The Simpsons (season 2)
Episodes

The Simpsons (season 2)

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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)

14	1	"Bart Gets an "F""	David Silverman	David M. Stern	October 11, 1990	7F03	33.6

Bart fails a test and is told that he has one more chance to pass it or else he will be held back a year.

15	2	"Simpson and Delilah"	Rich Moore	Jon Vitti	October 18, 1990	7F02	29.9

Homer discovers a new miracle hair growth formula called Dimoxinil and cheats on some insurance forms so that he can buy some.

16	3	"Treehouse of Horror"	Wes ArcherRich MooreDavid Silverman	John SwartzwelderJay Kogen & Wallace WolodarskyEdgar Allan Poe & Sam Simon	October 25, 1990	7F04	27.4

A Halloween special that is divided into three short stories: Bad Dream House – In this parody of the book The Amityville Horror, the Simpsons move into a new house which turns out to be cursed.

17	4	"Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"	Wes Archer	Sam Simon & John Swartzwelder	November 1, 1990	7F01	26.1

After Bart catches a three-eyed fish in a river downstream of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, the Plant is inspected and found to have 342 violations, which would cost $56 million to rectify.

18	5	"Dancin' Homer"	Mark Kirkland	Ken Levine & David Isaacs	November 8, 1990	7F05	26.1

Homer fires up the crowd at a Springfield Isotopes game and is chosen to be the team's new mascot. He immediately becomes a popular attraction and the Isotopes start a winning streak.

19	6	"Dead Putting Society"	Rich Moore	Jeff Martin	November 15, 1990	7F08	25.4

Ned Flanders invites Homer to his house for a beer. Homer, seeing how nice Ned's house is, becomes jealous, causing Flanders to angrily ask him to leave.

20	7	"Bart vs. Thanksgiving"	David Silverman	George Meyer	November 22, 1990	7F07	25.9

When he is blamed for ruining Thanksgiving, Bart runs away and finds a soup kitchen and some homeless men. Eventually, Bart returns home, intending to apologize but has last minute thoughts and climbs to the roof of The Simpsons house where he hears Lisa sobbing.

21	8	"Bart the Daredevil"	Wesley Meyer Archer	Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky	December 6, 1990	7F06	26.2

The Simpsons go to a monster truck rally that features famous daredevil Lance Murdock. Bart immediately becomes enamored and decides that he wants to become a daredevil as well.

22	9	"Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"	Jim Reardon	John Swartzwelder	December 20, 1990	7F09	22.2

Maggie attacks Homer with a mallet, and Marge immediately blames The Itchy & Scratchy Show for turning her violent. Marge forms S.N.U.H.

23	10	"Bart Gets Hit by a Car"	Mark Kirkland	John Swartzwelder	January 10, 1991	7F10	24.8

One day, Bart is skateboarding when he is suddenly hit by Mr. Burns's car.

24	11	"One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish"	Wesley M. Archer	Nell Scovell	January 24, 1991	7F11	24.2

The Simpsons go to a new Sushi bar, where Homer takes a liking to the food and decides to try Fugu, which is poisonous if not cut properly.

25	12	"The Way We Was"	David Silverman	Al Jean & Mike Reiss and Sam Simon	January 31, 1991	7F12	26.8

In the first Simpsons flashback episode, Marge tells the story of how she and Homer met in high school in 1974.

26	13	"Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment"	Rich Moore	Steve Pepoon	February 7, 1991	7F13	26.2

Homer gets an illegal cable hook up. Despite their enjoyment of the new channels, Lisa becomes suspicious that they are stealing cable.

27	14	"Principal Charming"	Mark Kirkland	David M. Stern	February 14, 1991	7F15	23.9

Selma begs Marge to help her find a husband and she enlists Homer's help. Meanwhile, Bart gets in trouble at school and Homer is brought in to talk to Principal Skinner, who he decides would be perfect for Selma.

28	15	"Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"	W.M. "Bud" Archer	Jeff Martin	February 21, 1991	7F16	26.8

Grampa confesses that Homer has a half-brother, who immediately tries to track him down. Homer eventually discovers that his half brother is Herbert Powell, the head of a car manufacturer in Detroit.

29	16	"Bart's Dog Gets an "F""	Jim Reardon	Jon Vitti	March 7, 1991	7F14	23.9

Homer becomes fed up with Santa's Little Helper, who continually destroys things. He says he will get rid of him unless he goes to an obedience school.

30	17	"Old Money"	David Silverman	Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky	March 28, 1991	7F17	21.2

Grampa falls in love with a wealthy woman named Beatrice Simmons. On Bea's birthday, Grampa tries to celebrate it, but he is dragged away by Homer.

31	18	"Brush with Greatness"	Jim Reardon	Brian K. Roberts	April 11, 1991	7F18	20.6

After discovering some old paintings she did of Ringo Starr, Marge decides to take an art class at Springfield Community College.

32	19	"Lisa's Substitute"	Rich Moore	Jon Vitti	April 25, 1991	7F19	17.7

When Ms. Hoover falls ill with a suspected case of Lyme disease, she is replaced by substitute teacher Mr.

33	20	"The War of the Simpsons"	Mark Kirkland	John Swartzwelder	May 2, 1991	7F20	19.7

After Homer gets drunk at a party, Marge decides to sign them up for a marriage counseling retreat. Homer finds out that the retreat will be held at Catfish Lake and packs his fishing equipment, despite Marge telling him that all they will be doing is resolving their differences.

34	21	"Three Men and a Comic Book"	Wes M. Archer	Jeff Martin	May 9, 1991	7F21	21

Bart, Milhouse and Martin Prince pool their money together to buy the first Radioactive Man comic from Comic Book Guy. They discover that they are unable to share the comic and due to their mistrust of each other, end up destroying it.

35	22	"Blood Feud"	David Silverman	George Meyer	July 11, 1991	7F22	17.3

After Mr. Burns falls ill and desperately needs a blood transfusion, Homer discovers Bart has Burns's rare blood type.

Sentence(s)

The Simpsons had 29.9 million viewers.

final_sentence: The Simpsons had 29.9 million viewers.