The Great Louse Detective

"The Great Louse Detective"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.Season 14
Episode 6
Directed bySteven Dean Moore
Written byJohn Frink and Don Payne
Production codeEABF01
Original air dateDecember 15, 2002 (2002-12-15)
Guest appearance
Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob
Episode features
Couch gagWhen Homer uses the remote, the family travels back in time to the prehistoric era and the Roman times.
CommentaryMatt Groening
Al Jean
John Frink
Ian Maxtone-Graham
Matt Selman
Tim Long
Michael Price
Tom Gammill
Dan Castellaneta
Steven Dean Moore
Mike B. Anderson
David Silverman
Episode chronology
List of episodes

"The Great Louse Detective" is the sixth episode of the fourteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 15, 2002. In the episode, the Simpson family wins a free spa weekend, and Homer is nearly killed when a mysterious figure locks him in a sauna. Chief Wiggum decides to hire someone who can think like a murderer in order to find the mystery assailant. Bart's arch-enemy Sideshow Bob is sent to live with the Simpsons so he can help find Homer's attempted killer, who turns out to be the son of the late Frank Grimes.

Since airing, the episode has received generally positive reviews from critics. The episode's title is a reference to the 1986 Disney animated feature The Great Mouse Detective.


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