The 50 Greatest Episodes of 1990
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- DirectorBrad BirdStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter Krusty is found guilty of robbing the Kwik-E-Mart following Homer's eyewitness testimony, Bart and Lisa set out to prove his innocence.9/10
- DirectorWesley ArcherStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer takes the family camping, but it soon becomes a misadventure when they lose their equipment and Homer is mistaken for Bigfoot.9/10
- DirectorWesley ArcherMilton GrayStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightBart is sent to France on a student exchange program, where he's treated like a slave; an Albanian student with suspicious motives takes Bart's place in the family.9/10
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter being beaten up by Nelson Muntz one too many times, Bart turns to Grampa for help, and soon leads a rebellion against the school bully.8.5/10
- DirectorWesley ArcherRich MooreDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightThe Simpsons move into a cursed house, then are abducted by aliens, before Homer is ensconced in a tale by Edgar Allen Poe.8/10
- DirectorWesley ArcherStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter losing his job, Homer contemplates ending it all, until he discovers a new life path as a safety advocate.8/10
- DirectorRich MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightBart gets more than he bargained for when he saws the head off a statue of the town's founder.8/10
- 1987–199445mTV-PG9.2 (5.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonHaving absorbed Captain Picard and his knowledge, the Borg head for Earth, leaving Riker and the Enterprise desperate for an unanticipated way to defeat them.8/10
- DirectorRich MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightIn an attempt to show up Ned Flanders, Homer pits Bart against Ned's son, Todd, in a miniature golf competition.8/10
- DirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieDoreen MantleThe Meldrews become acquainted with a reverend who thinks he has lost his faith, and Victor learns more about a video shop clerk with whom he had a conflict.8/10
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightBart ends up at a school for gifted children after cheating on an IQ test.8/10
- DirectorWesley ArcherStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter seeing a motorcycle daredevil at a monster truck show, Bart becomes a death-defying daredevil skateboarder.7.5/10
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMrs. Krabappel, fed up with Bart's lackadaisical approach to his studies, gives him an ultimatum: shape up or repeat the fourth grade.7.5/10
- 1990–200129mTV-PG7.8 (156)TV EpisodeDirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieDoreen MantleThe Meldrews are getting ready for their annual holiday, but the way to Athens may be slippery when Victor returns home from the local garden centre with something extra.7.5/10
- DirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieSusie BlakeAt the age of 60, Victor Meldrew is retired from his job as a security guard to be replaced by a box and a recorded message.7.5/10
- DirectorTimothy BondStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonWhen transporting a dangerous material to the Enterprise, Data is kidnapped and the crew is led to believe he is dead when the shuttlecraft he was piloting explodes en route.7/10
- 1987–199445mTV-PG9.3 (5.8K)TV EpisodeDirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonResponding to a distress call on one of the Federation's outer-most colonies, the Enterprise arrives...only to find a big hole in the ground where the town used to be, and discovers the Borg are behind the attack.7/10
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightOn Thanksgiving, Bart runs away after refusing to apologize to a distraught Lisa for accidentally destroying her cornucopia.7/10
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMarge contemplates an affair with a handsome bowling instructor.7/10
- DirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonDr. Crusher's fear of losing loved ones becomes real when her worries create an alternate reality.7/10
- 1989– 23mTV-PG8.0 (4.4K)TV EpisodeDirectorWesley ArcherStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter the power plant experiences bad publicity and is threatened with closure, Mr. Burns decides to run for Governor in order to have power over the law.7/10
- DirectorJonathan FrakesStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonAfter returning from a cybernetics conference to the Enterprise, Data creates his own "child," much to the chagrin of his captain, and without regards to the ramifications with Starfleet.7/10
- DirectorWinrich KolbeStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonPicard is kidnapped and held with three different aliens and meanwhile replaced with a replica as impostor captain.7/10
- DirectorJohn Howard DaviesStarsRowan AtkinsonAngus DeaytonMatilda ZieglerMr. Bean deals with various challenges, situations, and his own fears. Here he goes to swimming pool, parking garage and cinema.7/10
- DirectorJohn Howard DaviesStarsRowan AtkinsonPaul BownRudolph WalkerMr. Bean sits an exam and is confident until he realizes he has studied the wrong math equations. Mr. Bean tries to change into his swim trunks at the beach without anyone seeing his bits. Last, Mr. Bean tries to stifle a sneeze in church.7/10
- DirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieWilliam VanderpuyeVictor and Margaret get worried when a couple named Patrick and Pippa seemingly come to stay as they have no idea who they are.7/10
- DirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieMyrtle DevenishThe Meldrews are on holiday, staying with their old friends, Vince and April, in their seaside boarding house.7/10
- 1990–200129mTV-PG7.9 (166)TV EpisodeDirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieDoreen MantleThe Meldrews return from their holiday to find that their baggage has been sent to the other side of the world - but as they soon learn that is the least of their problems.7/10
- DirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieVictor and Margaret endure a sleepless night.7/10
- DirectorJohn Howard DaviesStarsRowan AtkinsonDave O'HigginsPaul McDowellMr. Bean goes to a department store and buys various items. Afterwards, he goes to a fancy restaurant where he tries to dispose his awful-tasting meal. Finally, Bean goes to a Royal greeting and gets into mischief.7/10
- DirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieFaye MaguireVictor's cousin Geoffrey, who had also just taken early retirement at 60, dies; the Meldrews' local keep-fit class takes a deadly turn.7/10
- DirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieAngus MacKayMargaret is horrified when she discovers Victor has been drawing a naked woman in his art class and giving her lifts home.7/10
- DirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieRebecca StevensVictor gets trapped in his shed for three hours thanks to a swarm of belligerent bees, has a prolonged sojourn at the optician's, then must babysit Iris's unruly kids.7/10
- DirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieDick SullivanVictor writes a script for a new situation comedy, but nobody else finds it very funny. Margaret also catches dramatic fever.7/10
- 1990–200129mTV-PG7.8 (148)TV EpisodeDirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieSarah MortimerAfter decorating their new house, the Meldrews are entrusted to mind the pet tortoise of Margaret's young goddaughter.7/10
- DirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieDoreen MantleWhile photographing a sunset in Blue Bell Wood, Victor is mugged and graffiti is sprayed on the Meldrews' house, so he decides it's time to call a Neighbourhood Watch meeting.7/10
- DirectorDavid SilvermanJim ReardonStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMarge becomes a crusader against cartoon violence after an episode of "Itchy and Scratchy" seemingly inspires Maggie to attack Homer.7/10
- DirectorRich MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter a photograph of Homer gyrating with an exotic dancer is distributed throughout Springfield, he finds himself kicked out of the house by Marge.7/10
- 1989–199624mNot Rated7.6 (1.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorRichard DonnerStarsDon RicklesBobcat GoldthwaitJohn KassirAmateur ventriloquist Billy Goldman learns that being a ventriloquist might not be the best career for him.7/10
- DirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonAfter defeating the Borg, the crew of the Enterprise experiences shore leave in various ways. Captain Picard's return to his family's vineyard in France has some extraordinary repercussions.7/10
- DirectorRich MooreStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer lies on a medical insurance form in order to obtain a miracle hair restoring drug.7/10
- DirectorKent ButterworthGregg VanzoStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightAfter being embarrassed by the rest of the family at a company picnic, Homer becomes obsessed with improving their behavior towards each other.7/10
- DirectorWesley ArcherStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightA depressed Lisa's spirit is lifted when she meets a jazz-man, Bleeding Gums Murphy.7/10
- DirectorKent ButterworthDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer and Marge enjoy a night on the town, leaving the kids with a diabolical babysitter, with a surprising secret.7/10
- DirectorBruno SpandelloStarsDoug McKeonStephen BurleighCarrington GarlandFour survivors of a nuclear blowout hide in their shelters, only connected by a walkie-talkie. While unbeknownst to them, the corpses of the dead are reanimated by something older than the radioactivity.7/10
- DirectorPeter S. SeamanStarsTimothy StackJonathan StarkJessica HarperSiamese twins, one timid and kind-hearted and the other reckless and sadistic, must make a decision on whether or not to allow an experimental surgery to have them separated even though one of them doesn't want to be split from the other.7/10
- 1987–199446mTV-PG6.7 (3.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorCliff BoleStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe widow of respected scientist Dr. Nel Apgar accuses Riker of seducing her and killing her husband. Rather than turn Riker over for unfavorable trial, the Enterprise reconstructs the facts.7/10
- 1987–199446mTV-PG6.9 (3.1K)TV EpisodeDirectorTom BenkoStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonThe Enterprise finds a deserted planet where a ship has crashed, and, with it, the lone survivor with no memory, but extraordinary healing powers.7/10
- 1987–199446mTV-PG7.7 (3.6K)TV EpisodeDirectorLes LandauStarsPatrick StewartJonathan FrakesLeVar BurtonRiker awakens sixteen years after an away mission where he contracted a disease which destroyed his memory back to the point of infection - or so he's told.7/10
- DirectorCharlie PicerniStarsMorton Downey Jr.Dorothy ParkePeter Van NordenA TV shock journalist gives an on-air tour of an eerie haunted house.7/10