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Bart falls for Reverend Lovejoy's daughter Jessica, but is not prepared for what comes next.Andrew and Tim discuss infuriating grammar mistakes, gender politics and the merits of Scotchtober. 

Happy Halloween to all ghosts, skellingtons and draculas!Annoyingly, it's the fifth Halloween special of The Simpsons, despite being part of Season 6.WARNING. This episode contains descriptions of axe murder, cannibalism and dinosaur murder.OH MY GOD! DON'T LOOK BEHIND YOU!!

Sideshow Bob is released from prison, thanks to radio personality and staunch Republican Birch T Barlow. Andrew and Tim re-live and review the most overtly political episode of the Simpsons.

The family take a trip to 'the violentest place on Earth' - a theme park tribute to the work of a quasi-fascist who's definitely not based on Walt Disney.DIE, BAD ROBOTS!

The Simpsons family 'riff' on the theme of love, through the medium of clips from old episodes.Andrew and Tim 'jam' on the details and share their transient joys with listeners.

Lisa's academic superiority is threatened by a clever classmate who sounds like Winona Ryder. Homer is The Sugarman. Millhouse is a wanted man. Ralph's cat's name is Mittens.

An incapacitated Bart believes he's witnessed a murder, just like in the film Rear Window. Andrew and Tim reflect on a hot summer and bemoan Britain's lack of democracy.

Homer accidentally becomes a teacher after he's accused of being slow by his friends. But he reveals marital secrets to gain respect from the class, to Marge's annoyance.Andrew and Tim review the finale, and share their favourite episodes from Season 5.

Homer's dad falls for Marge's mum, but Monty Burns threatens to steal her away - to Smithers' chagrin.Elsewhere - an update on the torturous Episode 100 NFT fiasco, and exciting news about Pete Doherty from 2011.

Bart is the only witness to an alleged assault. But he can't testify, as it would mean confessing to playing truant from school. Meanwhile, Tim struggles with NFT technology, while Andrew is appalled by a Simpsons make-up tie-in.

Santa's Little Helper gets stuck in the school vents. Principal Skinner gets fired and Ned takes over.It's the hundredth episode of The Simpsons!And it's not very good.

Bart becomes the sole heir to Monty's vast fortune. But he must pay the terrible price of rejecting his family forever. That sounds dark, but it's actually very funny.Andrew and Tim discuss a timely feature in GQ and mumble about NFTs some more.

Bart wins a full-grown African elephant in a radio competition. Homer entirely fails to capitalise on this development.Elsewhere, we go on about Danny Elfman's torso.

Ned Flanders treats Homer to a football game, kick-starting an unlikely bromance between the two neighbours. But Flanders' nerves start to fray when he realises how annoying Homer can be.Andrew and Tim discuss friendship, food politics, religion and the rise of NFTs.

The one where Homer goes into space, as a token blue collar chair moistener.But the mission goes wrong, due to potato chips and ants. Luckily, an inanimate carbon rod is at hand to spare humanity's insectoid enslavement.

Lisa has high expectations for the talking Malibu Stacy doll. But rather than inspiring rhetoric, her new toy delivers a stream of sexist drivel, and she resolves to create a better role model for young girls.Andrew and Tim return refreshed from their break and get their ugly pie hooks into a new season.

Apu poisons Homer twice with rancid food, leading to his dismissal from the Kwik-E-Mart. They work together to help him recover from his trauma. Andrew and Tim negotiate a minefield of sensitivity around the representation of Indian culture in the Simpsons. 

After a tiresome trip to the box factory, Bart accidentally becomes famous.But, according to John Updike, celebrity is a mask that eats into the face...Also - exciting news about a trainer that looks a bit like Snowball 2.

A cat burglar terrorises Springfield, stealing everything that's dear to them. Homer forms a vigilante group to apprehend the villain, but they're soon seeking world domination.Andrew and Tim avoid important current events stories by mulling over amusing Simpsons-related news items.

Marge gets the hots for the slots. Not in that way.Mr Burns boosts the town economy by opening a casino. But it drives him insane so he bins it.Andrew and Tim continue their halting re-entry into post-lockdown UK society. But we cut all that because the episode came in too long.

Homer falls for new employee Mindy Simmons, who shares his love of doughnuts and napping in the afternoons.Andrew and Tim indulge in further distractions from pressing global catastrophes. 

Bart and Millhouse party hard on sugar and join the Junior Campers.Homer joins Bart on the JC father-son rafting trip. It doesn't go well.Andrew and Tim do their usual recap and review, with a bit too much laughing and wheezing.

Marge tries to cure her 'nagging complex' by attending a workshop with self-help 'guru' Brad Goodman. Andrew and Tim spend a joyous forty-nine minutes exploring a work of prescient genius.

In which the tall-haired Mrs Simpson is drawn into a decidedly Thelma & Louise-esque escapade with bad-girl neighbour Ruth.This episode also features an under-edited aside on the delights of the Devil's Coach Horse beetle.

The Simpsons 'celebrate' Halloween with three segments of non-canon stories, with varied results.Tim and Andrew struggle to understand current UK petrol shortages and obscure US movie references.

Burns pines for his childhood bear Bobo. Getting it back will be like taking a cuddly toy from a baby.Andrew and Tim find themselves in mellow mood, pondering the coming of Autumn and the tedious but terrifying UK supply chain crisis.

Homer's gross incompetence as safety inspector at a nuclear power plant leads to him having to attend university, where his distorted view of college life leads to a string of increasingly dangerous pranks.Andrew and Tim revel in the majesty of one of their all-time favourite episodes.

Sideshow Bob tries to kill Bart again, but he's thwarted by a child's guile and a lot of rakes.Andrew and Tim briefly debrief their summers and settle in for an autumn of Omega Variant.

Homer tells the kids about his time with the Be Sharps, a vocal group with more than a passing resemblance to a certain popular beat combo.This week Andrew and Tim form a fab four with Jacob Balcom and Matt Howell to discuss the episode.

Krusty tries to get his career back on track after the ventriloquist dummy Gabbo appears out of nowhere. Andrew and Tim assess the season 4 finale, and choose their favourite episode from the entire season.

A pandemic sneaks into Springfield via dubious juice-loosening machines, and Marge is sent to prison for shoplifting. Andrew and Tim reminisce about May 1993 and give cautious cheer to the slight flattening of UK virus numbers.

Bart gets expelled from school, while an unethical holiday involving violence against snakes grips the Springfield community. Plus Barry White!Meanwhile, Andrew and Tim struggle to cool down during Britain's heat wave, and marvel at the staggering stupidity of this fair Isle's politicians. 

Bart and Lisa write an episode of Itchy & Scratchy, but Abe gets the credit. Homer and Marge attend their high school reunion. Tim and Andrew prepare for the fifth series and the third wave.

Bart's April Fool prank nearly kills Homer, prompting the Simpsons to reminisce over past episodes. Meanwhile, Tim grits his teeth through the last minutes of his self isolation, while Andrew bemoans the British government's lockdown exit plan.

Homer battles with Burns to retain the power plant workers' DENTAL PLAN because LISA NEEDS BRACES. Andrew suffers an attack of Rush, while Tim goes outside to eat food.

Homer takes a sneaky day trip to the Duff brewery. But after getting caught drunk driving, he must give up booze for 30 days.Meanwhile, Andrew and Tim navigate the confusing interim summer lockdown continuum.

Lisa choo-choo-chooses Ralph Wiggum as her pity valentine, but he takes it as a pledge of lifelong devotion. We've all been there.Also - Andrew and Tim peer nervously out of the window at all the new vaccinated people.

Bart gets a surrogate father to compensate for Homer's neglect. Andrew and Tim continue to walk the tightrope of loosening coronavirus restrictions. 

Marge's sister aspires to motherhood, but then she endures a disastrous day out with Bart and Lisa. Andrew and Tim embark on The Great Covid Unlocking in the UK, and stress about  variants.

The town of Springfield opts to spend a $3m fine on a monorail transport system, with disastrous and hilarious results. Andrew and Tim discuss the best way to use utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham's effigy.

Homer goes under the knife, with tonally problematic results. Andrew and Tim refuse to embrace the current air of COVID-vaccinated smugness in the UK.

While trying to prompt baby Maggie to speak, the Simpsons go back to the early '80s and the story of how Lisa came to say her first word. Andrew and Tim marvel at one of the most perfectly structured and warm-hearted episodes of their favourite show.

Homer wars with Barney over a snow plow business in Springfield. Andrew and Tim are joined by Jacob Balcom, co-host of the Werewolf by Night Podcast, to discuss one of the all-time greatest Simpsons episodes. 

Bart falls for a cool new neighbour. Homer eats a lot of shrimp. Andrew and Tim catch another tantalising glimpse of the end of UK lockdown.

Monty Burns kidnaps Tom Jones to impress Marge. Tim and Andrew inhale coffee and stare at things for slightly too long.

Bart's bad behaviour gets him banned from the defining event of his generation. Andrew and Tim look forward to emerging from lockdown. Again.

Tim and Andrew appraise the third Simpsons Halloween special, while simultaneously tackling a vaccination scandal, the music of the Electric Light Orchestra and dodgy Whoopi Goldberg gags.

Homer enters a selfconscious Lisa into the Little Miss Springfield contest. Andrew and Tim pass the time by staring at tennis and walking differently.

Homer skips church, with consequences that rock the Simpson family to its very core. Tim and Andrew wrestle with issues of religion, community and earlobes.

Marge takes a role in an am-dram musical, leading to a deeper bond with Homer. Tim and Andrew talk self-monitoring and micro-behavioural adjustments, while swearing quite a lot.

Bart and Lisa go through hell at the bafflingly evil Kamp Krusty summer camp. Meanwhile, Andrew and Tim find joy wherever they can during these 'unprecedented times'.