Air date: 9/26/99

Homer befriends Mel Gibson just as Mel is completing a remake of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Homer convinces Mel to make the film more violent, with disastrous results.

Brother’s Little Helper

Air date: 10/3/99

When Bart commits an extremely destructive prank, he is given Focusyn, a pill to help him concentrate in school. At first the results are impressive, and then Bart starts believing in a conspiracy involving spy satellites and major league baseball.

Guess Who’s Coming to Criticize Dinner

Air date: 10/4/99

With Lisa’s help, Homer uses his vast knowledge of food to become the town’s leading restaurant critic. But when he gets petty and vindictive in his criticisms, all the other chefs in town try to kill him.

Treehouse of Horror X

Air date: 10/31/99

In “I Know What You Diddily-Iddly-Did”, the Simpsons fear they have killed Ned Flanders. “Desperately Xeeking Xena” satirizes superheroes of yore with “Stretch Dude” Bart and “Clobber Girl” Lisa. And “Life’s a Glitch, Then You Die” depicts the upcoming horror of Y2K.

E-I-E-I-(ANNOYED GRUNT)

Air date: 11/7/99

Fleeing from a duel, Homer takes his family to live on a farm. There he discovers that by mixing tomatoes, tobacco, and radioactivity from the nuclear plant, he can create a dangerously delicious new substance.