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This article contains unconfirmed information. The information regarding episode order and air dates contained in the article comes from the EIDR page on Season 36 and it may change as the episodes approach and more information becomes available from other sources.[1]

Season 36 is an upcoming season of The Simpsons. It will start on September 29, 2024. It was confirmed on January 26, 2023, along Season 35.^[3][2]

Episodes

Picture # Original title Original airdate Directed by Written by Prod. code 769 - 1[4] "Bart's Birthday"[5] September 29, 2024[2][4] Rob Oliver[6] Jessica Conrad[7] 35ABF15 Bart celebrates the most shocking birthday party of his entire life — one that might just change everyone in Springfield forever.[8] Guest starring: Conan O'Brien as himself, Danny DeVito, John Cena, Tom Hanks, and several Major League Baseball players.[9][10][11] 770 - 2 "The Yellow Lotus"[12] October 6, 2024[13] Rob Oliver[14] Loni Steele Sosthand[15] 35ABF08 The Simpsons encounter death on vacation at a high-end resort.[8] 771 - 3 "Desperately Seeking Lisa"[16] October 20, 2024[1] TBA Tim Long[17] 35ABF18 Lisa has a blazing misadventure in the dark world of Capital City's downtown art scene.[8] Marge's self-image in the town that everyone thinks she's a good person is at stake when Homer and Marge have to respond to a kidnapping and extortion situation. The kidnappers have not yet been decided on, but they're thinking of Jimbo and Shauna.[18] 772 - 4 "Shoddy Heat"[19] October 27, 2024[1] Gabriel DeFrancesco[20] Jeff Westbrook[19] 35ABF16 Grampa reveals his secret past as a 1980s-era private detective.[8] 773 - 5 "Treehouse of Horror XXXV"[21] November 3, 2024[1] Timothy Bailey[22] Matt Selman, Dan Vebber and Rob LaZebnik[23] 35ABF13[24] Giant monsters created by political rage threaten to tear the town apart, a Victorian Mr. Burns is jump-scared on Thanksgiving by the ghosts of his abused workers, and Homer bonds with a pair of extra-terrestrial jeans in an unforgettable stop-motion adventure that can only be called… Denim.[8] The first segment looks at how divided our country is — in this case, literal red versus blue monsters in a "kind of 'Pacific Rim' style pool".[11] 774 - 6 "Ladies Night"[25] November 10, 2024[1] TBA Christine Nagle[17] 35ABF17[26] 775 - 7 "Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes"[27] November 24, 2024[1] TBA Jessica Conrad[17] 35ABF14 A tattooed man at a mysterious night circus transports Lisa into three strange stories from the innocent 1950s, the chilling retro-present, and a brutalist future where prestige TV rules the world.[8] It's based on Ray Bradbury's short stories.[28] Guest starring: Andy Serkis.[28]    ??? - ? "O C'mon All Ye Faithful"[29] 2024/2025 TBA Carolyn Omine[29][30] 35ABF22 ??? - ? "The Beautiful Shame"[31] 2024/2025 TBA TBA 35ABF?? ??? - ? "Marge and Homer and Moe and Maya"[32] 2024/2025 TBA Al Jean[32] 35ABF?? ??? - ? TBA 2024/2025 TBA Loni Steele Sosthand[33] 36ABF01 ??? - ? "The Man Who Flew Too Much"[34][35] 2024/2025 TBA Al Jean[34] 36ABF02 ??? - ? TBA 2024/2025 TBA Nick Dahan[36] 36ABF03 ??? - ? TBA 2024/2025 TBA Rob LaZebnik and Johnny LaZebnik[17] 36ABF04 ??? - ? TBA 2024/2025 TBA TBA 36ABF05 ??? - ? "The Last Man Expanding"[37] 2024/2025 TBA J. Stewart Burns[37] 36ABF06

Upcoming plots

• The first several episodes are detours through sci-fi and horror.^[38]
• One of the first episodes will be a sequel of sorts to "22 Short Films About Springfield" - with a twist.^[38][11]
• One episode in the first half of the season will be dedicated to Ned Flanders reflecting on the deaths of Maude Flanders and Edna Krabappel, because it's "never too late to emotionally address a past trauma".^[38]
• One episode will reference the court room scene from the film Anatomy of a Fall.^[39]

Script covers

Production

• Al Jean will showrun an unannounced 36ABF episode.^[40]
• Christine Nangle is writing an episode of the production season 35ABF.^[41]
• Michael Price will co-run 36ABF01.^[33]
• Jorge R. Gutierrez will make a Couch gag for an episode.^[42]
• Tim Long wrote a 35ABF episode that'll air Fall 2024.^[43]

References