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[Heimdall_Xtreme]

It's a series I like, especially the first few episodes.

There are others that have been mediocre.

For me, this is the beginning of the Simpsons' decline. I hate this episode with all my heart, and all the episodes where Homer's mom is involved.

 

[LegendOfKage]

Frank Grimes. I'm sure there were worse after that, but that was the start of episodes I genuinely didn't like. From season 11 or so onward, the show just wasn't The Simpsons anymore.

 

[Plies]

The one with Homers spider pig.

 

[kunonabi]

I don't even know where to start. I remember the illegal immigration episode with Gunther being especially awful though.

 

[Neff]

If it counts, the movie.

 

[Drew1440]

Principal and the Pauper - the episode where Principal Skinner was revealed to be a imposter. Also the one where Maude Flanders passed away, Homer was such an asshole in that episode.

 

[kunonabi]

If it counts, the movie.

One of a handful of movies I actually wanted to walk out of.

 

[Baemono]

Pretty much every episode after season 18. I saw online people mentioning "Behing the laughter" as the worst episode, but I really like this one

 

[lifa-cobex]

Principal and the Pauper - the episode where Principal Skinner was revealed to be a imposter. Also the one where Maude Flanders passed away, Homer was such an asshole in that episode.

This episode is the exact point for me. Just complete character assassination. Poor skinner

 

[Warspite]

Frank Grimes. I'm sure there were worse after that, but that was the start of episodes I genuinely didn't like. From season 11 or so onward, the show just wasn't The Simpsons anymore.

Spoiler: Spoiler

The episode where homer's stupidness causes someone to kill themselves

and the writers thought this was funny

 

[Roufianos]

Haven't watched the new episodes since 2008 or so but I'd have to say the movie. So fucking unfunny.

 

[Arcane0ne]

All since XXI century seasons. Homer are dumb but later became deep retarded and the non sense episodes are shit.

 

[RagnarokIV]

The movie was horrifically bad.

 

[yet_another_alt]

It's sobering to think that it's now much harder to pin down the worst than to pick the best episode. I don't appreciate Lisa centric episodes where she's just the writers' mouthpiece and I especially hate when it's at the expense of Homer. I keep thinking back to the episode where Lisa decides to become a vegetarian and how much better their interactions were back then.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

It's sobering to think that it's now much harder to pin down the worst than to pick the best episode. I don't appreciate Lisa centric episodes where she's just the writers' mouthpiece and I especially hate when it's at the expense of Homer. I keep thinking back to the episode where Lisa decides to become a vegetarian and how much better their interactions were back then.

Don't judge me, but I love Lisa Simpson. She's my favorite character on the show.

More in the first episodes

The one I can't stand is Marge.

 

[March Climber]

If it counts, the movie.

You read my mind. That movie was so bland it made young me think a comedic cartoon could never be more than 25-30 minutes in length.

Turns out it was just the movie itself that was the problem.

 

[TintoConCasera]

For reference:

Haven't watched it but I guess that Lady Gaga episode must be truly awful lol.

 

[yet_another_alt]

Don't judge me, but I love Lisa Simpson. She's my favorite character on the show.

More in the first episodes

The one I can't stand is Marge.

Lisa is great when she's just a smart kid that still has faults and is not above relying on her family. Like that one episode with the angel of Springfield where she squeezes Marge's hand.

 

[TDiddyLive]

For reference:

Haven't watched it but I guess that Lady Gaga episode must be truly awful lol.

The Gaga one was really bad. On another note, according to that chart, the highest marks went to the Grimey episode.

 

[Revolutionary]

The one with The Who is the worst one I've seen (off the top of my head). That's when I knew there was no coming back for The Simpsons and quit watching shortly after.

Edit: judging from the image above, there was only one "Great" episode after The Who one so it looks like I made the right call.

 

[Toots]

Watching Simpsons in French (i started at 5, sue me), i remember when the guy who did Krusty's voice (and skinner and a few others too) died and they had to find a replacement. The new guy sounded nothing like the first one and i couldn't watch anymore, it seemed to have lost all its fun. It was around the 18th season.

 

[diffusionx]

I haven't watched the show in decades but the frank grimes episode just repulsed me the day it aired in a way that very little ever did. It was just so grotesque and mean spirited compared to everything else.

 

[poppabk]

The one where Homer gets raped by a Panda.
My kids watched through the later episodes - and they still get a laugh out of me from time to time. They arent terrible they just fell in to usual sitcom patterns.

 

[Quasicat]

The one that did it for me was the one where the kids were part of the model UN and their bus got lost making a Lord of the Flies parody. I watched a few after that, but once they killed Maude Flanders in a horrific racing accident, I was too busy to care about the show. Maybe I'll check it out at where I left off since I have more time now.

 

[Aesius]

I stopped watching around Season 9. I don't remember ever making a conscious decision to stop watching, but I guess even as a kid, I could sense the show was starting to go downhill. By 2001 or so, I was fully into South Park and Jackass on Sunday nights instead of The Simpsons.

I can honestly say I've never seen a truly bad episode because I've never seen any past Season 9.

 

[Pagusas]

I stopped watching after the one where the Principle was revealed to be not the real Skinner. That was the jumping the shark moment and I took the first exit.

 

[p_xavier]

Frank Grimes. I'm sure there were worse after that, but that was the start of episodes I genuinely didn't like. From season 11 or so onward, the show just wasn't The Simpsons anymore.

Frank Grimes' son....

 

[El Muerto]

That PBS episode where homer becomes a missionary was real dumb. I think that was that episode where after that The Simpsons started declining.

 

[Audiophile]

While I still found it generally entertaining the downfall began when Homer shifted from being an inept but loving father who meant well, to more of a selfish or occasionally mean-spirited buffoon.

Reason I love Bob's Burgers & King Of The Hill so much is they have flawed but strong father figures, largely bucking the trend of many other animations; and something The Simpsons did well earlier on.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Anything off of the first two seasons for me, but I also dropped off completely after season 8

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Googling it, season 8 was the start of the downfall. For me, season 1 was a good start but really krusty. Seasons 2-7 were awesome.

But then season 8 came around and everything changed. Ultra unfunny, totally different lamer jokes, who knows what happened. Maybe the writers changed or they were asked to change direction of the humour. Never went back. So maybe the series got better later, but didnt bother.

 

[Unknown?]

Googling it, season 8 was the start of the downfall. For me, season 1 was a good start but really krusty. Seasons 2-7 were awesome.

But then season 8 came around and everything changed. Ultra unfunny, totally different lamer jokes, who knows what happened. Maybe the writers changed or they were asked to change direction of the humour. Never went back. So maybe the series got better later, but didnt bother.

Some writers were pulled for Futurama.

 

[Doom85]

The one where Homer gets raped by a Panda.

I love the 90's era of The Simpsons, my second favorite comedy after Seinfeld. Seasons 1-10 (and I use the movie as a "finale") are my head canon. I didn't immediately hate Season 11 and beyond, but that panda episode was the breaking point for me and I only checked in occasionally after that.

I think Matt Groening focusing on Futurama, which started in 1999, and Phil Hartman's passing (his final episode aired in Season 10) was the sign the golden era of the show was over. Oh well, an entire decade of high quality comedy is nothing to sneeze at.

 

[Space Runaway]

Like most I stopped watching many many years ago but from what I've seen...that episode with the screaming caterpillar thing. Nothing funny about it, just pure irritation.

Special mention for "All Singing, All Dancing" if we count clip shows.

 

[Saber]

- The one where Flanders wife died(Im honestly surprised the episode went over check and they though this was ok)
- The one with Lisa faking being a cool girl just to be friends with a cool group (bonus point for the episode making it feel like she is right and poor her)
The episode where Homer get arrested for kicking a can (thats way too brainrot)
- Actually, most of Lisa focused episodes because most of them make it look like she is either right or the episode make it feel like the viewer need to have symphaty for her
- Any episode that have those 2 stupid bully characters because they are never funny

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

- Any episode that have those 2 stupid bully characters because they are never funny

which one characters?

 

[Saber]

which one characters?

The 2 school bullies besides Nelson. They are boring and almost never funny. Just like that killer with one arm.

 

[Azelover]

Easy, the Lady Gaga one..

If Kurt Cobain is Grunge, Lady Gaga is Cringe..