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| country              = [[United States]]
| num_episodes         = 18
| network              = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
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| first_aired          = {{Start date|2019|09|29}} 
| last_aired           = {{End date|2020|05|17}}
| episode_list         = List of The Simpsons episodes
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The '''31st season of [[The Simpsons]]''' first started showing on [[television]] on September 29, 2019 with the episode "[[The Winter of Our Monetized Content]]".  It was first [[wikt:announce|announced]] on February 6, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/the-simpsons-renewed-season-31-32-fox-1203130108/|title=''The Simpsons'' Renewed for Season 31 and 32 at Fox|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=February 6, 2019|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=June 29, 2019}}</ref> It is the last season to show [[Russi Taylor]] because she died on July 26, 2019. She had been with the show since the [[The Simpsons (season 1)|first season]] and voices characters like [[Martin Prince]], [[Sherri and Terri]], and [[Üter Zörker]]. The episode "[[Thanksgiving of Horror]]" is the last episode to have her voice in it.

The episodes and writers "[[Go Big or Go Homer]]" ([[John Frink]]), "[[Livin' La Pura Vida]]" ([[Brian Kelly (writer)|Brian Kelley]]), and "Thanksgiving of Horror" ([[Dan Vebber]]) were nominated for [[Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation|Outstanding Writing in Animation]] for the [[72nd Writers Guild of America Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/writers-guild-awards-2020-tv-nominations-1203426148/|title=Writers Guild Unveils 2020 TV Award Nominees|work=Variety|date=December 5, 2019|access-date=December 5, 2019}}</ref> On February 1, 2020, Dan Vebber and the episode "Thanksgiving of Horror" won.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/wga-awards-winners-2020-writers-guild-1203488902/|title=WGA Awards: 'Parasite,' 'Jojo Rabbit,' HBO Among Top Winners (Full List)|work=Variety|access-date=February 1, 2020}}</ref>

== Episodes ==
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 663
| EpisodeNumber2  = 1
| Title           = [[The Winter of Our Monetized Content]]
| DirectedBy      = [[Bob Anderson (director)|Bob Anderson]]
| WrittenBy       = [[Ryan Koh]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|09|29}}
| ProdCode        = YABF19
| Viewers         = 2.33<ref name="31.01">{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-sept-29-2019/|title='60 Minutes,' 'NCIS: Los Angeles,' and 'Sunday Night Football' adjust up: Sunday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=October 1, 2019|access-date=October 1, 2019|archive-date=October 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001191507/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-sept-29-2019/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] and [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] become [[viral video]] [[celebrity|stars]]. While this happens, [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] goes against her [[elementary school|elementary school's]] [[detention (school)|detention]] rules.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 664
| EpisodeNumber2  = 2
| Title           = [[Go Big or Go Homer]]
| DirectedBy      = [[Matthew Faughnan]]
| WrittenBy       = [[John Frink]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|06}}
| ProdCode        = YABF21
| Viewers         = 5.63<ref name="31.02">{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-oct-6-2019/|title='Sunday Night Football' adjusts up, 'The Simpsons,' 'Bless the Harts,' and others adjust down: Sunday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=October 8, 2019|access-date=October 8, 2019|archive-date=October 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008145733/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-oct-6-2019/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = Homer gets a [[wikt:protégé|protégé]] to start a abusiness, but they get into trouble with a [[mafia]].
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 665
| EpisodeNumber2  = 3
| Title           = [[The Fat Blue Line]]
| DirectedBy      = [[Michael Polcino]]
| WrittenBy       = [[Bill Odenkirk]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|13}}
| ProdCode        = YABF22
| Viewers         = 2.13<ref name="31.03">{{Cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-oct-13-2019/|title='Kids Say the Darndest Things, 'Sunday Night Football' adjust up, 'Shark Tank' adjusts down: Sunday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|date=October 15, 2019|website=TV by the Numbers|access-date=October 15, 2019|archive-date=October 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015152838/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-oct-13-2019/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = [[Chief Wiggum]] must find a [[wikt:sneak|sneaky]] guy who stole a ring, in order to save a man and his job. 
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 666
| EpisodeNumber2  = 4
| Title           = [[Treehouse of Horror XXX]]
| DirectedBy      = Timothy Bailey
| WrittenBy       = [[J. Stewart Burns]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|20}}
| ProdCode        = YABF18
| Viewers         = 5.42<ref name="31.04">{{Cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-oct-20-2019/|title='Sunday Night Football' adjusts up, 'The Simpsons,' 'Bob's Burgers,' '60 Minutes' adjust down: Sunday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|date=October 22, 2019|website=TV by the Numbers|access-date=October 22, 2019|archive-date=October 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022144314/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-oct-20-2019/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = In the 30th [[The Simpsons Halloween episodes|Treehouse of Horror]] episode, [[Milhouse Van Houten|Milhouse]] goes missing, Homer dies and goes into different bodies, and [[Patty and Selma|Selma]] gets in love with an alien living in The Springfield Power Plant.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 667
| EpisodeNumber2  = 5
| Title           = [[Gorillas on the Mast]]
| DirectedBy      = [[Matthew Nastuk]]
| WrittenBy       = Max Cohn
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|3}}
| ProdCode        = YABF20
| Viewers         = 2.02<ref name="31.05">{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-nov-3-2019/|title='Sunday Night Football' adjusts up, 'God Friended Me' and '60 Minutes' adjust down: Sunday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=November 5, 2019|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=November 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105160531/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-nov-3-2019/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] gets [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] to free a killer whale back to the wild, which makes Bart want to free more [[wikt:dangerous|dangerous]] animals. While this happens, [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] buys a boat and tries to get others to own the boat as well.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 668
| EpisodeNumber2  = 6
| Title           = [[Marge the Lumberjill]]
| DirectedBy      = [[Rob Oliver]]
| WrittenBy       = Ryan Koh
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|10}}
| ProdCode        = ZABF02
| Viewers         = 5.00<ref name="31.06">{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-nov-10-2019/|title='Sunday Night Football' adjusts up, 'The Simpsons,' '60 Minutes,' 'Bless the Harts' adjust down: Sunday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=November 12, 2019|access-date=November 12, 2019|archive-date=November 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112161653/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-nov-10-2019/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] starts chopping trees after Lisa makes a play that shows Marge as a boring mother. Homer gets worried that he will lose Marge when her friend Paula shows signs of a [[intimacy|relationship]].
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 669
| EpisodeNumber2  = 7
| Title           = [[Livin La Pura Vida]]
| DirectedBy      = Timothy Bailey
| WrittenBy       = [[Brian Kelley (writer)|Brian Kelley]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|17}}
| ProdCode        = ZABF03
| Viewers         = 2.08<ref name="31.07">{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-nov-17-2019/|title='SNF,' 'Bless the Harts' adjust up, '60 Minutes,' 'God Friended Me,' 'Madam Secretary' adjust down: Sunday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=November 19, 2019|access-date=November 19, 2019|archive-date=November 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120111828/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-nov-17-2019/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = The [[Simpson family]] gets invited to a vaction to [[Costa Rica]] and [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] wants a [[wikt:perfect|perfect]] [[vacation]] photo. Lisa gets worried that the vacation costs too much money, and Homer becomes friends with [[Patty and Selma|Patty]]'s new girlfriend, Evelyn.
| LineColor       = #3901A4
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 670
| EpisodeNumber2  = 8
| Title           = [[Thanksgiving of Horror]]
| DirectedBy      = Rob Oliver
| WrittenBy       = [[Dan Vebber]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|24}}
| ProdCode        = YABF17
| Viewers         = 5.42<ref name="31.08">{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-nov-24-2019/|title='NCIS: Los Angeles,' 'Sunday Night Football,' and 'The OT' adjust up: Sunday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=November 26, 2019|access-date=November 26, 2019|archive-date=November 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127231642/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-nov-24-2019/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = A [[Thanksgiving]] version of Treehouse of Horror that looks at the past, present, and the future. [[Turkey (bird)|Turkey]] [[wikt:version|versions]] of ''The Simpsons'' characters are chopped up by [[pilgrims]] during the [[First Thanksgiving]], Homer buys a robot based on Marge that shows more than the real one, and Bart dangers a space [[wikt:mission|mission]] when he tries to [[wikt:clone|clone]] [[cranberry sauce]].
| LineColor       = #3901A4
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 671
| EpisodeNumber2  = 9
| Title           = [[Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?]]
| DirectedBy      = [[Chris Clements (animation director)|Chris Clements]]
| WrittenBy       = [[Tim Long]] and Miranda Thompson
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|12|01}}
| ProdCode        = ZABF04
| Viewers         = 1.99<ref name="31.09">{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-dec-1-2019/|title='SNF,' 'NCIS: Los Angeles,' and 'Madam Secretary' adjust up: Sunday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=December 4, 2019|access-date=December 4, 2019|archive-date=December 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204161306/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-dec-1-2019/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = [[Ned Flanders]] shows [[Todd Flanders|his son Todd]] old videos and learns that his son does not remember his dead mother's face. Todd starts to think that [[God]] is not real because he did not save his mother. Ned gets angry and sends him to live with the Simpsons to try and scare him to [[wikt:believe|believe]] in God again.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 672
| EpisodeNumber2  = 10
| Title           = [[Bobby, It's Cold Outside]]
| DirectedBy      = [[Steven Dean More]]
| WrittenBy       = John Frink and Jeff Westbrook
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|12|15}}
| ProdCode        = ZABF01
| Viewers         = 4.97<ref name="31.10">{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-dec-15-2019/|title='Bob's Burgers,' 'Sunday Night Football' adjust up, '60 Minutes,' 'The Simpsons' adjust down: Sunday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=December 17, 2019|access-date=December 17, 2019|archive-date=December 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217170044/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-dec-15-2019/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = [[Sideshow Bob]] gets a job as [[Santa Claus]] at an [[amusement park]] at the same time parcels are being stolen from houses. Bart becomes [[wikt:suspicious|suspicious]] of Sideshow Bob.
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}}
{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 673
| EpisodeNumber2  = 11
| Title           = Hail to the Teeth
| DirectedBy      = [[Mark Kirkland]]
| WrittenBy       = Elisabeth Kiernan Averick
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|01|05}}
| ProdCode        = ZABF05
| Viewers         = 1.81<ref name="31.11">{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-jan-5-2020/|title=Golden Globes adjust up: Sunday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=January 7, 2020|access-date=January 7, 2020|archive-date=January 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108033252/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-final-ratings-jan-5-2020/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = [[Artie Ziff]] [[wikt:invite|invites]] Homer and Marge to his [[wedding]] and find that the [[bride]] is a robot of Marge. While this happens, Lisa gets a set of [[dental braces|braces]] which make her smile more often. This gets her [[wikt:popularity|popularity]] in her class. 
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 674
| EpisodeNumber2  = 12
| Title           = [[The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson]]
| DirectedBy      = Matthew Nastuk
| WrittenBy       = J. Stewart Burns
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|02|16}}
| ProdCode        = ZABF06
| Viewers         = 1.95<ref name="31.12">{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-16-2020.html|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.16.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=February 19, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=February 19, 2020|archive-date=February 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219160842/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-16-2020.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = Marge gets the town to use treasure to build a [[STEM fields|STEM]] school. However, Lisa and Homer run into trouble with the school and its computer [[algorithm]].
| LineColor       = #3901A4
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 675
| EpisodeNumber2  = 13
| Title           = [[Frinkcoin]]
| DirectedBy      = Steven Dean Moore
| WrittenBy       = [[Rob LaZebnik]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|02|23}}
| ProdCode        = ZABF07
| Viewers         = 1.84<ref name="31.13">{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-23-2020.html|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.23.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=February 25, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=February 25, 2020|archive-date=February 26, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200226032858/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-23-2020.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = Lisa wants to write an essay on [[Professor Frink]] right as he makes a new [[cryptocurrency]]. This makes him the richest man in [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield]]. [[Mr. Burns]] plots against Frink in order to become the richest man in Springfield again, while Frink learns who he is really friends with.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 676
| EpisodeNumber2  = 14
| Title           = [[Bart the Bad Guy]]
| DirectedBy      = Jennifer Moeller
| WrittenBy       = Dan Vebber
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|03|01}}
| ProdCode        = ZABF08
| Viewers         = 1.66<ref name="31.14">{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-1-2020.html|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.1.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=March 3, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=March 3, 2020|archive-date=September 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910152517/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-1-2020.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = Bart sees a new [[superhero movie]] a month before it is supposed to be released. He uses this to scare fans of the movie. Two [[executive producer|executive producers]] of the movie try to stop Bart from sharing any more [[information]] about the movie.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 677
| EpisodeNumber2  = 15
| Title           = [[Screenless (The Simpsons)|Screenless]]
| DirectedBy      = Michael Polcino
| WrittenBy       = J. Stewart Burns
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|03|08}}
| ProdCode        = ZABF09
| Viewers         = 1.63<ref name="31.15">{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-8-2020.html|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.8.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=March 10, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=March 10, 2020|archive-date=September 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910152517/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-8-2020.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = Marge gets the family to use [[wikt:device|devices]] less, but she finds out that she is the [[wikt:addictive|addicted]] one.
| LineColor       = #3901A4
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 678
| EpisodeNumber2  = 16
| Title           = [[Better Off Ned]]
| DirectedBy      = Rob Oliver
| WrittenBy       = [[Al Jean]] (story)<br/>[[Joel H. Cohen]] and Jeft West brook (teleplay)
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|03|15}}
| ProdCode        = ZABF11
| Viewers         = 1.70<ref name="31.16">{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-15-2020.html|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.15.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=March 17, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=March 17, 2020|archive-date=April 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414210450/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-15-2020.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = Ned Flanders wants to [[wikt:mentor|mentor]] Bart so he can be a better person. Homer gets jealous and chooses to mentor [[Nelson Muntz]].
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 679
| EpisodeNumber2  = 17
| Title           = [[Highway to Well]]
| DirectedBy      = Chris Clements
| WrittenBy       = [[Carolyn Omine]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|03|22}}
| ProdCode        = ZABF10
| Viewers         = 1.66<ref name="31.17">{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-22-2020.html|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.22.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=March 24, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=March 24, 2020|archive-date=April 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408044112/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-22-2020.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = Marge gets a job at a [[cannabis shop|weed shop]]. Homer starts selling weed at the back of [[Moe's Tavern]]. 
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 680
| EpisodeNumber2  = 18
| Title           = [[The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby]]
| DirectedBy      = Bob Anderson
| WrittenBy       = [[Tom Gammill and Max Pross]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|4|19}}
| ProdCode        = YABF13
| Viewers         = 1.58<ref name="31.18">{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-19-2020.html|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.19.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=April 21, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=April 21, 2020|archive-date=April 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422133929/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-19-2020.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = Mr. Burns tasks Homer with swindling [[Cletus Spuckler]] out of his newfound helium fortune. Meanwhile, Maggie is reunited with Hudson from ''[[Playdate with Destiny]]'' again, only for Marge to tear them apart after his mother annoys her.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 681
| EpisodeNumber2  = 19
| Title           = [[Warrin' Priests]] (Part 1)
| DirectedBy      = Bob Anderson
| WrittenBy       = [[Pete Holmes]]
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|4|26}}
| ProdCode        = ZABF12
| Viewers         = 1.35<ref name="31.19">{{cite web |url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-26-2020.html |title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.26.2020 |last=Metcalf |first=Mitch |date=April 28, 2020 |work=Showbuzz Daily |access-date=April 28, 2020 |archive-date=April 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428183801/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-26-2020.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = ''Part 1:'' [[Helen Lovejoy]]'s request for a youth pastor is answered by Bode Wright, a charismatic young preacher from [[Michigan]]. When Bode quickly has the Springfield congregation enamored by his easy-going and liberal approach to religion, an outcast and suspicious [[Reverend Lovejoy]] decides to look into the newcomer's past.
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| EpisodeNumber   = 682
| EpisodeNumber2  = 20
| Title           = [[Warrin' Priests]] (Part 2)
| DirectedBy      = Matthew Nastuk
| WrittenBy       = Pete Holmes
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|5|3}}
| ProdCode        = ZABF13
| Viewers         = 1.36<ref name="31.20">{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-5-3-2020.html|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.3.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=May 5, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=May 5, 2020|archive-date=May 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505161311/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-5-3-2020.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = ''Part 2:'' While Bode has won over most of Springfield, he finds one churchgoer he can't sway in Ned Flanders. Meanwhile, in Michigan, Reverend Lovejoy finds the ammunition he needs to get rid of his replacement.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 683
| EpisodeNumber2  = 21
| Title           = [[The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds]]
| DirectedBy      = Jennifer Moeller
| WrittenBy       = Joel H. Cohen
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|5|10}}
| ProdCode        = ZABF14
| Viewers         = 1.40<ref name="31.21">{{cite web |url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-5-10-2020.html |title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.10.2020 |last=Metcalf |first=Mitch |date=May 12, 2020 |work=Showbuzz Daily |access-date=May 12, 2020 |archive-date=May 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513103351/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-5-10-2020.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = After severing her sibling ties with Bart, Lisa attends a sleepover at her new friend Addy's house, only to discover that Addy's clique are a group of cruel snobby rich girls that taunt her. Meanwhile, Homer takes Marge on a sunset cruise for the evening and finds himself at odds with the boat's cover band.
''Guest stars'': [[Lili Reinhart]] as Bella-Ella, [[Joey King]] as Addy, [[Madelaine Petsch]] as Sloan, [[Lilly Singh]] as Kensey, [[Camila Mendes]] as Tessa Rose, and [[Weezer]] as Sailor's Delight and Themselves
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Simpsons (season 31)
| EpisodeNumber   = 684
| EpisodeNumber2  = 22
| Title           = [[The Way of the Dog]]
| DirectedBy      = Matthew Faughnan
| WrittenBy       = Carolyn Omine
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|5|17}}
| ProdCode        = ZABF16
| Viewers         = 1.89<ref name="31.22">{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-5-17-2020.html|title=Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.17.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|date=May 19, 2020|work=Showbuzz Daily|access-date=May 19, 2020|archive-date=May 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519150621/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-sunday-cable-originals-network-finals-5-17-2020.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ShortSummary    = [[Santa's Little Helper]] nips at [[Marge Simpson|Marge]], causing the family to reflect on the difficult life that the dog led prior to being adopted by the family. They end up taking him to a dog psychologist to avoid having to [[euthanasia|euthanize]] him.
''Guest stars'': [[Cate Blanchett]] as Elaine Wolff, Suzanne Waters singing "[[The Way We Were (song)|The Way We Were]]" and [[Michael York]] as Clayton
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