TheSimpsons’fifteenthseasonbeganonSunday,November2,2003,with"TreehouseofHorrorXIV".Theseasoncontainsfivehold-overepisodesfromtheseason14(EABF)productionline.Themostwatchedepisodehad16.2millionviewersandtheleastwatchedhad6.2millionviewers.
Eugene and Rick are two struggling artists who share apartment. However, Rick has problems with that, because Eugene is obsessed with pulp fiction comic books and has nightmares because of that. However, Rick soon finds that those nightmares could be excellent material for his own comic books.
地球的上空突然出现了十二架贝壳状的不明飞行物,悬浮在十二个不同的国家的上空,外星人向人类发出了讯号,但人类却并不能够解读。美国军方找到了语言学家露易丝·班克斯(艾米·亚当斯饰)和物理学家伊恩·唐纳利(杰瑞米·雷纳饰),希望两人能够合作破解外星人的语言之谜。
金斯敦市长由杰瑞米·雷纳和黛安·韦斯特主演,讲述密歇根州金斯敦的权力掮客麦克拉斯基家族,那里的监禁行业是唯一蓬勃发展的行业。