Season 2
Season 2
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Season Information
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While "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" was the first episode produced for the season, "Bart Gets an F" became the season premiere as Bart was the series' breakout character at the time and the producers wanted to debut with an episode centering on him.
The second season had two Emmy nominations, both of them for "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment." That episode won the Emmy award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour) and was nominated for "Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special," which it did not win.
All 22 episodes of Season 2, including extras such as optional commentaries of all the episodes, were released on DVD on 6th August 2002 in Region 1, 8th July 2001 in Region 2 and September 2002 in Region 4.
Episodes
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Original airdate | Directed by | Written by | Prod. code |
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| 14 - 1 | October 11, 1990 | David Silverman | David M. Stern | 7F03 | |
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Bart is continually failing tests and is warned that if he fails an upcoming history exam, he will be held back to repeat the fourth grade. Not wanting to be held back, Bart enlists the help of Martin Prince, the class brain, to study for the history test, in exchange for Bart teaching Martin how to be cool. Bart is left to study on his own when Martin is distracted by his new popularity. However, Bart passes the test anyway, thanks to some last-minute extra credit from Mrs. Karbappel. | |||||
| 15 - 2 | "Simpson and Delilah" | October 18, 1990 | Rich Moore | Jon Vitti | 7F02 |
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Homer learns of a new hair growth formula, called Dimoxinil, and is eager to try it as he has come to resent being bald. Unable to afford the Dimoxinil, Homer cheats on his medical insurance forms to obtain it. The forumula works, and a no-longer-bald Homer is promoted to executive and gets a male secretary named Karl. Homer's cheating is eventually found out and Homer is nearly fired, but Karl takes the blame and Homer keeps his job. Unfortunately, Bart spills the Dimoxinil and Homer goes bald again. When a speech he gives is a complete failure, Homer is summoned to Mr. Burns' office. Burns proves to be surprisingly sympathetic (as a fellow bald man) and doesn't fire Homer, but merely demotes him back to his old job. | |||||
| 16 - 3 |
"The Simpsons Halloween Special" |
October 25, 1990 | Wes Archer, Rich Moore and David Silverman | Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky | 7F04 |
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Opening Sequence: Marge warns viewers that the following episode is unsuitable for children, and suggests that they not be allowed to watch it
Bad Dream House: The Simpsons move to a new house, and discover that the house is alive and evil and wants to get rid of them. Hungry are the Damned: The Simpsons are abducted by aliens (including Kang and Kodos in their first appearance) who say that they're taking the family to their home planet for a feast. When the family are well-treated (for example, being served sumptuous meals), Lisa becomes suspicious of the aliens' motives. The Raven: A retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem,"The Raven," narrated by James Earl Jones (who had guest voices in all three story segments). Closing Sequence: The children sleep soundly, but Homer is so scared that he's still wide awake, and laments that he hates Halloween. | |||||
| 17 - 4 | November 1, 1990 | Wes Archer | Sam Simon & John Swartzwelder | 7F01 | |
| Bart catches a three-eyed fish in the river near Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. When the fish story is featured prominently in the local news, the plant is inspoected and then fined millions of dollars for its many safety violations. Infuriated, Mr. Burns decides to run for governor so he can do away with the regulations that are costing him so much money. Burns mounts a serious challenge to popular incumbent governor Mary Bailey, but ends up losing -- ironically, due to another three-eyed fish. | |||||
| 18 - 5 | "Dancin' Homer" | November 8, 1990 | Mark Kirkland | Ken Levine & David Isaacs | 7F05 |
| Homer becomes the mascot of the Springfield Isotopes after his spontaneous dancing to "Baby Elephant Walk" enthralls the crowd and inspires the team to a winning streak. His popularity draws the attention of the team's owner and leads to him being promoted to Captial City to back up that team's mascot, the Capital City Goofball. Homer moves the family to "Cap City," but his dancing act falls flat before the big-city crowd and they quickly return to Springfield. | |||||
| 19 - 6 | "Dead Putting Society" | November 15, 1990 | Rich Moore | Jeff Martin | 7F08 |
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Bart and Todd Flanders compete in a miniature gold tournament, which brings out the competitive sides of their fathers and leads them to have a bet on the tournament: The father of "the boy who doesn't win" must mow the other one's lawn while wearing his wife's Sunday dress. The game ends in a draw, resulting in both Homer and Ned having to wear dresses and mow each other's lawn. As the neighbors wolf-whistle at them, Ned sees the humor in the situation and starts to enjoy it -- much to Homer's dismay. | |||||
| 20 - 7 | "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" | November 22, 1990 | David Silverman | George Meyer | 7F07 |
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After Bart destroys the centerpiece that Lisa had made for Thanksgiving, Marge demands that he apologize to Lisa. Bart refuses and runs away from home, taking Santa's Little Helper with him. After Bart wanders into the seedy part of town and talks to some of the bums there, he realizes how good he has it and returns home. When he hears Lisa crying, he is moved to apologize, and the family finally sits down to a thankful Thanksgiving dinner. | |||||
| 21 - 8 | "Bart the Daredevil" | December 6, 1990 | Wes Archer | Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky | 7F06 |
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Bart sees a daredevil stunt by Captain Lance Murdock and is inspired to become a daredevil himself. After succeeding in several minor stunts, Bart pridefully announces that he plans to jump Springfield Gorge on his skateboard. Homer talks Bart out of it at the last second, but accidentally ends up taking the jump himself. Homer fails and ends up in the same hospital as Lance Murdock, to whom he says, "You think you've got guts? Try raising my kids!" | |||||
| 22 - 9 | "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge" | December 20,1990 | David Silverman | John Swartzwelder | 7F09 |
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When Maggie copies things she sees in Itchy & Scratchy cartoons and injures Homer, Marge mounts a protest against the show's producers. A citizens' group called S.N.U.H. (Springfieldians for Nonviolence, Understanding and Helping).quickly forms, and the producers comply with Marge's demands and remove the violence from Itchy & Scratchy. The kids of Springfield then quit watching the cartoon and embrace the concept of wholesome outdoor playtime. However, when Marge refuses to oppose an exhibition of Michaelangelo's David (to which S.N.U.H. objects because the statue is naked), the protest movement fizzles, Itchy & Scratchy returns to its old form, and the kids resume watching it. | |||||
| 23 - 10 | "Bart Gets Hit by a Car" | January 10,1991 | Mark Kirkland | John Swartzwelder | 7F10 |
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Bart is run over (accidentally) by Mr. Burns in his car. At the instigation of dodgy lawyer Lionel Hutz and with some help from Dr. Nick Riviera, Homer exaggerates Bart's injuries and brings a suit against Burns for a million dollars. Homer's dreams of easy wealth crumble when Marge is put on the stand and her basic honesty compels her to tell the truth about Hutz's and Riviera's scheme. The episode marks the first appearances of Lionel Hutz (voiced by Phil Hartman in his first guest appearance), Dr. Nick, Burns' Blue-Haired Lawyer, and Lunchlady Doris. | |||||
| 24 - 11 | "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish" | January 24,1991 | Wes Archer | Nell Scovell | 7F11 |
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Lisa encourages the family to try a new Sushi restaurant in Springfield, and Homer, to his surprise, finds that he likes it. Wanting to try everything on the menu, he insists on ordering Fugu, and ends up getting it from a cook who is not trained in its preparation. Homer then learns that he may have been poisoned, and if that is so, he has 24 hours to live. Homer makes a list of things he wants to do before he dies, but his plans go awry when reconciling with his father takes longer than expected and he gets arrested for speeding. The next morning, everyone is surprised and overjoyed to find that Homer is still alive. After vowing to live life to the fullest, Homer is back on the couch eating pork rinds. | |||||
| 25 - 12 | "The Way We Was" | January 31, 1991 | David Silverman |
Al Jean, Mike Reiss & Sam Simon |
7F12 |
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Homer and Marge tell the kids the story of how they met in high school -- in detention, after Homer was caught smoking in the boys' bathroom and Marge burned a bra in a feminist rally on school grounds. Smitten with Marge, Homer pretended to be a French student to spend time with her, and asked her to the prom. Marge said yes, but when she found out about Homer's deception, she got mad at him and went to the prom with Artie Ziff instead. When Artie got fresh with Marge after the prom, Marge realized that she'd gone with the wrong date. After Artie took her home, she got into her car and drove off in search of Homer, finding him and giving him a ride home. Prom night ended on a happy note as Marge and Homer shared their first kiss, and the epsode ends back in the present with them embracing while the kids look on. | |||||
| 26 - 13 | "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" | February 7, 1991 | Rich Moore | Steve Pepoon | 7F13 |
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Homer gets an illegal free cable hook-up and enjoys the programs, but Lisa is concerned that Homer will go to Hell for violating the 8th Commandment: "Thou shalt not steal." Bart, for his part, takes advantage of the situation and charges his friends admission to watch an adult entertainment channel. After Homer catches Bart and sees how distressed Lisa is, he becomes remorseful and cuts the illegal cable connection -- in the process, also accidentally cutting off the electricity for all of Springfield. | |||||
| 27 - 14 | "Principal Charming" | February 14, 1991 | Mark Kirkland | David M. Stern | 7F15 |
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Selma is looking for a husband and asks Marge to help her find one; Marge in turn asks Homer to help. Homer decides that Principal Skinner is a good prospect and decides to set him up with Selma. However, when Homer arranges for them to meet, Skinner falls for Patty instead, to everyone's chagrin. Skinner enlists Bart's help to get him closer to Patty, while Homer decides to set Selma up with Barney Gmble instead. Skinner proposes marriage to Patty, and she is flattered but turns him down. Patty then tells Selma what happened, Selma breaks her data with Barney, and things return to normal. | |||||
| 28 - 15 | "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou" | February 21, 1991 | Wes Archer | Jeff Martin | 7F16 |
| Grampa tells Homer that, in case if he is going to die soon, he has a half brother named Herbert Powell. Homer desperately searches for him. Upon finding him along with the family, he discovers that he is the chairman of Powell Motors in Detroit. | |||||
| 29 - 16 | "Bart's Dog Gets an F" |
March 7, 1991 |
Jim Reardon | Jon Vitti | 7F14 |
| The Simpsons enroll Santa's Little Helper to an obedience school after he had bothered the family by destroying some of their possessions as well as noting his destruction and lack of obedience because of this. Santa's Little Helper is warned that if he fails to pass the final exam in the school, he would not stay with the Simpsons anymore, much to Bart's unhappiness. | |||||
| 30 - 17 | "Old Money" | March 28, 1991 | David Silverman | Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky | 7F17 |
| Grampa falls for a fellow resident of the Springfield Retirement Castle called Bea Simmons. Their romance is short lived when she dies on her birthday, of which Grampa was unable to attend to. He receives her savings and then decides what is worth spending it for. | |||||
| 31 - 18 | "Brush with Greatness" | April 11, 1991 | Jim Reardon | Brian K. Roberts | 7F18 |
| Marge decides to take art lessons after a rekindled interest in art, finding paintings of Ringo Starr. Meanwhile, Homer sets out to lose weight, after being humiliated by his own weight and by an incident in a water park which had him stuck in a water ride. | |||||
| 32 - 19 | "Lisa's Substitute" | April 25, 1991 | Rich Moore | Jon Vitti | 7F19 |
| A substitute teacher takes an ill Ms. Hoover's place to teach her class, of whom Lisa develops a crush with. Meanwhile, Bart runs for class president, competing against Martin. | |||||
| 33 - 20 | "The War of the Simpsons" | May 2, 1991 | Mark Kirkland | John Swartzwelder | 7F20 |
| Marge signs up for a marriage counselling retreat for her and Homer after he was drunk in a party the night before. The retreat is to be held at a lake which Homer packs his fishing equipment. Although Marge forbids him to go fishing as they would be only resolving their marriage there. Back at home, Grampa babysits the children, of which they take advantage of him due to his lack of alertness partly by his old age. | |||||
| 34 - 21 | "Three Men and a Comic Book" | May 9,1991 | Wes Archer | Jeff Martin | 7F21 |
| Bart, Milhouse and Martin combine their money together to purchase the first Radioactive Man comic from The Android's Dungeon. They are forced to share it as both of them want it and struggle whilst doing so. | |||||
| 35 - 22 | "Blood Feud" | July 11, 1991 | David Silverman | George Meyer | 7F22 |
| After Bart transfuse his blood to Mr.Burn, which he is ill and Bart having the only blood type known, Homer had demanded him to donate so as he thinks the Simpsons will be rewarded greatly. However, Burns only rewards them with a card of gratitude. Furious by its general insignificance, Homer plans on an insulting letter for him and sending it. Although he later decides not to send it after being convinced by Marge, Bart unknowingly does so, much to Homer's fret. He and Bart try to retrieve it before Burns receives it. | |||||
| The Complete Second Season Boxset | ||||||||
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| 6th August 2002 | 8th July 2002 | September 2002 | ||||||
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