Season 1

13 episodes · 1989

Homer's Christmas bonus is canceled and the rainy-day funds are needed to pay for Bart's tattoo removal.

Bart's labeled a genius and sent to a school for the gifted.

After being fired from the nuclear power plant for negligence, Homer becomes a safety activist.

After seeing families being nice to each other at a company picnic, Homer orders the Simpsons to a family therapist.

Terrorized by the school bully, Bart seeks counsel from Grandpa Simpson, who takes him to a warfare expert for basic training.

The meaning of life and second grade have Lisa playing the blues solo, until she jams with a kindred spirit; Homer seeks tutelage to beat Bart at video boxing.

The Simpsons put the wild back in the wilderness when their RV goes over a cliff and Homer and Bart go for help, get lost and lose their clothes.

Bart pulls a stunt that shocks the entire town, including the new friends he was trying to impress.

Homer's bowling-ball gift "for Marge" prompts her to take up the sport, and maybe also a handsome instructor who offers to teach her "many things."

Shutterbug Bart captures Homer with a sexy entertainer at a bachelor party.

A little story about how Bart saves France after blowing up Principal Skinner's mom with a cherry bomb.

Bart's TV hero Krusty the Clown is arrested for a convenience-store robbery, and witness Homer must testify against the clown.

Homer takes Marge out for a romantic night, leaving the kids with a sitter, who's profiled on "America's Most Armed and Dangerous."