Season 5

The Simpsons (Season 5)

Season Information Original run: September 30, 1993 – May 19, 1994 No. of episodes: 22 Previous season: 4 Next season: 6 DVD boxset: The Complete Fifth Season

The fifth season of the Simpsons began on 30th September 1993 with the first episode, "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" and ended on 19th May 1994 with "Secrets of a Successful Marriage". David Mirkin was the show runner through most of the season's episodes although Al Jean and Mike Reiss were show runners of two episodes, "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" and "Cape Feare" as they were produced for the previous season as they had Season 4's production code, 9Fxx, other than Season 5's with 1Fxx.

Two episodes that had Season 3's Production code, 8Fxx i.e."Homer's Barbershop Quartet" and "Cape Feare" aired in the season, which Season 4's production code is 9FXX. Several episodes that were produced for the preceding season occasionally air on the succeeding season.

The season was nominated eight times. It won an Annie Award for {"{w|Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production|Best Animated Television Production}}", an Environmental Media Award for "Best Television Episodic Comedy" for "Bart Gets an Elephant", a Genesis Award for "Best Television Comedy Series". David Silverman earned a nomination for "Best Individual Achievement for Creative Supervision in the Field of Animation", Alf Clausen and Greg Daniels received a nomination in the "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics" category for the song "Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?", a song from "Homer and Apu". Clausen had another nomination for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)" for the episode "Cape Feare" and the series was nominated for a Saturn Award for "Best Genre Television Series". The producers again tried to submit episodes for "Outstanding Comedy Series" category rather than the "Outstanding Animated Program" as they had although were still not nominated.

All of the 22 episodes of Season 5 including extras were released on DVD on 21st December 2004 in Region 1, 21st March 2005 in Region 2 and 23d March 2005 in Region 4.

Episodes

#	Original airdate	Prod. Code	Title
82 - 501	September 30, 1993	9F21	"Homer's Barbershop Quartet"
83 - 502	October 7, 1993	9F22	"Cape Feare"
84 - 503	October 14, 1993	1F02	"Homer Goes to College"
85 - 504	October 21, 1993	1F01	"Rosebud"
86 - 505	October 28, 1993	1F04	"Treehouse of Horror IV"
87 - 506	November 4, 1993	1F03	"Marge on the Lam"
88 - 507	November 11, 1993	1F05	"Bart's Inner Child"
89 - 508	November 18,1993	1F06	"Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood"
90 - 509	December 9,1993	1F07	"The Last Temptation of Homer"
91 - 510	December 16,1993	1F08	"$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)"
92 - 511	January 6,1994	1F09	"Homer the Vigilante"
93 - 512	February 3,1994	1F11	"Bart Gets Famous"
94 - 513	February 10,1994	1F10	"Homer and Apu"
95 - 514	February 17, 1994	1F12	"Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy"
96 - 515	February 24, 1994	1F13	"Deep Space Homer"
97 - 516	March 17, 1994	1F14	"Homer Loves Flanders"
98 - 517	March 31, 1994	1F15	"Bart Gets an Elephant"
99 - 518	April 14, 1994	1F16	"Burns' Heir"
100 - 519	April 28, 1994	1F18	"Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song"
101 - 520	May 5, 1994	1F19	"The Boy Who Knew Too Much"
102 - 521	May 12, 1994	1F21	"Lady Bouvier's Lover"
103 - 522	May 19, 1994	1F20	"Secrets of a Successful Marriage"

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