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7G is the first production season of The Simpsons. Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, and Sam Simon were the showrunners for the season. The entire run of episodes aired as part of broadcast season 1 on Fox from December 17, 1989 with "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", to May 13, 1990 with "Some Enchanted Evening".

Episodes

Picture Prod. code Title Original airdate Directed by Written by # 7G01 "Some Enchanted Evening" May 13, 1990 David Silverman & Kent Butterworth Matt Groening & Sam Simon S1 E13 Homer and Marge spend an evening out on the town, leaving the children with a babysitter named Ms. Botz. Bart and Lisa, however, learn from watching TV that Ms. Botz is actually a wanted fugitive named Lucille Botzkowski, better known as the "Babysitter Bandit". They succeed in capturing the sitter, but Homer, ignorant of her real identity, turns her loose. Guest starring: Penny Marshall as Lucille Botz, June Foray as Babysitting receptionist and Paul Willson as Howard, Sr. 250px 7G02 "Bart the Genius" January 14, 1990 David Silverman Jon Vitti S1 E2 Springfield Elementary School has an intelligence test, and Bart cheats by switching his name with that of class brain Martin Prince on their test papers. With his name associated with Martin's test score, Bart is considered to be a genius. Bart is then enrolled at the Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children, but struggles both academically and socially at his new school. With no one aware that Bart cheated, Homer and Bart develop a close father/son relationship. Everything goes back to normal, however, when Bart confesses to the switch. Guest starring: Marcia Wallace as Edna Krabappel and Ms. Melon. 7G03 "Homer's Odyssey" January 21, 1990 Wes Archer Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky S1 E3 Homer is fired after he causes an accident due to being distracted by greeting Bart and his class on their field trip to the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Depressed and unemployed, Homer considers suicide until he notices the dangers around town and becomes a safety crusader. When Homer targets the nuclear power plant, Mr. Burns re-hires him and promotes him to safety inspector. 200px 7G04 "There's No Disgrace Like Home" January 28, 1990 Gregg Vanzo & Kent Butterworth Al Jean & Mike Reiss S1 E4 The Simpson family attends the company picnic at the Burns manor. After seeing the other families at the picnic, Homer notices his own family's shortcomings and dysfunctions and decides to improve everyone's behavior, pawning the family's television set to pay for a family therapy session at Dr. Marvin Monroe's clinic. The session is a flop, but when Homer forces Monroe to honor his "double your money back" guarantee, the family ends up with enough money to buy a much better TV. 7G05 "Bart the General" February 4, 1990 David Silverman John Swartzwelder S1 E5 Bart runs afoul of Nelson Muntz, the school bully, who begins attacking Bart every day after school. Homer suggests fighting back, which does not work. Desperate for a solution, Bart visits Grampa for advice. Grampa takes Bart to meet Herman, who suggests that Bart rally all of the school children and declare war on Nelson. Bart and his army attack Nelson and successfully manage to convince him to give up his bullying ways. 250px 7G06 "Moaning Lisa" February 11, 1990 Wes Archer Al Jean & Mike Reiss S1 E6 Lisa is continually unhappy, and it begins to affect her performance at school. Nothing that Marge and Homer try seems to help. Lisa then meets jazz musician and fellow saxophone player Bleeding Gums Murphy, who helps Lisa to express her depression by playing the blues on her sax. They write a blues number together, and the family visits a jazz club to hear Bleeding Gums sing and play it. Guest starring: Ron Taylor as Bleeding Gums Murphy and Miriam Flynn as Ms. Barr. 7G07 "The Telltale Head" February 25, 1990 Rich Moore Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Sam Simon & Matt Groening S1 E8 The episode opens with Bart and Homer being chased and cornered by an angry mob, and Bart has the severed head of Jebediah Springfield's statue. Bart explains his actions: He cut off the head to impress a trio of troublemakers he was trying to make friends with, but the stunt backfired as the act of vandalism outraged the whole town, including Bart's three would-be friends. Bart then confessed to his family what he had done, and Homer, feeling responsible, agreed to help him put the head back. Finishing his story, Bart says the incident made him realize he was taking the town's heritage for granted, of which they were all guilty. Touched by the story, the crowd forgives Bart, and he puts the head back. 7G08 "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" December 17, 1989 David Silverman Mimi Pond S1 E1 Christmas is coming, and it's going to be a difficult one due to the family's financial woes: Homer's expected Christmas bonus at work doesn't come through, and the family is forced to spend money previously set aside for shopping on an expensive tattoo removal procedure for Bart. Homer tries to earn money by other means such as being a department store Santa Claus, and the family does their best to have a good holiday in spite of the circumstances. 7G09 "The Call of the Simpsons" February 18, 1990 Wes Archer John Swartzwelder S1 E7 The Simpsons go camping in their dilapidated RV, and problems arise when the RV is destroyed by falling off a cliff. The family are separated in the woods, where Maggie is cared for by bears and Homer (who has lost his clothes and is wearing a heavy coating of mud instead) is mistaken for a hideous Bigfoot-like monster. Homer is captured and taken to a lab, and not allowed to return home until the scientists are convinced that he really is a human being. Guest starring: Albert Brooks as Cowboy Bob. 7G10 "Homer's Night Out" March 25, 1990 Rich Moore Jon Vitti S1 E10 Bart takes a picture of Homer dancing with Princess Kashmir, a belly dancer. The photo is then copied all over Springfield, and when Marge sees it she at first thinks that Homer is having an affair. Homer explains the photo, but a still-angry Marge kicks him out of the house and demands that Homer introduce Bart to Princess Kashmir in person to show him that women are not sex objects. Guest Starring: Sam McMurray as Gulliver Dark. 250px 7G11 "Life on the Fast Lane" March 18, 1990 David Silverman John Swartzwelder S1 E9 Marge becomes unhappy when her birthday present from Homer is a bowling ball (which he clearly intended for himself) as she does not even bowl. To spite Homer, Marge sets out to learn to bowl, and ends up taking lessons from an instructor named Jacques, who pursues an affair with her. Marge nearly gives in, but at the last minute chooses to stay with Homer, surprising him by showing up at the nuclear power plant. Guest starring: Albert Brooks as Jacques. 7G12 "Krusty Gets Busted" April 29, 1990 Brad Bird Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky S1 E12 Krusty the Clown is accused, tried, and convicted of robbing the Kwik-E-Mart, and Sideshow Bob takes his place as TV show host. Bart, however, believes that Krusty was framed. He enlists Lisa's help, and together they uncover evidence showing that the robber was actually Sideshow Bob in disguise. Krusty is freed and Sideshow Bob goes to jail, thus beginning the long-standing enmity between Sideshow Bob and Bart. Guest starring: Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob. 7G13 "The Crepes of Wrath" April 15, 1990 Wes Archer & Milton Gray George Meyer, Sam Simon, John Swartzwelder & Jon Vitti S1 E11 After Bart blows up Springfield Elementary's toilets by flushing a cherry bomb, Principal Skinner decides to put Bart into a student exchange program. Bart ends up in France, where he is hosted by a pair of criminals and becomes a national hero when he exposes their plan to spike wine with antifreeze. Back in Springfield, the Simpsons host an Albanian student named Adil. Unbeknownst to the family, he is actually a spy in search of nuclear secrets. Touched by Adil's interest in his work, Homer ends up giving Adil the secrets he's after by showing him all over the nuclear plant.

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Trivia

• Homer works at Sector 7G in the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, which is likely a reference to the 7G Production Season.