The Simpsons (season 19)

After Homer saves Mr. Burns from drowning, Mr. Burns rewards him with a dinner and a flight on his corporate jet. Enjoying the luxury and special features, Homer loves Mr. Burns's jet so much he vows to never fly the regular way again, which prompts a pitying Marge to hire a life coach named Colby Kraus to help Homer achieve his dream of flying.
Guest stars: Stephen Colbert and Lionel Richie.^[4] 

Homer goes to the hospital after injuring his back, where he develops the ability to sing in an operatic voice whenever he is lying on his back. Mr. Burns hires Homer to sing the lead in his production of La bohème. After a group of crazed fans chase Homer, he is saved by a mysterious woman named Julia, who Homer hires as a manager, despite her having questionable intentions.^[5]
Guest stars: Maya Rudolph and Placido Domingo.^[6] 

Homer ends up having his car towed by a tow truck driver named Louie who introduces Homer to the joy of towing cars for a living. Meanwhile, Marge begins to feel that Maggie is getting to clingy and hires a counselor. The method works a little too well, leaving Maggie with no need for Marge at all, causing a depressed Marge to bond with a sack of potatoes.
Guest stars: Matt Dillon.^[7] 

Marge is caught in the middle of a bank robbery, but manages to convince Dwight, the assailant, that she will visit him in prison should he turn himself in. He does so, but Marge, too frightened to go to prison, does not fulfill her promise and Dwight breaks out and comes looking for her.^[8]
Guest stars: Steve Buscemi, Ted Nugent and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. 

The nineteenth season's edition of the annual trio of Halloween stories.

• "E.T. Go Home" - Bart and Lisa find Kodos, who is hiding from the government, and help him obtain devices to contact his home planet, but Kodos's intentions prove to be less than friendly.
• "Mr. and Mrs. Simpson" - Homer secretly lives a double life as a secret agent and is assigned to eliminate Kent Brockman, discovering that Marge is also an agent with the same mission.
• "Heck House" - Bart, Lisa and some other kids pull pranks on Halloween night and, after they go too far, Ned Flanders turns the church into a Hell house. Gaining supernatural powers from God, he subjects the kids to his wrath.
  Guest star: Maurice LaMarche 

Milhouse's parents get re-married and go on a honeymoon cruise, but get lost at sea and are presumed dead. As such, Milhouse decides it's time to begin acting like a real man. As a result, he has a new attitude which makes him more popular than ever and Bart can not stand that Milhouse has become cooler than him. Meanwhile, Homer finds himself in trouble when he can't remember the color of Marge's eyes. 

When a new comic book store, "Coolsville Comics & Toys" opens up directly across the street from Comic Book Guy' store, Comic Book Guy competes for his customers. When he finally gives up, he sells the Android's Dungeon to Marge, who opens up her own women-only workout center. Marge becomes rich and famous, prompting a self-concious Homer to consider plastic surgery.
Guest stars: Alan Moore, Art Spiegelman, Dan Clowes, Jack Black and Maurice LaMarche. 

Sideshow Bob returns to kill the Simpson family but is caught and put on trial. During the trial, Bart throws out Bob's medicine, which causes Bob to die. Sideshow Bob's entire family, friends, and the rest Springfield attend his funeral. Bob's brother Cecil convinces Bart to go to the Springfield Funeral Home to pay his last respects to Sideshow Bob.
Guest stars: Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney and Keith Olbermann. 

When Homer wakes up in the snow not remembering anything from the night before, he goes home to discover his family is gone. Chief Wiggum and Ned Flanders tell him of a domestic disturbance from the night before, prompting Homer to worry he may have done something awful and tries to regain his memories with help from Professor Frink.^[9] 

Homer burns down Springfield's fast-food restaurants. In order to rebuild them, Mayor Quimby moves up election day, making Springfield's primary election the first in the nation. The candidates in the election are not compelling and instead write "Ralph Wiggum" in the ballot and he wins. As a result, both candidates embrace Ralph, even though it is not known which party he is running for.^[10]
Guest stars: Jon Stewart and Dan Rather 

In a flashback, it is revealed that Homer gave up his dreams of being a musician so that Marge could attend Springfield University. However, after she became attracted to one of her professors, Homer started focusing his emotions into music and formed the first grunge band called Sadgasm.^[11]
Guest stars: Kurt Loder and "Weird Al" Yankovic