22 episodes had been produced, but only 18 episodes aired due to 2023's Writers' Guild and SAG-AFTRA strikes[1][2], making this the second season after season one to have a small amount of episodes broadcast and the second season after season 19 to be affected by a Hollywood strike.
This is the first season since season nine to have production codes that start with a number instead of a letter, though this season has the remainder of the episodes that have OABF as their production code, with "It's A Blunderful Life" as the last letters-only production code episode to air on FOX and "AE Bonny Romance" as the first episode in broadcast order to bring back the number+ABF production code.
This is also the final season in production order to have Pamela Hayden (who announced that she was retiring from voice acting) as a voice actress on the show, though her very last episode, "O, C'mon, All Ye Faithful" aired during the next season as a Disney+ special.[3][4]
Feeling worthless at work, Homer volunteers to be a school crossing guard. But when his safety squad receives too much funding, the crossing guards become a force to be feared.
When a new neighbor shower him with kindness, Homer thinks he’s being tricked into buying a sports car at the dealership where the neighbor works—but the truth turns out to be even more sinister; Lisa neutralizes Nelson after he goes on a bullying spree.
In a parody documentary, a young college-dropout CEO embraces the Silicon Valley "fake it until you make it" philosophy and bewitches Mr. Burns into funding her highly dubious dream project.
Guest Stars: Christiane Amanpour as herself, Elizabeth Banks as Persephone Odair, Ken Burns as himself, Peter Coyote as himself, Peter Jackson as himself, Andrew Ross Sorkin as himself, Kara Swisher as herself
This year's shocking tales include: Marge entering the blockchain to save Bart from becoming an NFT; a spoof of Se7en and Silence of the Lambs where, years after the events of "Cape Feare", a grown-up Lisa consults Sideshow Bob to help her find a serial killer, and a spoof of pandemic horror movies like Contagion and Outbreak (along with some real-world parallels to the COVID-19 pandemic) where Homer becomes patient zero to a virus that turns Springfield into a city of fat, lazy, moronic slobs.
When Marge's heart is broken by a bad birthday present, Bart and Lisa must dig into their mom's past to show that they really know her. Homer becomes a neighborhood fear-monger.
An elderly Lisa recounts the story of how Homer was scapegoated for a power outage that plunged Springfield into darkness days before Thanksgiving to her family at the thanksgiving table.
Professor Frink secretly helps Homer, through a zoom interview, land a high-level position at a state-of-the-art nuclear plant in Shelbyville. But since Homer lacks the skills to actually perform the job, Frink must monitor Homer's work situation remotely and dictate his every word... causing Frink to fear he's created a monster.
Moe, Homer, Lenny, and Carl go on a road trip to scatter the ashes of Larry "The Lush" Dalrymple (the orange jacket-wearing drunk that has been a background character in Moe's Tavern since the show's first season) and discover that there was more to Larry's life than they initially thought.
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