The Simpsons
Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes
TV Flash files “Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes” as hour 775 of 802 in the TV Flash guide — The Simpsons (1989–present) on Fox, season 36, episode 7, aired 2024-11-24, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S36E07: listed hour 775 of 802 in the The Simpsons guide, hour 7 of 18 in season 36. It aired 2024-11-24 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Women in Shorts” (S36E06). Next is “Convenience Airways” (S36E08). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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A tattooed man at a mysterious night circus transports Lisa into three strange stories from the innocent 1950s, the chilling retro-present, and a brutalist future where prestige TV rules the world.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes sit in the The Simpsons guide?
S36E07 is listed hour 775 of 802 — hour 7 of 18 in season 36, season 36 episode 7.
When did The Simpsons S36E07 air?
Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes aired 2024-11-24 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start if I am not watching all 800 episodes?
Start with the 1989 Christmas premiere, then a handful of golden-age hours from seasons four through eight. Treat the rest as a library, not a novel.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch it as a living joke encyclopedia, not a series you owe from pilot to present. The early years still teach how American satire learned to reset weekly; the later catalog is optional weather. You already speak Springfield. This is how the grammar got written.
The first image is a couch, and then it is not. The Simpsons treats the opening gag as a weekly contract: we will reset the living room, and we will still find a new joke about the country that owns it. Fox put a yellow family on Sunday nights in 1989 after the Tracey Ullman shorts, and the half-hour that followed did not merely popularize adult animation. It installed a shared vocabulary. People who stopped watching still speak Springfield.
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