 2014. If The Simpsons is not picked up for another season, this season will be the final season of The Simpsons. The first table read for the season was on March 7, 2013.^[1]

Episodes

Picture # Original title Original airdate Directed by Written by Prod. code 531 - 1 "Homerland"[2] September 29, 2013[3] Homer starts to act strangely polite after returning from a nuclear power plant convention, prompting a suspicious Lisa to ask an intense FBI agent to help her solve this mystery.[4] Guest starring Kristen Wiig as an FBI agent. "The Man Who Came To Be Dinner"[5] David Silverman[6] Al Jean (co-writer) RABF15 The Simpsons go to an amusement park where the lines for the rides are terrible, except for this one rocket called Journey to Your Future. They end up on Kang and Kodos home planet Rigel VII.[7] "Treehouse of Horror XXIV"[8] October, 2013 Jeff Westbrook[8] RABF16[8] "Labor Pains"[9] November 3, 2013 Don Payne[9] Gretchen, a woman stuck in an elevator, with Homer gives birth to a baby with Homer's help, which she names Homer, Jr.[10][11] Guest starring Elisabeth Moss as Gretchen "White Christmas Blues"[9] December 2013 Don Payne[9] "Steal This Episode"[12] December 2013 SABF05[12] Deputy Director Gratman, the FBI's anti-piracy boss, is tasked with hunting down Homer, who stands accused of illegally downloading a movie.[12] Guest starring Will Arnett as Deputy Director Gratman "The Winter of His Content"[13] Kevin Curran[13] SABF09[13] "The War of Art"[14] SABF10[14] "YOLO"[15] "Brick Like Me"[16] "The Kid is All Right"[17] "Four Regrettings and a Funeral"[18] Kent Brockman has decided that local news has been a real mistake and a terrible career move for him. In a moment of truth during Brockman’s meeting at the Fox News, Aaron Sorkin appears in a thought bubble above Brockman’s head and advises the anchor on whether or not he should work for the cable channel.[19] Guest starring: Joe Namath as himself, Gordon Ramsay as himself, and Aaron Sorkin as himself "Married to the Blob"[20] "Yellow Subterfuge"[21] December 2013 A new student comes to Springfield Elementary called Isabel, who is Lisa's intellectual equal.[22] Lisa and Isabel become fast friends but things take a left turn when they realize they have different political views - Isabel is a republican. They end up running against each other in the second-grade election, and then we flash to the future where they’re engaged in an actual presidential debate — and Anderson Cooper is the moderator. [23] [24] Guest starring Eva Longoria as Isabel[22] and Anderson Cooper as himself[24] December 2013 Homer stands to ruin a blossoming relationship between Comic Book Guy and an attractive young Japanese woman/manga fan. Stan Lee swings by Comic Book Guy’s store and doles out some advice on comics, romance, and, yes, romance comics.[25] Guest starring: Stan Lee as himself Bart will encounter Diggs, a strange older boy with a passion for falconry, among other things.[26] Guest starring: Daniel Radcliffe as Diggs. Lisa befriends a new chubby little boy (played by Zach Galifianakis) who wants to be a competitive eater, Suddenly Marge is worried that Lisa is trying to marry a boy that’s just like Homer, and then Homer is offended that Marge is worried about that..[27] Guest starring: Zach Galifianakis. A sequel to "Holidays of Future Passed", Homer keeps dieing and becomes a hologram.[28] J. Stewart Burns[27] A crossover with Futurama, the Planet Express team comes to Springfield. Hypnotoad will also make an appearance.[29] The plot will revolve around Bender and Bart, Bender has to come back from the future to kill Bart because there’s something that Bart does now that makes the future really, really, really bad. It will be the season final or the next season premier (if FOX renewed the series for another season). Some scenes will be based in the comic Futurama/Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis.[27] Guest starring: Billy West as Philip J. Fry, Katey Sagal as Leela, John DiMaggio as Bender, Phil LaMarr and Maurice LaMarche.

Notes

• Judd Apatow, writer/director of Knocked Up, Superbad and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, will be writing an episode of The Simpsons in season 25 where Homer is hypnotized to think he's ten years old and becomes friends with Bart.^[30]
• Don Payne, who passed away on March 25th 2013, will have two episodes that will air posthumously in the 25th season, "White Christmas Blues" and "Labor Pains"^[31]
• Anderson Cooper recorded his line at May 13, 2013.^[24]
• There will be a "very musical" episode that will be the second musical episode after "All Singing, All Dancing" from Season 9.^[32]

Other guest stars

• Other guest stars slated to appear in season 25 are:
  • Christiane Amanpour^[33]
  • Rachel Maddow^[33]
  • Judd Apatow^[3]

References