Ranking All 25 The Simpsons Season Finales
1. Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)
Season: 6
Of course Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part One) is ranked first overall for best Simpsons season finale of all time. How could it not be?
The cliffhanger episode took the world by storm back in season six, spoofing Dallas (and their Who Shot JR? storyline), and asking fans to participate in figuring out who shot the town's 104 year old Power Plant owner C. M. Burns. Of course, by season seven we learned that Burns wasn't actually dead, and eventually that Maggie did it, but despite a bit of steam being taken out of the proceedings by those plot twists, the episode was really about the journey, not the end result.
As such, Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part One) remains the best of the Simpsons season enders: it was funny, riveting, and forced you to come back for more.