The Simpsons: 10 Worst Episodes Ever

10. A Midsummer's Nice Dreams

This double trouble spoof of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams flick didn't exactly set the world on fire. Homer and Seymour Skinner replace the infamous pothead duo, and discover the two were never into marijuana at all. There's also a frivolous subplot surrounding Marge's futile efforts to get Crazy Cat Lady over her hoarding obsession.

The worst episode of series twenty-two, it highlighted the season's heavy over reliance on guest voices. The plot itself is a mess with jokes that don't land whatsoever. While Cheech and Chong enjoyed a solid following throughout the 70s and 80s, they were hardly relevant by 2011. Once renowned for its biting satire and timely references and themes, this episode left one feeling the writers had completely lost track of the modern pop cultural pulse.

To cap it all off, there's a commercial for Hulu.com at the end of the episode with Bart posing as Puck, an essential character for anything Midsummer Night's Dream-related left out in the cold for a lot of this. Poor stuff. To the surprise of no one, it was the lowest rated episode of its season.