Season 2 is better than 8 in my opinion. So much heart and charm. Stone cold classic episodes and that social and political satire comes in. Season 3 is even better. Far ahead of 8 for me but it does get recognition. Season 2 doesn’t get the love or praise it deserves.
@@drumyogi9281 Yeah. They were all better than seasons 9 and later. Even season 1 where they didn't hit their stride yet and had more poorly drawn characters was better than the crappy seasons later. Seasons 1 and 2 strict Homer was uptight but he still had values and cared about his family, which was definately not true about seasons 9+ Jerkass Homer who'd throw anyone he cared about under a bus just to get what he wanted even if what he wanted was trivial and stupid, which it often was, and he had no common sense whatsoever and was annoying and much less funny than Golden Era Homer. The only bad thing about earlier Homer was his strangling Bart (it appeared that he never strangled him hard enough to actually hurt him, but it was still wrong)
@@alvexok5523 Homer wasnt really a jerk in Season 9, (from what I noticed it was just the same in Seasons 3-8 honestly). But oh my god. He is so bad in Season 10 onwards…
@@TheSimpsonsTheory I don't really have a favorate season. But I do have several favorate episodes. Brother's Little Helper, the PTA disbands, Itchy Scratchy and Poochy Show, the Simpsons Movie, King Sized Homer, Lisa the Vegitarian, Bart the Daredevil, The Twisted World of Marge Simpson, Sideshow Bob's last gleaming, Fraudcast News, Last Exit to Springfield, The totally fun thing Bart will never do again, Maximum Homerdrive, Trash of the Titans, i D'oh Bot, Wild Barts can't be broken, 3 men and a comic book, Bart the General, Lisa the Treehugger, Sex Pies and Idiot Scrapes
@@TheSimpsonsTheory In my opinion Perfect Simpsons Season 1-26 after that it is very hit and miss. I am more lenient than most. Alot of the later episodes make me laugh really hard. So I don't believe the later seasons suck. The past few years have been pretty awful over all with good episodes here and there.
moaning lisa bart the general life in the fast lane simpson's roasting on an open fire and krusty gets busted always stick out to me as very good eps from season 1....those 5 shined in shaping the show imo ...you feel the characters act the most normal in these eps to how they are later
Just after rewatching this, here's the Season 9 quote you wanted: "I'm not normally a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me, Superman!" (Homer, "Lost Our Lisa")
I generally seem to like Season 2 more than most people, not just the episodes that reach the high points on most lists such as Lisa's Substitute or Bart gets an F, overall I loved the season so much as a kid I wore the DVDs out lol I find it to be very charming. It's one of my personal favorites. Though much like you 6 takes the cake for me. It hits my exact type of humor and it's simply genius TV.
@@kirkwarburton2277 Agreed. They have so much charm. Season 3 is also a little bit like that. Season 3 is like this in-between two eras of Simpsons. Season 3 has some of the charming moments of seasons 1 and 2, while having iconic golden age standard of seasons 4-8. While I think seasons 1-2 are underrated, I think seasons 3-4 are my personal favorites.
Yes! Seasons 4 and 3 are my top 2. Seasons 1-7 are my favourite tv - of anything ever. I love the early charm of 1-3. Despite the rough edges season 1 is such comfort tv and heart warming.
my fantasy is if more of the original seasons 1-5 staff was somehow still writing season 6 ...it may have been even better....like good god the writing in seasons 3 and 4 is so good jokes wise imagine s6 art with their jokes...beautiful
@@strawberrysoulforever8336 I disagree I would take more episodes of the original over the reboot. But if they were bored it was the right thing to do.
@@icecreamhero2375 I think they'd run out of ideas. The reboot was more than ten years after the show first went off the air. Like there's an episode where Mojo teaches everyone to talk like him. It's like "Um, we already had the episode where Mojo's speaking manner was the joke in Season 2" (Los Dos Mojos - it's the one when Bubbles gets hit in the head and wakes up thinking she's him - there's a bit where she makes a speech and Mojo starts saying over and over how he doesn't repeat the same thing over and over.
easily..season 3 has half the eps as good as peak simpsons but also a few extra meh eps so its not top 2 worthy but its for me 3rd behind 4 and 6...4 is the best written season 6 is the best quality season if you combine writing with art/animation and story aka quality eps cause while i love season 4 its art is still messy and it did not have 25 eps like season 6 so that helps s6 that it has more eps nor did s4 have quite 20 very good episodes like s6 had but to me its the peak of the show writing wise even in the lesser eps its so good..but s6 is close...its like 1a. 1b. for me with s4 being 1a. just cause of the best 5-6 eps from it being incredible
@bruceleeroy8302 coincidentally I actually bought this Dvd not too long ago lol. Its the only season aside from S12 I have on Dvd too. I may need to rework this ranking and have a rewatch of a few seasons as I definitely disagree with a few placements now too
Season 1: 9/10 Season 2: 9/10 Season 3: 10/10 Season 4: 10/10 Season 5: 10/10 Season 6: 10/10 Season 7: 10/10 Season 8: 8/10 Season 9: 5/10 (it ruined one of my favorite characters; if it didn't had the Principal and the Pauper, it would've been 7/10, but when you ruin my favorite character and hit personal, I cannot maintain respect.) Season 10: 3/10 (mediocre with 70% of the episodes not having that same... *feeling* as it ancestors.)
i would switch 3 and 5 around personally ..i think season 3 is sorta underrated and season 5 is bit overrated...and honestly just do to the number of more episodes i think season 9 gives me more overall both good and some bad than season 1 so quality wise your right but i would switch them too cause 9 has more eps..pretty simple...season 1 was better though for sure...
My personal list goes 10. Season 10 (this is the “worst” season of the golden era which is miles away from being the worst. This was the first jerk ass Homer season and there was a lot of room for improvement. Either way, it’s still a decent season.) 9. Season 1 (It was the very first season and they were trying to get things adjusted through the season. Animation was somewhat an eyesore but gradually got better and it was more drama than comedy) 8. Season 9 (the season where everyone automatically thinks it’s the first bad season and don’t give the following seasons a chance because of The Principal and the Pauper but that episode wasn’t actually the bad. Yeah it was not good but honestly it was a far cry from being the worst episode. The season had much more better than worst episodes) 7. Season 2 (many say season 3 or 4 even 5 was when the show started to pick up but I say season 2. The comedy improved, the writing and animation as well. Lisa’s Substitute was the very first episode that really made me a big fan of the show.) 6. Season 3 (Thinking of a season to add to 6 was very hard as this is where I say The Simpsons was on the top of a mountain up to 9. Homer At The Bat was my favorite episode of the season and this is the season where the show knew what they were doing and knew to keep their style on that roll.) 5. Season 5. (While still being very memorable, it’s not quite as memorable as the next seasons that are added onto the list. But still a great season with one of my favorite THOH episodes) 4. Season 4. (Marge vs The Monorail is the best episode of the season. Truly a masterpiece. Throughly a very enjoyable season.) 3. Season 8. (I feel like season 8 deserves more praise because it had a lot of good things to it. Homer’s Enemy and You Only Move Twice were the best episodes in this season and they were able to prove the even 8 seasons in, the show was still at its best. 2. Season 6 (the reason why it’s not at number 1 is because well, season 7 has more of my favorite episodes in it but season 6 is one for the book. A prefect season with the number 1 best THOH episode.) 1. Season 7 (Like I wrote before, lots of my favorite episodes are in this season like Who Shot Mr. Burns Part II, 22 Short Films about Springfield, A Fish Called Selma, The Day the Violence Died, Bart on The Road, etc, etc. I can go on forever. This season was very legendary.)
One of things that Jerkass Homer often did in seasons 9 and after which was so annoying was that he'd tell someone to do something (and often it'd be something very stupid), the other person would begin to question it but Homer would immediately cut them off and say "Do iiit!!!" or something similar in that way. One example is when Grampa desperately needed to use the restroom, and Homer replied "but I need to get home to watch on TV F Murray Abraham" Grampa: "But I really need to.." Homer: "F! Murray! Abraham!!" And then Grampa's kidneys explode. That kind of jerkassery from Homer is just not funny.
Had their moments: 1, 9, 10 Good but not great: 2, 7, 8 Very good: 6 Great: 3, 4, 5 The all time best season, in my opinion, was Season 3. The early seasons had the philosophy of let's tell a great story and have a few high quality gags along the way. Later seasons had the philosophy of let's tell a story that can get the most gags along the way. Season 3 is the best of both worlds.
Season 3 is fucking amazing, I think people should rewatch to realize how good it actually was lol My list: 1. S6 2. S7 3. S3 4. S4 5. S5 6. S8 7. S2 8. S1 I don't give a fuck about S9 and later.
Excellent video, here’s my ranking of the first 10 Seasons which is almost identical to yours!: 10. Season 10 9. Season 1 8. Season 9 7. Season 2 6. Season 3 5. Season 8 4. Season 4 3. Season 5 2. Season 7 1. Season 6 Also to answer your question I’d love to see you cover the later seasons as well!
1. Season 6 (10/10) 2. Season 5 (10/10) 3. Season 4 (9/10) 4. Season 7 (9/10) 5. Season 3 (9/10) 6. Season 8 (8/10) 7. Season 1 (8/10) 8. Season 2 (8/10) 9. Season 10 (7/10) 10. Season 9 (7/10)
I really like season and 1 and 2, only watching the early seasons for the past couple years and as a newbie they’ve got something about them which is totally unique and beautiful. (Season 1 and 2 was a legit tv show, not just a sitcom. It turned into the mj of sitcoms but season 1 and 2 is Kobe with the fro) (yeah not the biggest fan of meta Simpsons, they got clumsy with it by season 8 buuut it would have been so bloody hilarious at the time)
While I am especially partial to Season 4, "A Star is Burns" (S06) is by-far my favorite episode the show ever put out; of course, that's sort of ironic since series creator (Matt Groening) hates it.
Haven't seen 13 and I haven't finished 12, but I've seen all of the first 11 seasons: 1. Season 1 2. Season 3 3. Season 4 4. Season 2 5. Season 12 6. Season 6 7. Season 5 8. Season 9 9. Season 10 10. Season 8 11. Season 7 12. Season 11 Seasons 1-6 and 12 are good/great, 7-8/11 are bad and 9-10 are okay
I think Season 6-8 was the peak of the show, but god damn. If this is what a “weak” classic Simpsons Season looks like then god damn these creators are talented.
Spot on…6 was the peak, 7 felt a little different, not as good but not bad. Watching 7 it was clear it might not reach that level again. Good memories.
The more I think 🤔 of it, the more it seems like the first two seasons of The Simpsons (and to a lesser degree the third) were basically an ‘edgy’ 70’s sitcom in the style of Taxi or All in the Family that just happened to be a cartoon. More irreverent, adult-oriented sitcoms had kinda been on ice throughout the 80’s (which favored sappier family-friendly stuff) and the idea behind the Simpsons was to revive them in animated form. Of course, the show ended up evolving beyond that quite a bit. But you really could take many of the seasons 1 and 2 scripts (maybe with a few adjustments) and film them live in a tv studio. That would be impossible with a lot of the 4-10 material.
I still think the early seasons took advantage of aniamtion. They could have as many characters as they wanted when ever they wanted. And characters can just show up where they need to be.
Yeah after doing my own reviews of the classic era for my channel I can agree that season 6 is the best. It quite possibly the most consistent season of any show ever. Only the clip show is dud, every other episode has at least something to make it enjoyable.
Honestly, while rewatching season 8, there are a ton of episodes that feel exactly like 9-11 episode moreso than golden era (jerkass homer, world breaking actions, jokes that don't land). So, if 8 can be golden era, than the highly debated seasons 9-11 should also be considered golden era as well.
I’ve had this thought for years. Why does Season 8 get a free pass but not 9 through 11? Everyone is allowed to express their opinion and I respect that. But for me I just say seasons 1-11 are the classic era. Season 12 amped all of the problems from 11 way high. Then by season 13, we are in full on Zombie Simpson’s.
My opinion personally, my personal Golden Era is Seasons 3-9. Being more open, the first ten. I felt like Season 9 was just like Season 8 (my favourite Season) just a bit weaker. I felt like Season 10 is only held back because it breaks the formula Season 4 set where itd be 10 Homercentric episodes and the rest they’d explore new ideas. Season 10 is allll Homer. Besides the jokes not landing part. I personally agree, I think at least Season 9, Season 10 and the first half of Season 11 (because the second half is when the show really suffered seasonal and creative rot) besides that I 100% agree
I compare season 1 and 2 higher because 1 was so innovative and felt very different in style. Season 2 I like the style of comedy, it combined style of season 1 with the later later seasons well. Season 2 is actually in my top 4.
I think I’ll go with 1) Season 5 2) Season 6 3) Season 3 4) Season 8 5) Season 7 6) Season 9 7) Season 4 (yeah yeah, I know) 8) Season 2 9) Season 1 10) Season 10
@@MicrowaveHeadVlogs it’s a genuine last hurrah for the Golden Era, which has not just some of the best episodes but also a unique flavor to it that no other season can offer! EDIT: that said, some of the absolute worst of the entire era are found in S9 too, but whatever.
@@ArizonanSummer I couldn’t agree more. Personally Trash Of The Titans, The City Of New York Vs Homer Simpson and Natural Born Kissers are highs for me. But then you get the occasional dud like All Singing All Dancing or whatever the episode Moe goes dating is. And like Seasons 7 and 8 it felt like a great season to end the show.
10. There's a few gems, and I remember loving the first TOH segment (yes, I said first, not last) 9. Some episodes were good, but others didn't make much sense. I'm not surprised with your best pick - that was great. 8. The problem is really just that it's still finding its feet. Shocked at your best pick. I'm still looking for a chance to use the "kwyjibo" joke. 7. The season took itself a bit more seriously than later ones, and that's not necessarily a bad thing, but not all that good. That said, your best and worst picks are pretty much spot on, although I might choose "Old Money' for the worst. 6. The show really found its feet here. I actually talked about your favourite in my Lit Crit Vlog (that's on here if you want to hear me blab on about how I want to live in this warm, loving family sometimes, because even though I have a perfectly good warm loving family, I wish I had a sibling close in age to me). 5. I have a soft spot for this season. And hey, it won an Emmy for music. Predictable best and worst, but I don't really agree with them. I saw your worst on TV as a kid and can't hate it. 4. A bit uneven for my tastes. Higher highs, but lower lows. That said, the good episodes outweigh the bad and it's good to watch. Also, I think I'm the only person who actually likes the season finale. 3. There's so much fun and heart in this season. It's got possibly the highest highs of any season and very few lows. Kind of shocked at your worst pick, but I can see it isn't the strongest. I didn't like Duffless much, but it has possibly my favourite joke. And yes, it's the one with Homer screaming and jumping out the window at the thought of never drinking another beer. 2. While I think the last three seasons were stronger, it had so many emotional highs and the best clip show of all-time. But still, Iconoclast the worst? I can name three episodes I liked less. I'd like more detail on that if you don't mind. I respect it, but I'd like to know why. 1. You've seen me talking about this on TheRealJims' videos. I won't go into any further detail here. But still, props for not choosing Treehouse of Horror as your top pick, although my personal best and worst would be very different (my worst would definitely be The Springfield Connection, and while I don't know what my best would be, the vlog I mentioned uses Lisa's Wedding as a base to talk about her connection to her family). As a note, I'd be interested for the teen seasons. You already know how I feel about Season 11, but some of the other seasons pulled through.
@@TheSimpsonsTheory Season 6 is my favourite, but not sure where I place the other seasons. Fun fact: I was born right in the middle of Season 6, just after "And Maggie Makes Three" first aired and well before "Bart's Comet". You can also look up my vlog - it's the second most recent video. I had to choose a text to analyse (that also includes visual texts like movies and TV) for uni and review one aspect, so I went for discussing how this dysfunctional family actually functions just fine because they love each other, and how they value being a Simpson. This even included a quote from each Simpson. Homer's was easiest: "I've never lost anyone special to me. Everyone special to me is under this roof." (Season 2's "Lisa's Substitute"). I had awful trouble finding a quote for Bart, though.
@@strawberrysoulforever8336 I was also born inbetween season 6 aswell! I just watched your video! It's very good, I gave it a like! It is obvious you put alot of time and effort into writing it! You clearly showed the love The Simpsons family have for one another! You may be interested in my channel! I make fun theories and list on The Simpsons. Like, who really shot Mr Burns and the mystery of Hans Moleman haha!
@@TheSimpsonsTheory Thanks. Hopefully the analysis is enough for my tutors. I will check out your channel. There is a question of exactly how many times Hans Moleman has been resurrected. One of my favourite deleted scenes involved him. Season 8, all this money and the gun floats down to him, then he picks up the gun and tells God to "hand over the rest of it".
@@TheSimpsonsTheory Update on my vlog: Combined with the rest of my portfolio (A creative autobiographical piece, another video also on here, three poems and one fiction story), I got a B+.
Im currently watching every episode, scoring them. Then adding up the average for each season. My results for 1-10 are: 10. Season 1 9. Season 2 8. Season 10 7. Season 3 6. Season 9 5. Season 4 4. Season 5 3. Season 7 2. Season 8 1. Season 6 3-9 in my opinion is when the show was the best thing on television. Even to this day.
I hate to say it but Season 2 is too slow and awkward for me, Season 3 is the most consistently good season but doesnt come anywhere close to the highs of some of the future Seasons, even going for Season 9 which I think has 15 great episodes, and then the rest are duds. So thats my reasoning.
@@MicrowaveHeadVlogs I don't like anything past season 8 because Homer, who is easily one of the best characters of the show, is turned into an asshole who is so mindbogglingly stupid and yet gets no consequences for his stupid actions. Season 2 may be slower, and you may think Season 3 doesn't reach the same highs as Seasons 4-9 (I completely disagree with this) but they also have some of the most intriguing episode concepts, serious or heartfelt moments, and still manage to be really funny without sacrificing consistency, characters, or pacing (unlike Season 9 and 10).
@@Xavier17.5 I can agree with episode concepts but the only standout Season 3 episodes to me is “Flaming Moes”, and also “Homer At The Bat.” rest is generally not memorable to me where as Seasons 4-9 I can name at least 10 episodes from the top of my head. And im saying this as Season 3 is my most rewatched Season. Again, I think it has the most consistent home runs. (Heheh get it?) I also think the whole “Jerkass Homer” thing is kind of dumb. Because while episodes stopped ending with Homer and Marge riding in a sunset. Season 9 wasn’t immediate when it got to the point where Homer started chloroforming his wife or would hit her with a dart which would be the tail end of Seasons 11 & early Season 12. Hes also acted like an asshole several times in Seasons 1-8 and I hate when people pretend that Jerkass Homer or whatever you want to call it, didnt exist then because he very clearly was around. I think the difference is he would make it up in those Seasons, Season 9 was less of that. But it was still there. Keep in mind, Season 9 was half run by Mike Scully while the rest was a whole bunch of showrunners. Bill Oakley, Josh Wenstein, David Mirkin and it just goes on. So I think why me personally, it felt fresh. I think the character consistency while a downgrade from 2-8 was still balanced enough to keep the show strong. I know people call Season 9 the downfall from then on. But it was innevitable. Because being honest Seasons 5-8 had no reason to be as good as they were. Eventually things have to change, and Season 9 was the change. I think it only gets a bad rap because Principal and the Pauper, if that episode wasnt included. It would probably be not hated but just looked upon as when the show started to lose its edge, but it was still great. And even then, it was actually meant to be a Season 8 episode in production order. So, why doesnt Season 8 get the hate? I think the Homer you’re thinking of in Seasons 9 and 10 is probably some Season 11 and 12 stuff, because I had no problems with Homer in 9-10. I will say though for Season 10 at least, it absolutely broke the consistency. About every single episode that Season is Homer centred and it gets dull REAL fast. Which is why I rewatch it spiratically. Even then you arent gonna change my mind because ive watched these episodes every day and at this point my opinion is formed as a Simpsons fan I prefer Season 9 over Season 3 and Season 10 over Season 2. Even if those ones were better at emotional beats, I think the show even if the writing wasnt at its peak anymore was so refined that it made a more enjoyable viewing experience to me. I think after Seasons 7 and 8. It really didnt hurt to have some more actual cartoony seasons. And less emotional focused. It just hurt however because the show never ended. I wish Season 8 was the end honestly, but Season 9 was a good extension, I thought Season 10 was good enough to prove its existence. Season 11 however so far (Watching up until Season 14) is my least favourite. And there is some hidden gems in Season 12, but it also simultaneously has the biggest duds. And im gonna be real, Season 13 I prefer over Season 1. The second half of Season 13 was meh, but I thought the first half felt like some Golden Era stuff mixed with the Scully years. Season 14 from what I remember (because i last watched it a year ago) was a step in the wrong direction for me but it is what it is. Also there has been Season 1-8 episodes where Homer is an asshole and gets no consequences. It was just every other season. No where near as frequent as Scullys time on the show. Its not like it was a sudden change out of nowhere. Season 8 is my favourite season probably even if Season 6 had a higher score in my data. Because Season 8 had some emotional episodes. But also cartoony and high concept pieces like “You Only Move Twice.” Which might add to why I liked Season 9 as it was just more of that but simmered down, and remove a lot of the emotionial beats. Surprisingly Trash Of The Titans is a top 10 episode for me, sure Homers an asshole in it. But the whole episode is a joy to watch. Same goes for The City Of New York Vs. Homer Simpson which is in my top 3. Again, its just fun. And honestly, sometimes thats all you need. But it gets tiring when it’s kind of all the show does for a decade. I personally feel like a lot of the issues you’re describing i only noticed in later seasons of the show. Maybe i just missed something but i highly doubt it if ive rewatched Season 9 and other Golden Era seasons almost daily. Also, Season 3 im pretty sure scored out to an 8.1 on average, I think I gave Season 9 an 8.4, Season 2 had a 7.5, Season 10 had a 7.8. Thats me ranking every episode individually and not the Season. Then I averaged it out for the Season and those are the scores. Numbers dont lie (for me at least). I enjoyed Season 9, more than 2 and 3. And nothing will change my mind!
@@MicrowaveHeadVlogs I think I'm just biased against Mike Scully. It's like he's never even watched the show, it's still good, but it's not Simpsons, and for me at least, it's considerably worse than Seasons 2-8. I also think the inconsistency, change in characters' behaviors, and being less grounded in reality contributes to it not being considered golden age for many people. Part of the show's success at first was how grounded in reality and adult it was, this may sound weird in hindsight with all the episodes that came after, but matt groening wanted the show to be a cartoon that was grounded in reality. that's why he hated "a star is burns" because it was quite absurd. and every season, the show lost a bit of that, and it gets to a point where it's gone too far. i like the absurdity of seasons 4-8 but season 9 is where it crossed the line for me. the thing about principal and the pauper kind of makes sense to me, season 8 was very experimental. i dont like principal and the pauper unlike some season 8 episodes though because it changed the canon in a huge way, it completely changes skinner's character, he's a fraud. and in the second half of the episode, the whole town just forgets about the whole thing and we never see the real skinner again. and with how unoriginal and boring modern simpsons jokes are (partly because of the bad writers and partly because they've already done so much with the show), they bring it up almost whenever skinner is talking. im sure i remember it being worse than it really was, but anything after season 9 that has skinner in it is just a worse experience because they either have to bring it up or its just in the back of your mind. another thing is i remember that being the start of more celebrities guests playing themselves rather than a character. i hate modern simpsons much more though. the jokes are more unoriginal and unfunny. the characters act way differently, there's even more celebrities playing themselves. even the animation has gotten more lifeless.
Asking me right now, I think season 3 probably stands as my favourite in the series' history. There are some absolute gems all the way through seasons 1-9, however.
That's a pretty solid list. But I would respectfully disagree about putting Season 4 at the bottom of the list. I honestly think Season 4 is the second-best season of the Simpsons just because of the episode Marge vs. the Monorail being in Season 4. I would put my top three seasons as: 1. Season 6 2. Season 4 3. Season 7
Mediocre 10. Season 9 Good 9. Season 1 8. Season 10 7. Season 5 6. Season 8 5. Season 2 God Tier 4. Season 6 3. Season 4 2. Season 3 1. Season 7 Unsure if this is unpopular or not but 9 is the worst of the “classic” era
A lot of people say the classic era got cut off by The Principal and the Pauper. That's only the second episode of the ninth season. But there were a few episodes worth it after that.
10: Season 1 (Worst: Call of the Simpsons; Best: Some Enchanted Evening) 9: Season 9 (Worst: Miracle on Evergreen Terrace; Best: The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson) 8: Season 10 (Worst: Homer Simpson in Kidney Trouble; Best: Wizard of Evergreen Terrace) 7: Season 3 (Worst: The Otto Show; Best: Homer at the Bat) 6: Season 2 (Worst: Dancin' Homer; Best: Blood Fued) 5: Season 8 (Worst: Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious; Best: Homer's Enemy) 4: Season 5 (Worst: Bart's Inner Child; Best: Cape Feare/Homer the Vigilante) 3: Season 7 (Worst: Lisa the Vegetarian; Best: Summer of 4 ft 2) 2: Season 4 (Worst: Marge in Chains; Best: Marge vs. the Monorail) 1: Season 6 (Worst: Fear of Flying; Best: A Star is Burns)
I have no idea why when Flanders failed is on the worst episode category for season 3 and why Lisa the Greek is the best. For me it might be the other way around. To be honest I almost don’t understand any of the worst placements. Good video.
10. Season 9 (Best: The City of New York vs Homer Simpson. Worst: Miracle on Everygreen Terrace) 9. Season 10 (Best: Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo. Worst: Homer Simpsons in 'Kidney Trouble') 8. Season 1 (Best: Some Enchanted Evening. Worst: Homer's Night Out) 7. Season 8 (Best: You Only Move Twice. Worst: My Sister, My Sitter) 6. Season 3 (Best: Bart The Lover. Worst: Bart's Friend Falls in Love) 5. Season 4 (Best: I Love Lisa. Worst: Itchy The Scratchy: The Movie (excluding the clip show) 4. Season 2 (Best: Lisa's Substitute. Worst: Bart Gets Hit By a Car) 3. Season 6 (Best: And Maggie Makes Three. Worst: Bart's Comet (excluding the clip show) 2. Season 7 (Best: Summer of 4ft2. Worst: Bart The Fink) 1. Season 5 (Best: Rosebud. Worst: Bart's Inner Child)
What are you doing? Bart's comet Is from season 6, not in season 7. But please, put in the comment section below worst episode from season 7, not in season 6.
Seasons 4,5 and 6 are my GOATs. The animation. The humor. The tone. *chefs kiss* 7 and 8 is way too sentimental for my tastes. And yeah after that it went downhill fast. I even realized this as a teenager.
My favorite episode from 1st season to 11th: 1st: Bart the General 2nd: One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish 3rd: I Married Marge 4th: Homer's Triple Bypass 5th: The Last Temptation of Homer 6th: Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One) 7th: Bart Sells His Soul 8th: The Mysterious Voyage of Homer 9th: Realty Bites 10th: Thirty Minutes over Tokyo 11th: Little Big Mom
I absolutely agree, honeslty The Mysterious Voyage of Homer I never hear talked about, but its my favourite episode of the show, from my favourite Season of the show. Period.
The DVD commentary on feature is very interesting. Starting with season 2, the first two episodes are explained in great detail by James Brooks and Al Jean. The real genius are people like David Mirkin, David Silverman, George Meyer and their most prolific writer John Shwartzwelder. Highly recommend.
Huh?!! Season 7 is NOT where it started to decline … it was definitely season 9 . Actually the 2nd half of season 9 is where it went downhill . Then season 10 was garbage but still king likable for some reason
I agree with this list except for season 1, it's too far removed from the series and to me that's the bottom cause it's too serious and barely wacky. My personal favorites are seasons 3, 6 and 7 for the fact that season 3 starts the guest stars as themselves but in the guise of Simpsons characters and 6 and 7 has to be watched back to back cause it flows as one unit the best thanks to Who shot Mr Burns part 1 & 2 so thanks to this everything in these seasons feel like a natural progression instead of a quick change like other seasons when the writers switch.
It's hard for people to remember now, but compared to the absolute garbage people were watching in the 70's and 80's, even something as tame as Season 1 came off as subversive as hell
@@LordSluggo Oh I remember, that's why I watched cause even as a kid I realized this is something else plus I noticed my dad was a fan of season 1 but somewhere along season 2 the world found out he watched cartoons and worse the Simpsons and he stopped. They were basically so controversial back then people were boycotting and the president got involved so when I say season 1 is the worst I'm not saying I ever hated it, in fact I'm very nostalgic for it but for what the show evolved into later by season 2 I feel like it's the only time The Simpsons was connected to our world which is the most 1980s-early 1990s it could possibly be. For me it works cause I lived thru it but for today it feels like something too old but still full of gems, just too old tho. Not one kid today can meme a piece of it unlike season 2 and up cause they don't understand the 80's and 90's world fully, they just like the fashion/music not the politics and social commentary it was doing back then so brillantly. At best I've seen essays done by my generation talk about Homer about to end it all and that's it. Nobody talks about Homer needing his family to be so perfect in the eyes of others that he tries shock therapy to get them to conform nor do they discuss Bart understanding he doesn't need to be a know it all like Lisa 24/7 to please society. Society is pleased no matter how much or little you give them so long as you're thought of as better than others nobody will check to see if you truly are until it's too late to matter. Not one video touches on season 1 from this angle cause that's what kids today are missing from that world from back then, they just live in the world after the Simpsons already shaped for them so to them it's stale or a quick watch, to us it's nostalgia cause we remember the world's view with this episode. I remember it all which is why I'm still a current fan
I honestly don't understand why steamed hams is so funny. people claim that to be one of the funniest and iconic moments of the series but I don't see it at all
10. Season 10 9. Season 9 8. Season 1 7. Season 3 6. Season 2 5. Season 8 4. Season 4 3. Season 7 2. Season 5 1. Season 6 I throughly love each season here. I agree 9 and 10 is where the show declined but there were still amazing episodes to watch. They are essentially the worst of the best. They still outshine any season that followed them. Season 11 for me is the first season I couldn’t really enjoy apart from an episode here and there.
My ranking I will have a different opinion: 1. Season 7 2. Season 8 3. Season 4 4. Season 3 5. Season 2 6. Season 9 7. Season 1 8. Season 10 9. Season 6 10. Season 5 Let me explain why I dislike seasons 5-6: There were cartoonish and outlandish storylines that didn't fit into the slice of life realism of The Simpsons standard or seasons 11-15 which these seasons I find even worse due the similar problems. The characters are making meta jokes about themselves and things come true on a ridiculous and weird manner, whenever somethings spoken on cartoon tropes. While the characters were still likeable, they felt a little bit zanier and dumber compared to the other golden age seasons. The jokes felt into the surreal and bizarre territory like the Itchy and Scratchy robots are attacking, an Martian being one of the members of the Stonecutters, the gang from the Archie Comics, Homer falling off the cliff in a Roadrunner style, Bart getting an elephant, and of coarse that STUPID It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Mad World reference at the end of Homer the Vigilante. Sure season 9 also went into this territory but this is due the fact that it was a little gags and Mike Scully has little style as showrunner before it really went into decline during season 10 with his surreal style. Sure there were some memorable and best episodes that I liked such as "And Maggie Makes Three", Bart of Darkness", " Bart's Girlfriend", "Lisa's Rival", "The Last Temptation of Homer", "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", Cape Feare", "Lisa's Wedding" and "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy", but the rest of the episodes were so in the middle of the surreal, self deprecation and outlandish territory. So in actually seasons 1-4, 7-9 were for me the golden age of The Simpsons.
I prefer season 2 and definitely season 3 to 8. 8 is great but has episodes that weren’t as grounded and was the point when some foibles started to show, although not much. 2 has such charm and heart, it also brings the social and political satire in. Season 3 is pretty much top tier for me, I far prefer it 8.
No post-Season 6 season should be rated above a pre-Season 6 season. _The Simpsons_ got worse every time I entered a new school. Season 7 corresponded with middle school. The show was noticeably not as good as prior seasons. Season 8 was high school and the New York City episode (which I didn't like) was followed by the Armin Tamsarian episode. I then understood that _The Simpsons_ was on an inevitable decline.
Id rank Simpsons Seasons 1-10 as: 10. Season 10 9. Season 9 8. Season 1 7. Season 2 6. Season 3 5. Season 4 4. Season 8 3. Season 6 2. Season 7 1. Season 5
Reading the comments, there are various differing opinions but I think the Simpsons peaked in Season 6. Season 7 - 8 were good and each had some great episodes, but some episodes weren't as memorable as the classics from previous seasons. Seasons 3-6 were the God tier and season 2 really picked up steam towards the end and was fantastic. I must say I mostly agree with everything said here.
Interesting that you chose "Secrets of a good marriage" as the worst of season 5. I consider it my second favorite of the whole show, just behind Marge vs the monorail.
The fact that even the "bad seasons" of classic Simpsons is still better than most shows on tv is a testament to the writers talent
It is definitely not JUST about writing.
Season 2 gets slept on, and imo is the most important season where they really got the formula down pat.
Season 2 really picked up steam and was great overall. It had some many heartfelt moments.
The first treehouse of horror 🔥💯
Season 3 is the most beutiful!!
The substitute episode felt like a magical dream when I first watched it
Season 2 is better than 8 in my opinion. So much heart and charm. Stone cold classic episodes and that social and political satire comes in. Season 3 is even better. Far ahead of 8 for me but it does get recognition. Season 2 doesn’t get the love or praise it deserves.
Good video to remember how spetacular this show once was.
Seasons 3 to 8 are absolute gold.
Yes!!!! Absolutely agreed!!! Season 3 is the best!
I really like season 2. It was very down to earth and relatable.
@@drumyogi9281 Yeah. They were all better than seasons 9 and later. Even season 1 where they didn't hit their stride yet and had more poorly drawn characters was better than the crappy seasons later.
Seasons 1 and 2 strict Homer was uptight but he still had values and cared about his family, which was definately not true about seasons 9+ Jerkass Homer who'd throw anyone he cared about under a bus just to get what he wanted even if what he wanted was trivial and stupid, which it often was, and he had no common sense whatsoever and was annoying and much less funny than Golden Era Homer. The only bad thing about earlier Homer was his strangling Bart (it appeared that he never strangled him hard enough to actually hurt him, but it was still wrong)
2-7*
@@alvexok5523 Homer wasnt really a jerk in Season 9, (from what I noticed it was just the same in Seasons 3-8 honestly). But oh my god. He is so bad in Season 10 onwards…
Season 1 was great and had some phenominal epiosdes espically Bart the General.
I agree! I think season 1 is often overlooked. What's your favorite season?
@@TheSimpsonsTheory I don't really have a favorate season. But I do have several favorate episodes. Brother's Little Helper, the PTA disbands, Itchy Scratchy and Poochy Show, the Simpsons Movie, King Sized Homer, Lisa the Vegitarian, Bart the Daredevil, The Twisted World of Marge Simpson, Sideshow Bob's last gleaming, Fraudcast News, Last Exit to Springfield, The totally fun thing Bart will never do again, Maximum Homerdrive, Trash of the Titans, i D'oh Bot, Wild Barts can't be broken, 3 men and a comic book, Bart the General, Lisa the Treehugger, Sex Pies and Idiot Scrapes
@@TheSimpsonsTheory In my opinion Perfect Simpsons Season 1-26 after that it is very hit and miss. I am more lenient than most. Alot of the later episodes make me laugh really hard. So I don't believe the later seasons suck. The past few years have been pretty awful over all with good episodes here and there.
Season 1 iam my opinion is Just okay
moaning lisa bart the general life in the fast lane simpson's roasting on an open fire and krusty gets busted always stick out to me as very good eps from season 1....those 5 shined in shaping the show imo ...you feel the characters act the most normal in these eps to how they are later
Just after rewatching this, here's the Season 9 quote you wanted: "I'm not normally a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me, Superman!" (Homer, "Lost Our Lisa")
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Da Bus is a classic episode
I generally seem to like Season 2 more than most people, not just the episodes that reach the high points on most lists such as Lisa's Substitute or Bart gets an F, overall I loved the season so much as a kid I wore the DVDs out lol I find it to be very charming. It's one of my personal favorites. Though much like you 6 takes the cake for me. It hits my exact type of humor and it's simply genius TV.
Bart the Daredevil alone makes season 2 an instant classic
I think seasons 1 and 2 are really underrated. They're some of my personal favourites.
Definitely. The heart and charm is off the scale.
@@kirkwarburton2277 Agreed. They have so much charm. Season 3 is also a little bit like that. Season 3 is like this in-between two eras of Simpsons. Season 3 has some of the charming moments of seasons 1 and 2, while having iconic golden age standard of seasons 4-8. While I think seasons 1-2 are underrated, I think seasons 3-4 are my personal favorites.
Yes! Seasons 4 and 3 are my top 2.
Seasons 1-7 are my favourite tv - of anything ever. I love the early charm of 1-3. Despite the rough edges season 1 is such comfort tv and heart warming.
@@kirkwarburton2277 Yup :)
Season 6's in Cartoons:
Spongebob▪︎Terrible.
Powerpuff Girls▪︎Bad.
My Little Pony▪︎Meh.
But...
*☆☆Simpsons▪︎GLORIOUS !☆☆*
Did you know the Powerpuff Girls could have been renewed for another season of the creators wanted? I think saying no was the right move, though.
my fantasy is if more of the original seasons 1-5 staff was somehow still writing season 6 ...it may have been even better....like good god the writing in seasons 3 and 4 is so good jokes wise imagine s6 art with their jokes...beautiful
Season 6 had some really good episodes. Especially Not Normal and Gone.
@@strawberrysoulforever8336 I disagree I would take more episodes of the original over the reboot. But if they were bored it was the right thing to do.
@@icecreamhero2375 I think they'd run out of ideas. The reboot was more than ten years after the show first went off the air. Like there's an episode where Mojo teaches everyone to talk like him. It's like "Um, we already had the episode where Mojo's speaking manner was the joke in Season 2" (Los Dos Mojos - it's the one when Bubbles gets hit in the head and wakes up thinking she's him - there's a bit where she makes a speech and Mojo starts saying over and over how he doesn't repeat the same thing over and over.
I personally love "When Flanders Failed" but I understand why some people wont like it.
Donny's discount gas!
@@dodgersdoon1130 Isn't that In Marge We Trust?
@@strawberrysoulforever8336 yes it is friend. 👏
Just stamp the ticket.
*My Opinion*
10-Season 10
9-Season 9
8-Season 1
7-Season 2
6-Season 8
5-Season 7
4-Season 3
3-Season 6
2-Season 5
1-Season 4
How could you rank season 2 so low? There are so many classic moments here. Season 2 and 3 are debatably my favorite
100% agree
Seasons 4 and 6 are the best seasons of the show
easily..season 3 has half the eps as good as peak simpsons but also a few extra meh eps so its not top 2 worthy but its for me 3rd behind 4 and 6...4 is the best written season 6 is the best quality season if you combine writing with art/animation and story aka quality eps cause while i love season 4 its art is still messy and it did not have 25 eps like season 6 so that helps s6 that it has more eps nor did s4 have quite 20 very good episodes like s6 had but to me its the peak of the show writing wise even in the lesser eps its so good..but s6 is close...its like 1a. 1b. for me with s4 being 1a. just cause of the best 5-6 eps from it being incredible
Season 5
Depends on your taste.
i like season 8
@@melhanlol not the 2nd half..the last like 7 eps suck
Great ranking!
Here's mine:
1) Season 6
2) Season 7
3) Season 4
4) Season 8
5) Season 2
6) Season 5
7) Season 3
8) Season 9
9) Season 1
10) Season 10
I think you should get the original DVD of Season 3 and watch it again. I respect your opinion but I cannot see how season 3 is ranked so low.
@bruceleeroy8302 coincidentally I actually bought this Dvd not too long ago lol. Its the only season aside from S12 I have on Dvd too. I may need to rework this ranking and have a rewatch of a few seasons as I definitely disagree with a few placements now too
Season 1: 9/10
Season 2: 9/10
Season 3: 10/10
Season 4: 10/10
Season 5: 10/10
Season 6: 10/10
Season 7: 10/10
Season 8: 8/10
Season 9: 5/10 (it ruined one of my favorite characters; if it didn't had the Principal and the Pauper, it would've been 7/10, but when you ruin my favorite character and hit personal, I cannot maintain respect.)
Season 10: 3/10 (mediocre with 70% of the episodes not having that same... *feeling* as it ancestors.)
I prefer season 10 than 9 but season 9&10 are not at the same level as the others but are not half as bad as most of the seasons after that
First 10 seasons were just pure classics
*☆MY OPINION:☆*
1.Season 4.
2.Season 6.
3.Season 5.
4.Season 7.
5.Season 3.
6.Season 8.
7.Season 2.
8.Season 1.
9.Season 9.
10.Season 10.
i would switch 3 and 5 around personally ..i think season 3 is sorta underrated and season 5 is bit overrated...and honestly just do to the number of more episodes i think season 9 gives me more overall both good and some bad than season 1 so quality wise your right but i would switch them too cause 9 has more eps..pretty simple...season 1 was better though for sure...
My personal list goes
10. Season 10 (this is the “worst” season of the golden era which is miles away from being the worst. This was the first jerk ass Homer season and there was a lot of room for improvement. Either way, it’s still a decent season.)
9. Season 1 (It was the very first season and they were trying to get things adjusted through the season. Animation was somewhat an eyesore but gradually got better and it was more drama than comedy)
8. Season 9 (the season where everyone automatically thinks it’s the first bad season and don’t give the following seasons a chance because of The Principal and the Pauper but that episode wasn’t actually the bad. Yeah it was not good but honestly it was a far cry from being the worst episode. The season had much more better than worst episodes)
7. Season 2 (many say season 3 or 4 even 5 was when the show started to pick up but I say season 2. The comedy improved, the writing and animation as well. Lisa’s Substitute was the very first episode that really made me a big fan of the show.)
6. Season 3 (Thinking of a season to add to 6 was very hard as this is where I say The Simpsons was on the top of a mountain up to 9. Homer At The Bat was my favorite episode of the season and this is the season where the show knew what they were doing and knew to keep their style on that roll.)
5. Season 5. (While still being very memorable, it’s not quite as memorable as the next seasons that are added onto the list. But still a great season with one of my favorite THOH episodes)
4. Season 4. (Marge vs The Monorail is the best episode of the season. Truly a masterpiece. Throughly a very enjoyable season.)
3. Season 8. (I feel like season 8 deserves more praise because it had a lot of good things to it. Homer’s Enemy and You Only Move Twice were the best episodes in this season and they were able to prove the even 8 seasons in, the show was still at its best.
2. Season 6 (the reason why it’s not at number 1 is because well, season 7 has more of my favorite episodes in it but season 6 is one for the book. A prefect season with the number 1 best THOH episode.)
1. Season 7 (Like I wrote before, lots of my favorite episodes are in this season like Who Shot Mr. Burns Part II, 22 Short Films about Springfield, A Fish Called Selma, The Day the Violence Died, Bart on The Road, etc, etc. I can go on forever. This season was very legendary.)
Can you say moments when Homer was an jerk ass in season 10?
One of things that Jerkass Homer often did in seasons 9 and after which was so annoying was that he'd tell someone to do something (and often it'd be something very stupid), the other person would begin to question it but Homer would immediately cut them off and say "Do iiit!!!" or something similar in that way. One example is when Grampa desperately needed to use the restroom, and Homer replied "but I need to get home to watch on TV F Murray Abraham"
Grampa: "But I really need to.."
Homer: "F! Murray! Abraham!!"
And then Grampa's kidneys explode.
That kind of jerkassery from Homer is just not funny.
I absolutely adore the episodes "Homer the Heretic", "Mother Simpson", and "Homers Enemy". Season 8 is so freaking crazy man, I love it.
Watch Emplemons vid on homers enemy
Had their moments: 1, 9, 10
Good but not great: 2, 7, 8
Very good: 6
Great: 3, 4, 5
The all time best season, in my opinion, was Season 3. The early seasons had the philosophy of let's tell a great story and have a few high quality gags along the way. Later seasons had the philosophy of let's tell a story that can get the most gags along the way. Season 3 is the best of both worlds.
Respectfully Disagree.
agree with your list than that one
I'd put 9 in good but not great, and 7 and 8 in very good.
I 100% Agree with you! Sesson 3 is the mod incredible!!
Season 3 is fucking amazing, I think people should rewatch to realize how good it actually was lol
My list:
1. S6
2. S7
3. S3
4. S4
5. S5
6. S8
7. S2
8. S1
I don't give a fuck about S9 and later.
Here's how I rank the first 10 seasons:
10-Season 10
9-Season 9
8-Season 1
7-Season 2
6-Season 7
5-Season 8
4-Season 3
3-Season 5
2-Season 4
1-Season 6
Excellent video, here’s my ranking of the first 10 Seasons which is almost identical to yours!:
10. Season 10
9. Season 1
8. Season 9
7. Season 2
6. Season 3
5. Season 8
4. Season 4
3. Season 5
2. Season 7
1. Season 6
Also to answer your question I’d love to see you cover the later seasons as well!
Ask LS Mark for advice if you ever consider "ranking" the entire Simpsons series, I'm sure he would encourage you.
1. Season 6 (10/10)
2. Season 5 (10/10)
3. Season 4 (9/10)
4. Season 7 (9/10)
5. Season 3 (9/10)
6. Season 8 (8/10)
7. Season 1 (8/10)
8. Season 2 (8/10)
9. Season 10 (7/10)
10. Season 9 (7/10)
I really like season and 1 and 2, only watching the early seasons for the past couple years and as a newbie they’ve got something about them which is totally unique and beautiful. (Season 1 and 2 was a legit tv show, not just a sitcom. It turned into the mj of sitcoms but season 1 and 2 is Kobe with the fro) (yeah not the biggest fan of meta Simpsons, they got clumsy with it by season 8 buuut it would have been so bloody hilarious at the time)
While I am especially partial to Season 4, "A Star is Burns" (S06) is by-far my favorite episode the show ever put out; of course, that's sort of ironic since series creator (Matt Groening) hates it.
*Please Make your Opinion Of Seasons of Spongebob.*
It’s
Season 2
Season 3
Season 1
Season 11
Season 4
Season 9
Season 10
Season 5
Season 8
Season 6
Season 7
I like them all about the same. Season 3 has some of the very best ones though.
@@Surupytreacy for me its
1.Season 3
2.Season 2
3.Season 4
4.Season 1
5.Season 11
6.Season 10
7.Season 12
8.Season 9
9.Season 5
10.Season 8
11.Season 6
12.Season 7
For me
1- Season 6 ✨✨
2- Season 7
3- Season 5
4- Season 2
5- Season 8
6- Season 3
7- Season 4
8- Season 1
9- Season 9
10- Season 10
Haven't seen 13 and I haven't finished 12, but I've seen all of the first 11 seasons:
1. Season 1
2. Season 3
3. Season 4
4. Season 2
5. Season 12
6. Season 6
7. Season 5
8. Season 9
9. Season 10
10. Season 8
11. Season 7
12. Season 11
Seasons 1-6 and 12 are good/great, 7-8/11 are bad and 9-10 are okay
Even those low ranked seasons for me I'm so thankful they've happened.. The Cartridge Family alone is enough for me to adore season 9
And Bart Star is a classic too
And the New York episode
I think Season 6-8 was the peak of the show, but god damn. If this is what a “weak” classic Simpsons Season looks like then god damn these creators are talented.
Spot on…6 was the peak, 7 felt a little different, not as good but not bad. Watching 7 it was clear it might not reach that level again.
Good memories.
☠
I definitely plan to go back and watch the good era. Was kind of surprised at how long Simpsons has been bad. I thought it was at least mid 00s.
The more I think 🤔 of it, the more it seems like the first two seasons of The Simpsons (and to a lesser degree the third) were basically an ‘edgy’ 70’s sitcom in the style of Taxi or All in the Family that just happened to be a cartoon. More irreverent, adult-oriented sitcoms had kinda been on ice throughout the 80’s (which favored sappier family-friendly stuff) and the idea behind the Simpsons was to revive them in animated form. Of course, the show ended up evolving beyond that quite a bit. But you really could take many of the seasons 1 and 2 scripts (maybe with a few adjustments) and film them live in a tv studio. That would be impossible with a lot of the 4-10 material.
I still think the early seasons took advantage of aniamtion. They could have as many characters as they wanted when ever they wanted. And characters can just show up where they need to be.
My list:
1. 6
2. 8
3. 5
4. 4
5. 7
6. 3
7. 9
8. 2
9. 1
Season 10 is not classic Simpsons to me.
Season 6 and 8 are also my favourites!
10. Season 10
9. Season 1
8. Season 9
7. Season 3
6. Season 2
5. Season 5
4. Season 8
3. Season 6
2. Season 4
1. Season 7
Yeah after doing my own reviews of the classic era for my channel I can agree that season 6 is the best. It quite possibly the most consistent season of any show ever. Only the clip show is dud, every other episode has at least something to make it enjoyable.
Honestly, while rewatching season 8, there are a ton of episodes that feel exactly like 9-11 episode moreso than golden era (jerkass homer, world breaking actions, jokes that don't land).
So, if 8 can be golden era, than the highly debated seasons 9-11 should also be considered golden era as well.
I’ve had this thought for years. Why does Season 8 get a free pass but not 9 through 11? Everyone is allowed to express their opinion and I respect that. But for me I just say seasons 1-11 are the classic era. Season 12 amped all of the problems from 11 way high. Then by season 13, we are in full on Zombie Simpson’s.
My opinion personally, my personal Golden Era is Seasons 3-9. Being more open, the first ten. I felt like Season 9 was just like Season 8 (my favourite Season) just a bit weaker. I felt like Season 10 is only held back because it breaks the formula Season 4 set where itd be 10 Homercentric episodes and the rest they’d explore new ideas. Season 10 is allll Homer. Besides the jokes not landing part. I personally agree, I think at least Season 9, Season 10 and the first half of Season 11 (because the second half is when the show really suffered seasonal and creative rot) besides that I 100% agree
I compare season 1 and 2 higher because 1 was so innovative and felt very different in style. Season 2 I like the style of comedy, it combined style of season 1 with the later later seasons well. Season 2 is actually in my top 4.
I think I’ll go with
1) Season 5
2) Season 6
3) Season 3
4) Season 8
5) Season 7
6) Season 9
7) Season 4 (yeah yeah, I know)
8) Season 2
9) Season 1
10) Season 10
Hey finally someone who respects Season 9!
@@MicrowaveHeadVlogs it’s a genuine last hurrah for the Golden Era, which has not just some of the best episodes but also a unique flavor to it that no other season can offer!
EDIT: that said, some of the absolute worst of the entire era are found in S9 too, but whatever.
@@ArizonanSummer I couldn’t agree more. Personally Trash Of The Titans, The City Of New York Vs Homer Simpson and Natural Born Kissers are highs for me. But then you get the occasional dud like All Singing All Dancing or whatever the episode Moe goes dating is. And like Seasons 7 and 8 it felt like a great season to end the show.
I subscribed and liked at the moment I realized you downed the volume for the loud clip about season 10. I love you, mate.
Bart gets a f is in the top 3 episodes of the whole show
Same with Flanders failed to a lesser extent
10. There's a few gems, and I remember loving the first TOH segment (yes, I said first, not last)
9. Some episodes were good, but others didn't make much sense. I'm not surprised with your best pick - that was great.
8. The problem is really just that it's still finding its feet. Shocked at your best pick. I'm still looking for a chance to use the "kwyjibo" joke.
7. The season took itself a bit more seriously than later ones, and that's not necessarily a bad thing, but not all that good. That said, your best and worst picks are pretty much spot on, although I might choose "Old Money' for the worst.
6. The show really found its feet here. I actually talked about your favourite in my Lit Crit Vlog (that's on here if you want to hear me blab on about how I want to live in this warm, loving family sometimes, because even though I have a perfectly good warm loving family, I wish I had a sibling close in age to me).
5. I have a soft spot for this season. And hey, it won an Emmy for music. Predictable best and worst, but I don't really agree with them. I saw your worst on TV as a kid and can't hate it.
4. A bit uneven for my tastes. Higher highs, but lower lows. That said, the good episodes outweigh the bad and it's good to watch. Also, I think I'm the only person who actually likes the season finale.
3. There's so much fun and heart in this season. It's got possibly the highest highs of any season and very few lows. Kind of shocked at your worst pick, but I can see it isn't the strongest. I didn't like Duffless much, but it has possibly my favourite joke. And yes, it's the one with Homer screaming and jumping out the window at the thought of never drinking another beer.
2. While I think the last three seasons were stronger, it had so many emotional highs and the best clip show of all-time. But still, Iconoclast the worst? I can name three episodes I liked less. I'd like more detail on that if you don't mind. I respect it, but I'd like to know why.
1. You've seen me talking about this on TheRealJims' videos. I won't go into any further detail here. But still, props for not choosing Treehouse of Horror as your top pick, although my personal best and worst would be very different (my worst would definitely be The Springfield Connection, and while I don't know what my best would be, the vlog I mentioned uses Lisa's Wedding as a base to talk about her connection to her family).
As a note, I'd be interested for the teen seasons. You already know how I feel about Season 11, but some of the other seasons pulled through.
Hey Hannah! I'd love to know what your personal favorite seasons are? You seem to be a big fan of The Simpsons :)
@@TheSimpsonsTheory Season 6 is my favourite, but not sure where I place the other seasons. Fun fact: I was born right in the middle of Season 6, just after "And Maggie Makes Three" first aired and well before "Bart's Comet". You can also look up my vlog - it's the second most recent video. I had to choose a text to analyse (that also includes visual texts like movies and TV) for uni and review one aspect, so I went for discussing how this dysfunctional family actually functions just fine because they love each other, and how they value being a Simpson. This even included a quote from each Simpson. Homer's was easiest: "I've never lost anyone special to me. Everyone special to me is under this roof." (Season 2's "Lisa's Substitute"). I had awful trouble finding a quote for Bart, though.
@@strawberrysoulforever8336 I was also born inbetween season 6 aswell!
I just watched your video! It's very good, I gave it a like! It is obvious you put alot of time and effort into writing it! You clearly showed the love The Simpsons family have for one another!
You may be interested in my channel! I make fun theories and list on The Simpsons. Like, who really shot Mr Burns and the mystery of Hans Moleman haha!
@@TheSimpsonsTheory Thanks. Hopefully the analysis is enough for my tutors. I will check out your channel. There is a question of exactly how many times Hans Moleman has been resurrected. One of my favourite deleted scenes involved him. Season 8, all this money and the gun floats down to him, then he picks up the gun and tells God to "hand over the rest of it".
@@TheSimpsonsTheory Update on my vlog: Combined with the rest of my portfolio (A creative autobiographical piece, another video also on here, three poems and one fiction story), I got a B+.
Im currently watching every episode, scoring them. Then adding up the average for each season. My results for 1-10 are:
10. Season 1
9. Season 2
8. Season 10
7. Season 3
6. Season 9
5. Season 4
4. Season 5
3. Season 7
2. Season 8
1. Season 6
3-9 in my opinion is when the show was the best thing on television. Even to this day.
season 2 and 3 being below season 9 is a crime.
I hate to say it but Season 2 is too slow and awkward for me, Season 3 is the most consistently good season but doesnt come anywhere close to the highs of some of the future Seasons, even going for Season 9 which I think has 15 great episodes, and then the rest are duds. So thats my reasoning.
@@MicrowaveHeadVlogs I don't like anything past season 8 because Homer, who is easily one of the best characters of the show, is turned into an asshole who is so mindbogglingly stupid and yet gets no consequences for his stupid actions. Season 2 may be slower, and you may think Season 3 doesn't reach the same highs as Seasons 4-9 (I completely disagree with this) but they also have some of the most intriguing episode concepts, serious or heartfelt moments, and still manage to be really funny without sacrificing consistency, characters, or pacing (unlike Season 9 and 10).
@@Xavier17.5 I can agree with episode concepts but the only standout Season 3 episodes to me is “Flaming Moes”, and also “Homer At The Bat.” rest is generally not memorable to me where as Seasons 4-9 I can name at least 10 episodes from the top of my head. And im saying this as Season 3 is my most rewatched Season. Again, I think it has the most consistent home runs. (Heheh get it?) I also think the whole “Jerkass Homer” thing is kind of dumb. Because while episodes stopped ending with Homer and Marge riding in a sunset. Season 9 wasn’t immediate when it got to the point where Homer started chloroforming his wife or would hit her with a dart which would be the tail end of Seasons 11 & early Season 12. Hes also acted like an asshole several times in Seasons 1-8 and I hate when people pretend that Jerkass Homer or whatever you want to call it, didnt exist then because he very clearly was around. I think the difference is he would make it up in those Seasons, Season 9 was less of that. But it was still there. Keep in mind, Season 9 was half run by Mike Scully while the rest was a whole bunch of showrunners. Bill Oakley, Josh Wenstein, David Mirkin and it just goes on. So I think why me personally, it felt fresh. I think the character consistency while a downgrade from 2-8 was still balanced enough to keep the show strong. I know people call Season 9 the downfall from then on. But it was innevitable. Because being honest Seasons 5-8 had no reason to be as good as they were. Eventually things have to change, and Season 9 was the change. I think it only gets a bad rap because Principal and the Pauper, if that episode wasnt included. It would probably be not hated but just looked upon as when the show started to lose its edge, but it was still great. And even then, it was actually meant to be a Season 8 episode in production order. So, why doesnt Season 8 get the hate? I think the Homer you’re thinking of in Seasons 9 and 10 is probably some Season 11 and 12 stuff, because I had no problems with Homer in 9-10. I will say though for Season 10 at least, it absolutely broke the consistency. About every single episode that Season is Homer centred and it gets dull REAL fast. Which is why I rewatch it spiratically. Even then you arent gonna change my mind because ive watched these episodes every day and at this point my opinion is formed as a Simpsons fan I prefer Season 9 over Season 3 and Season 10 over Season 2. Even if those ones were better at emotional beats, I think the show even if the writing wasnt at its peak anymore was so refined that it made a more enjoyable viewing experience to me. I think after Seasons 7 and 8. It really didnt hurt to have some more actual cartoony seasons. And less emotional focused. It just hurt however because the show never ended. I wish Season 8 was the end honestly, but Season 9 was a good extension, I thought Season 10 was good enough to prove its existence. Season 11 however so far (Watching up until Season 14) is my least favourite. And there is some hidden gems in Season 12, but it also simultaneously has the biggest duds. And im gonna be real, Season 13 I prefer over Season 1. The second half of Season 13 was meh, but I thought the first half felt like some Golden Era stuff mixed with the Scully years. Season 14 from what I remember (because i last watched it a year ago) was a step in the wrong direction for me but it is what it is. Also there has been Season 1-8 episodes where Homer is an asshole and gets no consequences. It was just every other season. No where near as frequent as Scullys time on the show. Its not like it was a sudden change out of nowhere.
Season 8 is my favourite season probably even if Season 6 had a higher score in my data. Because Season 8 had some emotional episodes. But also cartoony and high concept pieces like “You Only Move Twice.” Which might add to why I liked Season 9 as it was just more of that but simmered down, and remove a lot of the emotionial beats. Surprisingly Trash Of The Titans is a top 10 episode for me, sure Homers an asshole in it. But the whole episode is a joy to watch. Same goes for The City Of New York Vs. Homer Simpson which is in my top 3. Again, its just fun. And honestly, sometimes thats all you need. But it gets tiring when it’s kind of all the show does for a decade. I personally feel like a lot of the issues you’re describing i only noticed in later seasons of the show. Maybe i just missed something but i highly doubt it if ive rewatched Season 9 and other Golden Era seasons almost daily. Also, Season 3 im pretty sure scored out to an 8.1 on average, I think I gave Season 9 an 8.4, Season 2 had a 7.5, Season 10 had a 7.8. Thats me ranking every episode individually and not the Season. Then I averaged it out for the Season and those are the scores. Numbers dont lie (for me at least). I enjoyed Season 9, more than 2 and 3. And nothing will change my mind!
@@MicrowaveHeadVlogs I think I'm just biased against Mike Scully. It's like he's never even watched the show, it's still good, but it's not Simpsons, and for me at least, it's considerably worse than Seasons 2-8. I also think the inconsistency, change in characters' behaviors, and being less grounded in reality contributes to it not being considered golden age for many people. Part of the show's success at first was how grounded in reality and adult it was, this may sound weird in hindsight with all the episodes that came after, but matt groening wanted the show to be a cartoon that was grounded in reality. that's why he hated "a star is burns" because it was quite absurd. and every season, the show lost a bit of that, and it gets to a point where it's gone too far. i like the absurdity of seasons 4-8 but season 9 is where it crossed the line for me. the thing about principal and the pauper kind of makes sense to me, season 8 was very experimental. i dont like principal and the pauper unlike some season 8 episodes though because it changed the canon in a huge way, it completely changes skinner's character, he's a fraud. and in the second half of the episode, the whole town just forgets about the whole thing and we never see the real skinner again. and with how unoriginal and boring modern simpsons jokes are (partly because of the bad writers and partly because they've already done so much with the show), they bring it up almost whenever skinner is talking. im sure i remember it being worse than it really was, but anything after season 9 that has skinner in it is just a worse experience because they either have to bring it up or its just in the back of your mind. another thing is i remember that being the start of more celebrities guests playing themselves rather than a character. i hate modern simpsons much more though. the jokes are more unoriginal and unfunny. the characters act way differently, there's even more celebrities playing themselves. even the animation has gotten more lifeless.
Asking me right now, I think season 3 probably stands as my favourite in the series' history. There are some absolute gems all the way through seasons 1-9, however.
For me
1- Season 6 ✨✨
2- Season 7
3- Season 5
4- Season 2
5- Season 8
6- Season 3
7- Season 4
8- Season 1
9- Season 9
10- Season 10
That's a pretty solid list. But I would respectfully disagree about putting Season 4 at the bottom of the list. I honestly think Season 4 is the second-best season of the Simpsons just because of the episode Marge vs. the Monorail being in Season 4. I would put my top three seasons as:
1. Season 6
2. Season 4
3. Season 7
For me its
1) season 7
2) season 4
3) season 5
4) season 6
5) season 3
6) season 8
7) season 2
8) season 1
9) season 10
10) season 9
Using The Simpson Game and Hit & Run OST in the background automatically makes your opinion more valid :)
Personally, seasons 3, 2 and 4 are prob my favs. The storytelling was at it's finest during that era
1. Season 7
2. Season 8
3. Season 6
4. Season 5
5. Season 3
6. Season 4
7. Season 2
8. Season 9
9. Season 1
10. Season 10
MY Opinion only😊
3:25 music name pls
Fuzzy Bunny's Guide To You Know What.
Ms. Krabapple "Ha! She is faking It!"
Season 5 to 10 had the greatest episodes. Love all the Halloween specials from 1 - 10. Liked a lot of episodes from 1 to 4 also.
Season 1 doesn't have a Halloween special, but nvm, your opinion is great
@@froggo2675 but it has a christmas special
Mediocre
10. Season 9
Good
9. Season 1
8. Season 10
7. Season 5
6. Season 8
5. Season 2
God Tier
4. Season 6
3. Season 4
2. Season 3
1. Season 7
Unsure if this is unpopular or not but 9 is the worst of the “classic” era
A lot of people say the classic era got cut off by The Principal and the Pauper. That's only the second episode of the ninth season. But there were a few episodes worth it after that.
My Ranking:
10) Season 10 - 6/10 (Alright)
9) Season 9 - 7/10 (Good)
8) Season 1 - 8/10 (Great)
7) Season 8 - 8/10 (Great)
6) Season 3 - 8/10 (Great)
5) Season 2 - 9/10 (Superb)
4) Season 4 - 9/10 (Superb)
3) Season 5 - 9/10 (Superb)
2) Season 6 - 10/10 (Perfect)
1) Season 7 - 10/10 (Perfect)
10: Season 1 (Worst: Call of the Simpsons; Best: Some Enchanted Evening)
9: Season 9 (Worst: Miracle on Evergreen Terrace; Best: The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson)
8: Season 10 (Worst: Homer Simpson in Kidney Trouble; Best: Wizard of Evergreen Terrace)
7: Season 3 (Worst: The Otto Show; Best: Homer at the Bat)
6: Season 2 (Worst: Dancin' Homer; Best: Blood Fued)
5: Season 8 (Worst: Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious; Best: Homer's Enemy)
4: Season 5 (Worst: Bart's Inner Child; Best: Cape Feare/Homer the Vigilante)
3: Season 7 (Worst: Lisa the Vegetarian; Best: Summer of 4 ft 2)
2: Season 4 (Worst: Marge in Chains; Best: Marge vs. the Monorail)
1: Season 6 (Worst: Fear of Flying; Best: A Star is Burns)
I have no idea why when Flanders failed is on the worst episode category for season 3 and why Lisa the Greek is the best. For me it might be the other way around. To be honest I almost don’t understand any of the worst placements. Good video.
Please finish the Fairly Odd Parents series reviews?
10. Season 9 (Best: The City of New York vs Homer Simpson. Worst: Miracle on Everygreen Terrace)
9. Season 10 (Best: Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo. Worst: Homer Simpsons in 'Kidney Trouble')
8. Season 1 (Best: Some Enchanted Evening. Worst: Homer's Night Out)
7. Season 8 (Best: You Only Move Twice. Worst: My Sister, My Sitter)
6. Season 3 (Best: Bart The Lover. Worst: Bart's Friend Falls in Love)
5. Season 4 (Best: I Love Lisa. Worst: Itchy The Scratchy: The Movie (excluding the clip show)
4. Season 2 (Best: Lisa's Substitute. Worst: Bart Gets Hit By a Car)
3. Season 6 (Best: And Maggie Makes Three. Worst: Bart's Comet (excluding the clip show)
2. Season 7 (Best: Summer of 4ft2. Worst: Bart The Fink)
1. Season 5 (Best: Rosebud. Worst: Bart's Inner Child)
What are you doing? Bart's comet Is from season 6, not in season 7. But please, put in the comment section below worst episode from season 7, not in season 6.
@@janrehor6228 Gee, everyone makes mistakes.
@@thecupheadfan1837 You're so UNPROFESSIONAL!
20:48 19/02/2022
Looking at some of your choices for "worst" episodes just shows how amazing this series was. Many of those are still classic episodes.
Seasons 4,5 and 6 are my GOATs. The animation. The humor. The tone. *chefs kiss*
7 and 8 is way too sentimental for my tastes. And yeah after that it went downhill fast. I even realized this as a teenager.
My favorite episode from 1st season to 11th:
1st: Bart the General
2nd: One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish
3rd: I Married Marge
4th: Homer's Triple Bypass
5th: The Last Temptation of Homer
6th: Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)
7th: Bart Sells His Soul
8th: The Mysterious Voyage of Homer
9th: Realty Bites
10th: Thirty Minutes over Tokyo
11th: Little Big Mom
I absolutely agree, honeslty The Mysterious Voyage of Homer I never hear talked about, but its my favourite episode of the show, from my favourite Season of the show. Period.
The DVD commentary on feature is very interesting. Starting with season 2, the first two episodes are explained in great detail by James Brooks and Al Jean. The real genius are people like David Mirkin, David Silverman, George Meyer and their most prolific writer John Shwartzwelder. Highly recommend.
1). Season 4
2). Season 3
3). Season 6
4). Season 5
5). Season 7
6). Season 2
7). Season 8
8). Season 1
9). Season 9
10). Season 10
My ranking:
1. Season 7
2. Season 6
3. Season 4
4. Season 3
5. Season 5
6. Season 2
7. Season 8
8. Season 1
9. Season 9
10. Season 10
Seasons 4, 7, 8, and 9 are my favorites
Season 6 is my favourite
Huh?!! Season 7 is NOT where it started to decline … it was definitely season 9 . Actually the 2nd half of season 9 is where it went downhill . Then season 10 was garbage but still king likable for some reason
I’ve always thought that “Last Exit to Springfield” was somewhat overrated. It’s solid, but not mind-blowing
my thoughts exactly on marge vs the monorail
putting season 8 above season 3 is such a hot take man
I agree with this list except for season 1, it's too far removed from the series and to me that's the bottom cause it's too serious and barely wacky. My personal favorites are seasons 3, 6 and 7 for the fact that season 3 starts the guest stars as themselves but in the guise of Simpsons characters and 6 and 7 has to be watched back to back cause it flows as one unit the best thanks to Who shot Mr Burns part 1 & 2 so thanks to this everything in these seasons feel like a natural progression instead of a quick change like other seasons when the writers switch.
It's hard for people to remember now, but compared to the absolute garbage people were watching in the 70's and 80's, even something as tame as Season 1 came off as subversive as hell
@@LordSluggo Oh I remember, that's why I watched cause even as a kid I realized this is something else plus I noticed my dad was a fan of season 1 but somewhere along season 2 the world found out he watched cartoons and worse the Simpsons and he stopped. They were basically so controversial back then people were boycotting and the president got involved so when I say season 1 is the worst I'm not saying I ever hated it, in fact I'm very nostalgic for it but for what the show evolved into later by season 2 I feel like it's the only time The Simpsons was connected to our world which is the most 1980s-early 1990s it could possibly be. For me it works cause I lived thru it but for today it feels like something too old but still full of gems, just too old tho. Not one kid today can meme a piece of it unlike season 2 and up cause they don't understand the 80's and 90's world fully, they just like the fashion/music not the politics and social commentary it was doing back then so brillantly. At best I've seen essays done by my generation talk about Homer about to end it all and that's it. Nobody talks about Homer needing his family to be so perfect in the eyes of others that he tries shock therapy to get them to conform nor do they discuss Bart understanding he doesn't need to be a know it all like Lisa 24/7 to please society. Society is pleased no matter how much or little you give them so long as you're thought of as better than others nobody will check to see if you truly are until it's too late to matter. Not one video touches on season 1 from this angle cause that's what kids today are missing from that world from back then, they just live in the world after the Simpsons already shaped for them so to them it's stale or a quick watch, to us it's nostalgia cause we remember the world's view with this episode. I remember it all which is why I'm still a current fan
Thomas and Friends: 24 seasons
The Simpsons: 32 seasons
Thomas: 1984
Simpsons: 1987
You'll never stop the Simpson's
My list:
10. 9
9. 10
8. 1
7. 2
6. 3
5. 8
4. 5
3. 7
2. 4
1. 6
I completely agree with you regarding the paradox of Season 8 by the way.
These seasons plus 11 and 12 were when I watched The Simpsons religiously. It'd be really hard to rank them.
4 is clearly no 1, after that 5,6,7 in any order, then either 3/8 and then 9. This is the accepted order
Best season 2 episode is 3 men and a comic book I love how it esclatated. And saving money is very important to me.
its probbaly 2nd to lisa's substitute but I do love it a lot more personally
@@razkable *Millhouse:* LETS TIE HIM UP!
Excellent: Seasons 3, 4, 5
Very Good: Season 6
Good: Seasons 2, 7, 8
Had their moments: Seasons 1, 9, 10
I honestly don't understand why steamed hams is so funny. people claim that to be one of the funniest and iconic moments of the series but I don't see it at all
I’ve seen most say season 4 is the best. All I know is. The older seasons are the best.
10) Season 1
9) Season 2
8) Season 9
7) Season 10
6) Season 3
5) Season 8
4) Season 7
3) Season 6
2) Season 5
1) Season 4
My ranking:
10) Season 10
9) Season 9
8) Season 8
7) Season 1
6) Season 5
5) Season 2
4) Season 6
3) Season 4
2) Season 3
1) Season 7
My ranking and opinion
10:Season 1
9:Season 10
8:Season 9
7:Season 2
6:Season 5
5:Season 8
4:Season 3
3:Season 7
2:Season 6
1:Season 4
Cape Feare is definitely one of my favorite episodes.
My favorite Simpsons episode was the one with "Do it for her." Hit much harder now that i have a baby daughter.
I agree with ranking for most part. I think season 10 is when the show went stale. Still seasons 3-8 is the absolute prime of Simpsons
1.Season 4
2.Season 6
3.Season 3
4.Season 7
5.Season 5
6.Season 2
7.Season 8
8.Season 9
9.Season 1
10.Season 10
10. Season 10
9. Season 9
8. Season 1
7. Season 3
6. Season 2
5. Season 8
4. Season 4
3. Season 7
2. Season 5
1. Season 6
I throughly love each season here. I agree 9 and 10 is where the show declined but there were still amazing episodes to watch. They are essentially the worst of the best. They still outshine any season that followed them. Season 11 for me is the first season I couldn’t really enjoy apart from an episode here and there.
My ranking:
10: Season 10
9: Season 1
8: Season 2
7: Season 9
6: Season 3
5: Season 8
4: Season 5
3: Season 6
2: Season 7
1: Season 4
For me, it's:
10: Season 10
9: Season 1
8: Season 9
7: Season 2
6: Season 5
5: Season 8
4: Season 3
3: Season 4
2: Season 6
1: Season 7
After season 15 everything starts to go downhill
Which is why in my opinion season 4 is the best
My ranking I will have a different opinion:
1. Season 7
2. Season 8
3. Season 4
4. Season 3
5. Season 2
6. Season 9
7. Season 1
8. Season 10
9. Season 6
10. Season 5
Let me explain why I dislike seasons 5-6: There were cartoonish and outlandish storylines that didn't fit into the slice of life realism of The Simpsons standard or seasons 11-15 which these seasons I find even worse due the similar problems. The characters are making meta jokes about themselves and things come true on a ridiculous and weird manner, whenever somethings spoken on cartoon tropes. While the characters were still likeable, they felt a little bit zanier and dumber compared to the other golden age seasons. The jokes felt into the surreal and bizarre territory like the Itchy and Scratchy robots are attacking, an Martian being one of the members of the Stonecutters, the gang from the Archie Comics, Homer falling off the cliff in a Roadrunner style, Bart getting an elephant, and of coarse that STUPID It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Mad World reference at the end of Homer the Vigilante. Sure season 9 also went into this territory but this is due the fact that it was a little gags and Mike Scully has little style as showrunner before it really went into decline during season 10 with his surreal style. Sure there were some memorable and best episodes that I liked such as "And Maggie Makes Three", Bart of Darkness", " Bart's Girlfriend", "Lisa's Rival", "The Last Temptation of Homer", "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", Cape Feare", "Lisa's Wedding" and "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy", but the rest of the episodes were so in the middle of the surreal, self deprecation and outlandish territory. So in actually seasons 1-4, 7-9 were for me the golden age of The Simpsons.
I prefer season 2 and definitely season 3 to 8. 8 is great but has episodes that weren’t as grounded and was the point when some foibles started to show, although not much. 2 has such charm and heart, it also brings the social and political satire in. Season 3 is pretty much top tier for me, I far prefer it 8.
*my ranking:*
#1.Season 6.
#2.Season 7.
#3.Season 2.
#4.Season 3.
#5.Season 4.
#6.Season 5.
#7.Season 8.
#8.Season 1.
#9.Season 10.
#10.Season 9.
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No post-Season 6 season should be rated above a pre-Season 6 season. _The Simpsons_ got worse every time I entered a new school. Season 7 corresponded with middle school. The show was noticeably not as good as prior seasons. Season 8 was high school and the New York City episode (which I didn't like) was followed by the Armin Tamsarian episode. I then understood that _The Simpsons_ was on an inevitable decline.
Season 7 is the best!
Id rank Simpsons Seasons 1-10 as:
10. Season 10
9. Season 9
8. Season 1
7. Season 2
6. Season 3
5. Season 4
4. Season 8
3. Season 6
2. Season 7
1. Season 5
4:03 Some Enchanted Evening's my favourite Season 1 episode, I never understood the hate for it, even with the dodgy animation.
Mines Bart the general
My list, best to worst.
1. Season 6
2. Season 8
3. Season 7
4. Season 4
5. Season 5
6. Season 2
7. Season 3
8. Season 1
9. Season 9
10. Season 10
Reading the comments, there are various differing opinions but I think the Simpsons peaked in Season 6. Season 7 - 8 were good and each had some great episodes, but some episodes weren't as memorable as the classics from previous seasons. Seasons 3-6 were the God tier and season 2 really picked up steam towards the end and was fantastic. I must say I mostly agree with everything said here.
I watched seasons 1-7 in the past month and 6 is the most consistently great season. Season 2 is the most underrated season.
10 top seasons for me
1. Season 7
2. Season 4
3. Season 6
4. Season 8
5. Season 3
6. Season 5
7. Season 2
8. Season 1
9. Season 9
10. Season 10
“From wurst tuh beest”? Sounds like you betta call yur Prime Meenistah. Ay Gus…
i love s7 like my two favourite simpsons episodes are mother simpson and marge be not proud and there both from s7
Interesting that you chose "Secrets of a good marriage" as the worst of season 5. I consider it my second favorite of the whole show, just behind Marge vs the monorail.