| "The War of the Simpsons" | |
|---|---|
| The Simpsons episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 20 |
| Directed by | Mark Kirkland |
| Written by | John Swartzwelder |
| Production code | 7F20 |
| Original air date | May 2, 1991 |
| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "I will not do anything bad ever again" |
| Couch gag | Homer squeezes everyone off the couch one by one until he has the couch all to himself. |
| Commentary | Matt Groening Mike Reiss Mark Kirkland |
"The War of the Simpsons" is the twentieth episode of the second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on May 2, 1991. In the episode, Homer gets drunk at a dinner party and embarrasses Marge, so she enrolls them in marriage counseling at a lakeside retreat with Reverend Lovejoy.
The episode was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Mark Kirkland. It was the last episode Kirkland directed during his first year on the show. Although not named until season three's "Black Widower", the character Snake Jailbird appeared for the first time in this episode. "The War of the Simpsons" features songs such as Tom Jones's "It's Not Unusual", Dusty Springfield's "The Look of Love", KC and the Sunshine Band's "That's the Way (I Like It)", and Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman".
Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 11.6 and was the second highest-rated show on Fox the week it aired.