The Official Worst Episode Ever Rankings
The mission of the “Worst Episode Ever” podcast is to rank each post-1990s episode of “The Simpsons” and ultimately find which episode is THE worst episode ever. All objectively, of course. If you're looking for specific seasons, you can jump to those episodes here: Season 31 - Season 30 - Season 29 - Season 28 - Season 27 - Season 26 - Season 25 - Season 24 - Season 23 - Season 22 - Season 21 - Season 20 - Season 19 - Season 18 - Season 17 - Season 16 - Season 15 - Season 14 - Season 13 - Season 12 - Season 11 - Season 10 - Season 9
Here’s the list to date (podcast episode numbers in parentheses). The worst episodes we've watched are listed first, and the episodes get better as you go down the list. The episodes of "The Simpsons," that is. The episodes of the podcast are consistently great, and you should listen to all of them:
(the WORSt worst episodes)
S28E15 - Kamp Krustier (Ep. 107)
S22E13 - The Blue and the Gray (Ep. 48)
S23E12 - Moe Goes From Rags to Riches (Ep. 100)
S13E08 - Sweets and Sour Marge (Ep. 98)
S21E16 - The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed (Ep. 26)
S24E04 - Gone Abie Gone (Ep. 84)
S17e01 - bonfire of the manatees (ep. 14)
S25E01 - Homerland (Ep. 141)
S23E22 - Lisa Goes Gaga (Ep. 9)
S25E04 - YOLO (Ep. 128) (April Fool’s Day #5)
S18E18 - The Boys of Bummer (Ep. 49)
S30E04 - Treehouse of Horror XXIX (Ep. 131)
S22E05 - Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life (Ep. 105)
S20E18 - Father Knows Worst (Ep. 36)
S20E07 - MyPods and Boomsticks (Ep. 87)
S14E17 - Three Gays of the Condo (Ep. 104)
S22E14 - Angry Dad: The Movie (Ep. 71)
S26E09 - I Won't Be Home For Christmas (Ep. 63)
S11E19 - Kill the Alligator and Run (Ep. 24)
S15E15 - Co-Dependent's Day (Ep. 38)
S14E04 - Large Marge (Ep. 16)
S22E17 - Love is a Many Strangled Thing (Ep. 30)
S27E01 - Every Man's Dream (Ep. 51)
S11E13 - Saddlesore Galactica (Ep. 1)
S17E12 - My Fair Laddy (Ep. 53)
S25E17 - Luca$ (Ep. 39)
S14E11 - Barting Over (Ep. 57)
S24E09 - Homer Goes to Prep School (Ep. 129)
S20E14 - In the Name of the Grandfather (Ep. 74)
S18E12 - Little Big Girl (Ep. 59)
S25E18 - Days of Future Future (Ep. 144)
S21E05 - The Devil Wears Nada (Ep. 82)
S19E07 - Husbands and Knives (Ep. 111)
S16E08 - Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass (Ep. 44)
S23E16 - How I Wet Your Mother (Ep. 12)
S20E06 - Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words (Ep. 103)
S21E17 - American History X-Cellent (Ep. 124)
S28E10 - The Nightmare After Krustmas (Ep. 118)
S25E19 - What to Expect When Bart’s Expecting (Ep. 2)
S17E15 - Homer Simpson, This is Your Wife (Ep. 89)
S22E21 - 500 Keys (Ep. 122)
S26E12 - The Musk Who Fell To Earth (Ep. 77)
S24E05 - Penny-WIseguys (Ep. 7)
S26E10 - The Man Who Came to Be Dinner (Ep. 17)
S25E13 - Diggs (Ep. 133)
S27E10 - The Girl Code (Ep. 93)
S22E15 - The Scorpion's Tale (Ep. 42)
S16E11 - On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister (Ep. 78)
S13E17 - Gump Roast (Ep. 20)
S16E09 - Pranksta Rap (Ep. 68)
S18E15 - Rome-Old and Juli-Eh (Ep. 8)
S18E17 - Marge Gamer (Ep. 33)
S21E04 - Treehouse of Horror XX (Ep. 5)
S17E08 - The Italian Bob (Ep. 94)
S15E05 - The Fat and the Furriest (Ep. 109)
S19E10 - E Pluribus Wiggum (Ep. 72)
S16E10 - There's Something About Marrying (Ep. 34)
S15E03 - The President Wore Pearls (Ep. 149)
S19E11 - That 90’s Show (ep. 3)
S27E05 - Treehouse of Horror XXVI (ep. 157)
S11E14 - Alone Again Naturally-Diddily (Ep. 121)
S16E01 - Treehouse of Horror XV (Ep. 114)
S22E01 - Elementary School Musical (Ep. 110)
S16E15 - Future-Drama (Ep. 143)
S15E12 - Milhouse Doesn't Live Here AnyMore (Ep. 119) (April Fool’s Day #4)
S16E16 - Don't Fear the Roofer (Ep. 159)
S12E12 - Tennis the Menace (Ep. 108)
S32E12 - Diary Queen (Ep. 142)
s14E06 - The Great Louse Detective (Ep. 27)
S17E04 - Treehouse of Horror XVI (Ep. 29)
S12E05 - Homer Vs. Dignity (Ep. 13)
S22E09 - Donnie Fatso (Ep. 58)
S18E14 - Yokel Chords (Ep. 65)
S23E03 - Treehouse of Horror XXII (Ep. 55)
S21E20 - To Surveil with Love (Ep. 150)
S21E21 - Moe Letter Blues (Ep. 18)
S13e21 - The Frying Game (Ep. 21)
S21E15 - Stealing First Base (Ep. 161)
S18E09 - Kill Gil, Volumes 1 & 2 (Ep. 11)
S20E09 - Lisa the Drama Queen (Ep. 22)
S16E12 - Goo Goo Gai Pan (Ep. 19)
S33E22 - Poorhouse Rock (Ep. 151)
S32E03 - Treehouse of Horror XXXII (Ep. 145)
S15E17 - My Big Fat Geek Wedding (Ep. 146)
S15E02 - My Mother the Carjacker (Ep. 81)
S14E05 - Helter Shelter (Ep. 47)
S18E13 - Springfield Up (Ep. 135)
S12E14 - New Kids on the Blecch (Ep. 106)
S32E08 - The Road to Cincinnati (Ep. 148)
S12E17 - SImpson Safari (Ep. 37)
S28E12 and S28E13 - The Great Phatsby (Ep. 96)
S18E11 - Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times (EP. 140)
S17E13 - The Seemingly Never-Ending Story (Ep. 126)
S20E13 - Gone Maggie Gone (Ep. 45)
S15E06 - Today I am a Clown (Ep. 61)
S15E13 - Smart and Smarter (Ep. 123)
S09E05 - The Cartridge Family (Ep. 136)
S20E01 - Sex, Pies, and Idiot Scrapes (Ep. 23)
S28E04 - Treehouse of Horror XXVII (Ep. 88)
S13E19 - The Sweetest Apu (Ep. 134)
S15E21 - Bart-Mangled Banner (Ep. 4)
S26E06 - Simpsorama (Ep. 86)
S19E08 - Funeral for a Fiend (Ep. 130)
S12E13 - Day of the Jackanapes (Ep. 79)
S25E02 - Treehouse of Horror XXIV (Ep. 102)
S10E21 - Monty Can't Buy Me Love (Ep. 91)
S27E09 - Barthood (Ep. 67)
S14E19 - Old Yeller-Belly (Ep. 64)
S24E21 - The Saga of Carl (Ep. 66)
S33E14 - You Won't Believe What This Episode Is About – Act Three Will Shock You! (Ep. 154)
S12E21 - Simpsons Tall Tales (Ep. 116)
S33E13 - Boyz N The Highlands (Ep. 153)
S19E03 - Midnight Towboy (ep. 40)
S13E22 - Papa's Got a Brand New Badge (Ep. 70)
S15E04 - The Regina Monologues (Ep. 115)
S11E03 - Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner (Ep. 156)
S11E17 - Bart to the Future (Ep. 54)
S23E02 - Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts (Ep. 15)
S23E06 - The Book Job (Ep. 28)
S29E12 - Homer Is Where the Art Isn't (Ep. 160)
S14E09 - Strong Arms of the Ma (Ep. 117)
S14E21 - The Bart of War (Ep. 90)
S10E19 - Mom and Pop Art (Ep. 125)
S10E08 - Homer Simpson in: Kidney Trouble (Ep. 60)
S26E04 - Treehouse of Horror XXV (Ep. 80)
S19E13 - The Debarted (ep 97.)
S29E04 - Treehouse of Horror XXVIII (Ep. 120)
S29E21 - Flanders' Ladder (ep. 158)
S12E11 - Worst Episode Ever (Ep. 50)
S18E21 - 24 Minutes (Ep. 83)
S13E07 - Brawl in the Family (Ep. 41)
S12E10 - Pokey Mom (Ep. 6)
S23E19 - A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again (Ep. 46)
S11E22 - Behind the Laughter (Ep. 32)
S09E02 - The Principal and the Pauper (Ep. 10)
S28E20 - Moho House (Ep. 112)
S10E18 - Simpsons Bible Stories (ep. 76)
S21E19 - The Squirt and the Whale (Ep. 43)
S25E20 - Brick Like Me (Ep. 85)
S10E15 - Marge Simpson in Screaming Yellow Honkers (Ep. 113)
S12E08 - Skinner's Sense of Snow (Ep. 62)
S10E12 - Sunday Cruddy Sunday (Ep. 69)
S23E09 - Holidays of Future Passed (Ep. 92)
S26E11 - Bart's New Friend (Ep. 31)
S18E08 - The Haw-Hawed Couple (Ep. 35)
S19E06 - Little Orphan Millie (Ep. 52)
S01E01 - Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire (Ep. 138)
S12E16 - Bye Bye Nerdie (Ep. 73)
S31E09 - Todd, Todd Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (Ep. 139)
S10E03 - Bart the Mother (Ep. 132)
S33E12 - Pixelated and Afraid (Ep. 152)
S27E04 - Halloween of Horror (Ep. 56)
S33E06 and E07 - A Serious Flanders (Ep. 155)
S31E08 - Thanksgiving of Horror (Ep. 137)
S12E18 - Trilogy of Error (Ep. 95)
S09E17 - Lisa the Simpson (Ep. 147)
S08E23 - Homer's Enemy (Ep. 101)
S06E16 - Bart Vs Australia (Ep. 127)
(the LEAST worst episodes)
And here are our non-canonical episodes and other unranked oddities...
S41E17 - One Fish, Apu Fish, Ned Fish, Disco Stu Fish (Ep. 99) (April Fools Day #3)
S04E17 - Last Exit to Springfield (Ep. 75) (April Fools Day #2)
Our Empty Nest Podcast (Ep. 25) (April Fools Day #1)
Our Appearance on CBC Radio's 'q' with Shadrach Kabango
Traffic Jam Cast #1 (September 7, 2015)
Traffic Jam Cast #2 (October 19, 2015)
Special Wee-Dition: Harry Shearer Leaves the Simpsons (May 14, 2015)