1996

Rush dumps Ryan and Austin off on Steve on the same day that he is hosting a fraternity party. He doesn’t keep a close eye on the boys, and they…

Brandon, Steve and Joe go on a camping trip with Susan, Clare and Donna. The girls become jealous when the guys repeatedly ignore them to help some damsels in distress….

Colin plans to board a ship and sneak out of the country. He convinces Claudia, his former art dealer, to wire him the $10,000 passage fee. Valerie seeks Jonesy’s help…

Joan’s daughter Lily comes to town to serve as maid of honor, and seduces best man Brandon. Nat, Brandon and Steve discover that Lily is an exotic dancer. Nat and…

Kelly helps Jimmy treat a bleeding cut, and panics after getting some of the blood on her hand. The doctor assures her that she cannot contract HIV this way, but…

Kelly and David take Jimmy to church to celebrate the Jewish New Year. Jimmy becomes very ill the next day and thanks Kelly for her friendship before dying. Donna gives…

David and Mark throw a big party at their house. Clare catches Steve kissing another girl and dumps him; she is tired of constantly fighting and listening to Steve’s apologies….

Kenny orders Valerie to terminate her pregnancy. He agrees to pay her $100,000 to have an abortion. When he skips a meeting where he was to make the payment, she…

Steve overhears Val discussing her pregnancy on the phone. She begs him to keep her secret, but he shares the news with Kelly. Kelly gives Valerie her full support and…

Kelly takes great delight in telling Brandon about Valerie’s pregnancy and abortion, and also shares her doubts about Val’s story. Brandon goes to see Kenny, who portrays himself as an…

David takes Valerie, Steve and Clare to Las Vegas for the weekend. He frightens them with his reckless driving. They see Ray perform in concert, and he comments on David’s…

During an argument with Donna in the student union, David throws a tantrum and cuts his hand on a glass. He must see a psychiatrist after displaying hostile behavior toward…

Steve elects to plead guilty, leaving his punishment to the lenient Chancellor Arnold. Brandon refuses to plead guilty to a crime he did not commit, and faces a hearing and…

Monica gets back together with Fun Bobby. Joey lands a role of a neurosurgeon on Days of Our Lives. And Rachel, dating a guy named Russ, can’t see his uncanny…

Monica caters the wedding of Ross’s ex-wife and her lesbian lover. Phoebe is possessed by the spirit of an 82-year-old massage client who dies in the middle of a session….

Ross goes to visit Marcel, his monkey, while on a trip to California. Joey gets his first fan letter and ends up dating the woman. Phoebe is asked to sing…

Rachel and Monica compete for the affections of Jean-Claude Van Damme after meeting him on a movie set. Chandler meets a former schoolmate while an excited Joey gets a role…

After getting his big break, with Days of Our Lives, Joey pays Chandler back. Monica is unemployed and hard up for money. Monica and Rachel’s prom video reveals Monica’s former…

Joey buys a big screen TV and two leather recliners with his newfound money. Monica has a catering job for one of her parents’ friends and becomes infatuated. Ross and…

After having a fight with Chandler, Joey decides to move out. Rachel and Phoebe decide to get tattoos. And, on his birthday, Mr. Geller receives the unsettling news that his…

Phoebe is discovered by a record producer who wants to make ”Smelly Cat” a video. Ross’s new relationship with Rachel makes Monica feel like she’s living with her brother again……

Chandler learns more about his new roommate, Eddie. Ross is stressed out to learn that Rachel had ’animal sex’ with Paolo. Richard and Monica are uncomfortable to learn what their…

Creeped out by his bizarre new roommate, Chandler demands he move out; Eddie agrees… but won’t go. Joey has trouble coming to grips with the death of Dr. Drake Ramoray…

Monica’s new boyfriend impresses Chandler and Joey. Phoebe’s world view is shattered when she finds out what she missed as a child, and Rachel resents the fact that Ross has planned…

Monica is broke and decides to gamble on the stock market, while Chandler and Ross run into a couple of bullies in Central Park. Rachel and Joey help Phoebe locate her…

Monica decides to hold a surprise birthday for Rachel, but everything goes wrong when Rachel’s estranged parents turn up unexpectedly. The party then splits into two factions, but complications inevitably…

Phoebe’s submariner ex-boyfriend visits New York on leave for 2 weeks from the Navy. Unfortunately, Phoebe catches chicken pox at Ben’s first birthday party. When Monica realizes that Richard has no…

Rachel agrees to be maid of honor at her ex-fiancé’s wedding; she relives the nightmare of her own failed wedding day. Meanwhile, Chandler becomes enamored with a woman he meets on…

Ross reveals a fantasy to Rachel involving a certain ”Star Wars” character. Monica suffers from insomnia after her breakup with Richard. And Chandler, back together with Janice, wants Joey to…

In a race against the clock, a stressed Ross tries to get the gang dressed and ready for a black-tie benefit at the museum while Joey and Chandler clash over…

Phoebe dates a man who thinks he’s stalking her twin sister. Ross and Rachel give Chandler ”boyfriend” lessons. Monica decides the best way to get over Richard is to keep…

Phoebe poses as Joey’s agent and has some success in getting him auditions. Ross panics when he sees his son with a Barbie doll. Chandler is advancing in his relationship…

Phoebe’s half-brother visits, but they have trouble bonding. Joey attempts to build an entertainment center. Ross is challenged to name the five celebrities he’d like to sleep with most.

When Janice asks the gang if any of them have ever slept together, the friends flash back to a time three years before.

Monica buys a new bed from Janice’s soon-to-be-ex-husband, ”The Mattress King”, but the wrong one is delivered. Rachel’s attempts to have her father and Ross bond fail, until she stops…

When Phoebe believes she’s killed the ugly naked guy across the street from Rachel and Monica, Joey constructs a long poking device. Joey and Monica catch Janice kissing her ex-husband;…

Emotions become the feast of the day when the gang plays a game of touch football on Thanksgiving. Joey and Chandler argue over who gets to date a model while…

Rachel makes a rash decision after Gunther tells her she needs to be retrained. Phoebe tries to help Joey when he gets a job selling Christmas trees. And Ross accidentally…

Homer catches Mr. Burns in an ether-induced haze and asks for $500 for his bowling team. When Burns’ head clears, he demands to join the team. Meanwhile, Bart’s inflammatory T-shirt…

Homer resents being upstaged when former president George Bush moves into the neighborhood. After Bush spanks Bart, an all-out prank war ensues.

A chance encounter with a former classmate yields an invitation to the Springfield Country Club, where Marge tries to parlay a bargain basement Chanel suit into elevated social status for…

In a scheme to get Krusty’s autograph, Bart sends him a check. When Krusty’s offshore holding corporation endorses the check, his illegal tax shelter is exposed. In despair after the…

While researching into Jebediah Springfield’s past for an essay, Lisa discovers that the town founder wasn’t the hero that everyone thinks he was.

Forced to take a vacation, Smithers needs to find a temporary replacement who won’t outshine him. Homer seems the perfect choice until a sudden outburst forces Mr. Burns to assert…

Bart meets the original animator who created Itchy, penniless some 70 years after the studio stole his idea. When Bart helps him sue for restitution, he unwittingly bankrupts Itchy &…

Washed up and plagued by scandal, Troy McClure sees a marriage to Selma as his ticket back to success.

Bart creates a fake driver’s license for himself and uses it to go on a spring break road trip with Milhouse, Nelson, and Martin. Meanwhile, Homer and Lisa bond after…

Bart and Milhouse wonder if anything interesting happens to the citizens of Springfield, which leads to a series of interconnected vignettes.

When a fellow veteran dies, Grandpa Simpson and Mr. Burns fight for buried WWII treasure as the only surviving members of their battalion.

When Mayor Quimby uses immigrants as a political scapegoat, the Simpsons discover that Apu is an illegal immigrant.

To show his kids how hip he is, Homer takes Bart and Lisa to a music festival, where he earns himself a place in the sideshow by catching a cannonball…

On a family vacation, Lisa tries on a new identity to fit in with the other kids at the beach. Jealous, Bart reveals her true nerdiness to the group.

A Halloween trilogy. This time, Bart meets his ”pure evil” Siamese twin; Lisa’s science project attacks Bart; aliens Kang and Kodos invade as Clinton and Dole’s replicas just before the…

In an idyllic planned community, Homer works for a new boss who has trouble with the government. Meanwhile, the rest of the family has difficulty dealing with the bucolic burg.

When Moe sees that Homer can absorb massive blows to the head, he turns him into a prizefighter and sets up a match with heavyweight champion Drederick Tatum.

Mr. Burns’ boorish long-lost son Larry gets the brush-off from Burns, but Homer hatches a plan to reconcile them.

After trespassing and damaging property at a mysterious old house, Bart is required to work there as a punishment… but it turns out to be a burlesque house.

Kirk and Luann Van Houten are getting a divorce. Homer is confident that it will never happen to him, but Kirk tells him how quickly things can change.