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Season 28

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Season 28
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Season Information
Original run: September 25, 2016 – Spring 2017
No. of episodes: 22[1]
Previous season: 27
Next season: 29

Season 28 is the current season of The Simpsons. It premiered on September 25, 2016.[2] The 4th episode of the season will be the 600th episode of the show.

Announcement

On May 4, 2015, FOX announced that The Simpsons had been renewed for seasons 27 and 28.[3]

Episodes

Picture # Original title Original airdate Directed by Written by Prod. code
250px 597 - 1 "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus"[4] September 25, 2016[2][5][6] Matthew Nastuk[7] Tom Gammill and Max Pross[7] VABF20[8]
When Springfield is burned to the ground, the Simpsons beg Mr. Burns to fund its rebuilding. Burns agrees – with one condition: he gets to put on a variety show at the Springfield Bowl.[9][10]

Guest starring: Amy Schumer as Mrs. Burns[11][10]

Friends and Family promo 1.png 598 - 2 "Friends and Family"[12] October 2, 2016[13] Lance Kramer[14] J. Stewart Burns[12] VABF18[12]
Mr. Burns hires the Simpsons to play his live-in virtual reality family, but excludes Homer so that he may play dad. Now alone, Homer finds a new best friend in girl-next-door Julia, who eats, drinks and thinks like him.[15]

Guest starring: Allison Janney as Julia[16][15] and Pendleton Ward sings the couch gag theme.[15]

250px 599 - 3 "The Town"[17] October 9, 2016[17] Dave King[18] VABF17[17]
After Homer catches Bart rooting for Springfield's football rival, the Boston Americans, he plans a family "hate-cation" trip to Boston in an attempt to show Bart that Boston is a terrible city.[19]

Guest starring: Bill Burr as Boston fan 1, Michael Chiklis as Handsome quarterback, Rachel Dratch as Bostonian doctor, Dana Gould as Boston fan 2,
Doris Kearns Goodwin as herself, Mike Mitchell as Boston fan 3, and Jason Nash as Southie criminals and Philanthropic Southies[19][20]

Treehouse of Horror XXVII poster.jpg 600 - 4[1] "Treehouse of Horror XXVII"[21] October 16, 2016[22] Joel H. Cohen[23] VABF16[21]
In the midst of a major drought, Mr. Burns introduces a Hunger Games-style contest in which Springfield's children fight each other for a day in Burns' personal reservoir. Meanwhile, Lisa's imaginary best friend, Rachel, is jealous of Lisa's real best friends and starts killing them. Moe tells Bart that the barflies are actually covert agents and that he wants Bart join their team in Homer's place.[24]

The first segment will have a Hunger Games-theme. Sideshow Bob and Frank Grimes will both be present.[25][26]

Guest starring: Donald Fagen as Himself[27], Sarah Silverman as Lisa's imaginary friend, Rachel[22], Kelsey Grammer and Drew Carey[25].

Trust but Clarify promo 1.png 601 - 5[1] "Trust but Clarify"[28] October 23, 2016 Harry Shearer[28] VABF21[29]
Lisa and Bart investigate Krusty's suspicious new "Krustaceans" candy. Meanwhile, Homer wants a promotion at the nuclear plant and asks Marge to help him dress the part, and news anchor Kent Brockman struggles to find his feet in the changing media world.[19]

Guest starring: Dan Rather as Himself[19]

602 - 6[30] "There Will Be Buds"[31] November 6, 2016[30] Matt Selman[32] VABF22[31]
Homer gets roped into coaching the kids' lacrosse team with Milhouse's dad, Kirk, who is in desperate need of a friend. When Kirk gets too clingy, Homer vents about how much of a loser he is. Kirk overhears his rant and disappears, right when the team needs him most: the championship game.[30]

Guest starring: Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony[30]

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5?? "Havana Wild Weekend"[33] 2016/2017 Dan Castellaneta, Deb Lacusta and Peter Tilden[34] VABF19[33]
The episode will feauture the whole family on Cuba and the streets of Havana. Grampa is sick and he is going to be treated by the doctors there, using the great healthcare system of the archipelago. [34][35][36]
??? - ? "Dad Behavior"[37][38] 2016/2017 Ryan Koh[39] WABF01[37]
??? - ? "The Nightmare After Krustmas"[40] December 11, 2016[41] WABF02[40]
Krusty converts to Christianity, after an incident with Sophie, and gets trapped in some ice after being baptized in the winter. In a allucination, his father will appear.

Guest starring: Jackie Mason as Hyman Krustofsky and Natasha Lyonne as Sophie[42]

??? - ? "The Last Traction Hero"[43] 2016/2017 WABF03[43]
??? - ? "The Great Phatsby: Part One"[44] January 2017[45] Dan Greaney[46] WABF04[44]
Mr. Burns tries to relive his glory days crossing paths with a music mogul. After the mysterious person cons him and reduces him to bankrupt, Mr. Burns seeks revenge with the help of Homer, Bart, Jazzy James and the mogul's ex-wife, Praline.[9]

Guest starring: Taraji P. Henson as Jazzy James and Keegan-Michael Key as Praline.[9]

??? - ? "The Great Phatsby: Part Two"[47] January 2017[45] Matt Selman[46] WABF05[47]
??? - ? "Pork and Burns"[48] 2016/2017 WABF06[43][48]
??? - ? "Fatzcarraldo"[43] 2016/2017 Michael Price[49] WABF07[43]
??? - ? "The Cad and the Hat"[50] 2016/2017 WABF08[50]
??? - ? "Kamp Krustier"[51] 2016/2017 David M. Stern[52] WABF09[51]
It will be a sequel to "Kamp Krusty".[52] Bart, returning from Kamp Krusty, makes Homer discover that by not having sex, he's suddenly extremely active and successful, and he's no longer interested, so Marge takes him to a clinic.[45]
??? - ? "22 for 30"[53] 2016/2017 Joel H. Cohen[54] WABF10[53]
??? - ? "A Father's Watch"[55] 2016/2017 WABF11[55]
??? - ? "The Caper Chase"[55] 2016/2017 WABF12[55]

Mr. Burns goes to Yale University and discovers how politically correct it is, so he starts up his own college.[56][57]

Guest starring: Suze Orman‎‎ as herself, Neil deGrasse Tyson as himself, Robert McKee‎ as himself[56][57], Jason Alexander as Bourbon Verlander and Ken Jennings[58]

??? - ? "Looking for Mr. Goodbart"[59] 2016/2017 WABF13[59]
??? - ? "Moho House"[60][61] 2016/2017 Jeff Martin[61] WABF14[61]
??? - ? "Dogtown"[62] 2016/2017 WABF15[62]
??? - ? "Whistler's Father"[63][64] 2016/2017 WABF16[64]
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Homer gets roped into coaching the kids' lacrosse team with Milhouse's dad.[65]
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Homer paying Choremonkey Matt Leinart to play catch with Bart, the two of whom form a strong bond, much to Homer's chagrin.[65]

Guest starring: Matt Leinart as Himself.[65]

??? - ? TBA 2016/2017 ?ABF??
It turns out that Homer and Grandpa used to play chess a lot, and Homer got better than Grandpa who wouldn't play anymore. Then Homer learns that one theory in chess is you become good because you want to kill your father, and he wants to see if that's true. Magnus Carlsen says the only way he can find out is to play one last game against Grandpa.[45]

Guest starring: Magnus Carlsen as Himself.[45]

??? - ? TBA Spring 2017[45] ?ABF??
Homer and Lisa get addicted to Pokémon GO and wind up spending a lot of loot on Pokémon extras, but Lisa takes the rap for Homer and it starts to make her very upset. Meanwhile, Bart plays his own game — except he's making money, not spending it. Bart goes up to elderly women with no grandchildren and pretends to be their grandchildren in exchange for toys and gifts and cards with five dollars in them.[45]

Upcoming season 28 episodes script covers

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References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 Chris Ledesma's Twitter
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