The twenty-sixth season of the American animated television series ''

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'' premiered on

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in the

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on September 28, 2014, and concluded on May 17, 2015. In this season,

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retires after his father dies ("

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"); Homer and Bart attempt to solve some father/son conflicts (" The Wreck of the Relationship"); Marge opens a sandwich franchise (" Super Franchise Me"); the Simpsons meet their former (''

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'') selves ("

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");

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finds a girlfriend in Democratic Assemblywoman Maxine Lombard (" Opposites A-Frack"); Bart schemes to bring down his new fourth grade teacher, Mr. Lassen (guest voice

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), who is a terrible bully (" Blazed and Confused"); Homer has a mid-life crisis ("

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"); and the cast of ''

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'' make an appearance in Springfield in a crossover episode (" Simpsorama"). Additional guest voices for this season include

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, and

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