"
Mother Simpson" is the eighth episode of
The Simpsons' seventh season and first aired on November 19, 1995. After faking his own death to get a day off of work,
Homer reunites with his mother
Mona, whom he thought had died 27 years ago. It was directed by
David Silverman and was the first episode to be written by
Richard Appel.
Glenn Close makes her first of four guest spots as Homer's mother.