The Simpsons: 15 Most Watched Episodes Of All Time

2. Life On the Fast Lane -33.5 m

Season 1 Episode 9

Of all the recurring themes that the show explores, infidelity or the fantasy of infidelity seems to crop up a significant number of times; Homer is tempted into it on more than one occasion (though he inevitably sees that he's better off with Marge) and even the wholesome housewife herself has been led astray a couple of times.

Years before she was having an emotional affair with a fellow Downton Abbey-like show's fan over the internet, Marge was almost swept off her feet by Jacques - another guest role by Albert Brooks - her bowling coach. There's a slightly mean message that Homer makes her infatuated with Jacques by being a terrible husband, but the morality of the tale holds up in the end, even if she does almost run away with the silver-tongued Frenchman.