Written by: Bill OdenkirkDirected by: Wes ArcherDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential This is my favourite of the Amy-focused episodes, which is pretty reflective of how the show treated her in general because it has so many crucial things … Continue reading Futurama, Season Four, Episode One, “Kif Gets Knocked Up A Notch”
Written by: Jeff WestbrookDirected by: Ron HughartDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential Man, the high we’ve been riding for so long feels like it went forever! This is a step down – it’s another one of those episodes where … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Twenty-Two, “The 30% Iron Chef”
Written by: Aaron EhazsDirected by: Brian SheesleyDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential One of my opening grand unified theories for Futurama is that it’s as much a Gen X show as The Simpsons was a Boomer show, and one … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Twenty-One, “Future Stock”
Written by: Ken KeelerDirected by: Susie DietterDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL Futurama is a series that thinks out loud. Its power comes from the fact that some thought was put into it before it was started – an … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Twenty, “Godfellas”
Written by: J Stewart BurnsDirected by: Rich MooreDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / Essential / MASTERPIECE Ladies, gentlemen, and everyone on and off the gender spectrum, this is it. This isn’t just a great episode of Futurama and it’s not … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Nineteen, “Roswell That Ends Well”
Written by: Lewis Morton, David X Cohen, Jason Gorbett, Scott KirbyDirected by: Bret HaalandDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL It’s funny how these feel essential even when they’re really inconsistent in quality; I’m perfectly willing to make allowances for … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Eighteen, “Anthology Of Interest II”
Written by: Ron WeinerDirected by: Mark ErvinDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential This is one that’s famously hard to watch for a lot of people, and I get it because I didn’t care for it much at first either. … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Seventeen, “A Pharaoh To Remember”
Written by: Patric M VerroneDirected by: Swinton O Scott IIIDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential There are times that the apathy of Futurama can be hilarious, and there are times it can get offensive in some way – even … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Sixteen, “A Leela Of Her Own”
Written by: Eric KaplanDirected by: James PurdumDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential I haven’t seen this episode in so long that I’m fairly certain I’ve never actually seen it. I don’t know what it was exactly; it must have … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Fifteen, “I Dated A Robot”
Written by: Ken KeelerDirected by: Chris LoudonDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL Fry’s pursuit of Leela is one of the more controversial elements of the show. One of the bright spots of the internet is the expansion of empathy, … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Fourteen, “Time Keeps On Slippin’”
Written by: Eric HorstedDirected by: Ron HughartDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL I gotta tell ya, I love the show in general and I do have my favourites, but coming to a watershed episode like this that’s widely beloved … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Thirteen, “Bendin’ In The Wind”
Written by: Dan VebberDirected by: Brian SheesleyDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential Now here’s another episode I love for its lowkey competence! It’s worth comparing and contrasting to “Where The Buggalo Roam”, in that this too has a cliche … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Twelve, “The Route Of All Evil”
Written by: Bill OdenkirkDirected by: Peter AvanzinoDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential This is one I haven’t seen in a while simply because its subject matter bothers me. The sexism of the show only rarely actually bothers me; I’m … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Eleven, “Insane In The Mainframe”
Written by: J Stewart BurnsDirected by: Pat ShinagawaDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential This is a pretty good episode in spite of the fact that it’s a perfect example of why the Amy/Kiff romance doesn’t work at all for … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Ten, “Where The Buggalo Roam”
Written by: Lewis MortonDirected by: Susie DietterDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL Now here’s a great episode! I suspect people will find it a bit cheeky to call this one essential because I don’t generally see people talk about … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Eleven, “The Cyber House Rules”
Written by: Patric M VerroneDirected by: Bret HaalandDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential I’ve said before that I absolutely love Zoidberg but have always found episodes that put him as a protagonist to be weak. I wondered, watching this … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Eight, “That’s Lobstertainment!”
Written by: Jeff Westbrook (teleplay) Westbrook and David X Cohen (story)Directed by: Mark ErvinDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL Even if I didn’t like this episode, it would still be essential. This is one of the big parts of … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Seven, “The Day The Earth Stood Stupid”
Written by: Eric HorstedDirected by: Swinton O Scott IIIDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential This is practically the definition of a minor Futurama episode – I fundamentally do not care about the plot except as a vehicle for jokes, … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Six, “Bendless Love”
Written by: Dan VebberDirected by: James PurdumDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential This is another one of my favourites – there’s something almost comforting about a solid, reliably entertaining episode that doesn’t reach any spectacular highs but also doesn’t … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Five, “The Birdbot Of Ice-Catraz”
Written by: Ron WeinerDirected by: Chris LoudenDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL Everyone has their own bit of what TV Tropes calls ‘fandom heresy’ – a reaction to a particular episode from a work that’s diametrically opposed to the … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Four, “The Luck Of The Fryrish”
Written by: Bill OdenkirkDirected by: Ron HughartDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL This is the show’s second attempt to do an ironic Christmas episode, and I find it far more successful than the first. It’s very much in the … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Three, “A Tale Of Two Santas”
