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Season 36

Season Information Original run: September 29, 2024 - Spring 2025[1] Previous season: 35

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Season 36 is the current season of The Simpsons. It started on September 29, 2024 and was included on Disney+ on October 3, 2024 in Canada. It was confirmed on January 26, 2023, along Season 35.^[1][2]

Episodes

Picture # Original title Original airdate Directed by Written by Prod. code 769 - 1 "Bart's Birthday" September 29, 2024 Rob Oliver Jessica Conrad 35ABF15 Bart celebrates a birthday that will change his life forever. Guest starring: John Cena as himself, Danny DeVito as Herb Powell, Tom Hanks as himself, Joel McHale as himself, Conan O'Brien as himself, Mark Proksch as Hack-GPT, Seth Rogen as himself, and Amy Sedaris as Maggie Simpson. 770 - 2 "The Yellow Lotus" October 6, 2024 Matthew Faughnan Loni Steele Sosthand 35ABF08 The Simpsons encounter death on vacation at a high-end resort. Guest starring: Chloe Fineman as Tasha, Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob, and Jay Pharoah as Drederick Tatum. 771 - 3 "Desperately Seeking Lisa" October 20, 2024 Matthew Nastuk Tim Long 35ABF18 Lisa has a blazing misadventure in the dark world of Capital City's downtown art scene. Guest starring: Griffin Dunne as the cockroach actor and Gregor Samsa, Richard E. Grant as Julian, Tracy Letts as himself, and Molly Shannon as Katya. 772 - 4 "Shoddy Heat" October 27, 2024 Gabriel DeFrancesco Jeff Westbrook 35ABF16 An unearthed corpse opens up a cold case from Springfield in the 1980s... as well as a steamy relationship between young Grampa and Agnes Skinner. Guest starring: Topher Grace as Billy O'Donnell. 773 - 5 "Treehouse of Horror XXXV" November 3, 2024 Timothy Bailey Matt Selman, Dan Vebber and Rob LaZebnik 35ABF13 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. 774 - 6 "Women in Shorts" November 10, 2024 Eric Koenig Christine Nangle 35ABF17 Girls just want to have funny. Guest starring: Ruth Reichl as herself and Kerry Washington as Rayshelle Peyton. 775 - 7 "Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes" November 24, 2024 Debbie Bruce Mahan Jessica Conrad 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. Guest starring: Andy Serkis as The Illustrated Man and Siegfried Blaze. 776 - 8 "Convenience Airways" December 8, 2024 Rob Oliver Loni Steele Sosthand 36ABF01 The Simpsons are trapped on a flight with the most unruly passengers in America. Guest starring: Kate Berlant as stressed woman, John Early as Joel, Jay Pharoah as Drederick Tatum, and John Pirruccello as Warren Wingspan.    777 - 9 "Homer and Her Sisters"[3] December 15, 2024[4] TBA Nick Dahan[5] 36ABF03[3] After a fight in an escape room, Krusty's truth-telling Aunt fixes Homer's relationship with Patty and Selma.[4] Guest starring: Susie Essman as Aunt Sadie and Ike Barinholtz as Wayne the Grip.[4] 778 - 10 779 - 11 "O C'mon All Ye Faithful"[6][7][8][9][10] December 17, 2024 [11] Debbie Mahan and Matthew Faughnan[12] Carolyn Omine[9][13] 35ABF21 35ABF22[14][15] Famed British mentalist, Derren Brown, comes to Springfield and uses psychological tricks and showmanship to raise the town's Christmas spirit. When Homer gets hypnotized and mistakenly believes he is Santa Claus, it sets off a cheery chain-reaction and causes everyone to question what they believe and to explore the meaning of "miracle".[16][17] Guest starring: Derren Brown as himself, Pentatonix as themselves, and Patti LaBelle as herself.[18][19] 780 - 12 "The Man Who Flew Too Much"[20] December 22, 2024[20] Steven Dean Moore[21] Al Jean[21] 36ABF02 The new and improved Pin Pals travel to Capital City for their first ever state bowling championship.[20] Guest starring: Glenn Close as Mona Simpson.[20]    ??? - ?? "The Past and the Furious"[10] 2025 TBA Rob LaZebnik[22] 35ABF19[23] It'll be a time travel adventure; where it’s a little more future, genre experimental.[24] ??? - ?? "Yellow Planet"[10][25] 2025 Timothy Bailey[26] J. Stewart Burns[21] 35ABF20[23] It'll be a Nature documentary style episode, ala The Blue Planet and National Geographic, in which the characters are adorable, screwed up, animals.[27][28] ??? - ? "The Last Man Expanding"[21] 2025 Timothy Bailey[29] J. Stewart Burns[21] 36ABF06 It'll be a Comic Book Guy episode.[30] ??? - ? "P.S., I Hate You"[31] 2025 TBA Cesar Mazariegos[31] 36ABF07[32] ??? - ? "Abe League of Their Moe"[23] April 2025[33] Rob Oliver[34] Joel H. Cohen[23] 36ABF08[35] A Baseball themed episode with a parody of Shōhei Ōtani and his Picadillos gambling scandal. Hank Azaria says it's a "good Moe show".[30] ??? - ? "Estranger Things"[36] 2025 TBA TBA 36ABF11 ??? - ? "Men Behaving Manly"[21] 2025 Steven Dean Moore[21] John Frink[21] 36ABF12 ??? - ? "Keep Chalm and Gary On"[37] 2025 TBA Christine Nangle[37] 36ABF14[38] ??? - ? "Bad Boys... for Life?"[21] 2025 TBA Al Jean[21] 36ABF17[21]      ??? - ? TBA 2025 TBA Rob LaZebnik and Johnny LaZebnik[22] 36ABF04[22] ??? - ? TBA 2025 TBA TBA 36ABF05 36ABF09 36ABF10 36ABF13 36ABF16 36ABF18 36ABF19 36ABF20 36ABF21 36ABF22[39]        ??? - ? "The Beautiful Shame"[40] 2025 TBA TBA 36ABF?? ??? - ? "Marge and Homer and Moe and Maya"[21] 2025 TBA Al Jean[21] 36ABF??

Upcoming plots

• In one episode, 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.^[41]
• 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".^[42]
• One episode will reference the court room scene from the film Anatomy of a Fall.^[43]
• There are not plans of another canon Halloween episode for now.^[44]
• One idea Al Jean has is Willie posing on OnlyFans.^[45]
• Michael Price is co-writing an episode that started as Homer being like Ned Merrill, but going home by invading people's backyard barbecues. It still has a slight Cheever-ish aspect to it but they lost the BBQs.^[46]

Production

• Matt Selman wants to do a Bluey couch gag in response to the Bluey opening parody.^[47]
• Jessica Conrad has several episodes written.^[23]
• Carolyn Omine is going to write an episode soon.^[48]

Guest stars

• In an Al Jean episode, Sidse Babett Knudsen will guest star.^[21].
• John DiMaggio will guest star as an original character.^[49]

Script covers

References

Please note that Twitter links may no longer work as more and more staff members switch to Bluesky, closing their Twitter accounts.

Promotional videos

• Official New York Comic Con 2024 Empire Stage Livestream: Day 3 at YouTube