The Simpsons' second season originally aired between October 11, 1990 and May 9, 1991, and contained 22 episodes, beginning with "Bart Gets an F". Another episode, "Blood Feud" aired during the summer after the official season finale. The show runners for the second production season were Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, and Sam Simon, who had also been EPs for the previous season.[1] The DVD box set was released on August 6, 2002 in Region 1, July 8, 2002 in Region 2 and in September, 2002 in Region 4. The episode "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour), and was also nominated in the "Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special" category.
近未来の東京。車は列なり、電車が走り、ひっきりなしに人々が行き交う、何気ない日常の光景が繰り広げられている。街の上空に突如現れる黒い点。その点は見る見る大きさを増していき、街を飲み込んでいく。車も、電車も、そして人々も――。東京は直径数十キロもの黒いドーム、ブラックポイントに覆われた。拡大を止めたブラックポイントの間近。ギリギリ飲み込まれるのを免れたスカイツリーが屹立している。異様な光景を前に呆然としている人々。――と、ブラックポイント中から何かが近づいてくる。いつ果てるとも知れない絶望の中で、人々はブラックポイントより来たりし者を『Zillions of enemy X』、ゼクスと呼んだ―