Written by: David X CohenDirected by: Wes ArcherDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL Of all the episodes of Futurama we’ve covered and all the episodes of Futurama we ever will cover, this is the one I had to take … Continue reading Futurama, Season Four, Episode Ten, “The Why of Fry”

Written by: Jeff WestbrookDirected by: Bret HaalandDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL We’ve seen a lot of episodes that have really interesting points or emotions alongside the fact that they’re funny as hell. It’s not that they, ya know, … Continue reading Futurama, Season Four, Episode Nine, “Teenage Mutant Leela’s Hurdles”

Written by: Aaron EhaszDirected by: Peter AvancinoDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL This is an episode I’ve seen a lot because I kept intending to watch “A Big Piece Of Garbage” and kept getting it mixed up with this … Continue reading Futurama, Season Four, Episode Eight, “Crimes Of The Hot”

Written by: Eric KaplanDirected by: Swinton O Scott IIIDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL So, one of my most major moments of heretical Futurama fan opinions has always been that this episode is wildly overrated. I felt that the … Continue reading Futurama, Season Four, Episode Seven, “Jurassic Bark”

Written by: Lewis MortonDirected by: Brian SheeselyDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential When I wrote about “Godfellas”, I remarked that it was a great example of that typical Futurama thinking-out-loud vibe leading to somewhere really profound. This episode, conversely, … Continue reading Futurama, Season Four, Episode Six, “Bender Should Not Be Allowed On Television”

Written by: Eric HorstedDirected by: James PurdemDN’s Ranking: BAD / Nonessential / Essential When I talk about how Zoidberg-centric episodes don’t do much for me, I’m usually thinking of this one. I’d hoped that revisiting it for this series would … Continue reading Futurama, Season Four, Episode Five, “A Taste Of Freedom”

Written by: Ron WeinerDirected by: Susie DietterDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL There are Futurama episodes that are essential because they’re emotionally vivid, there are Futurama episodes that are essential because they explore a really interesting concept, and there … Continue reading Futurama, Season Four, Episode Four, “Less Than Hero”

Written by: Dan VebberDirected by: Brian SheesleyDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential This feels like a spiritual twin to “Put Your Head On My Shoulders”, because it follows another male member of the crew as he embarks on a … Continue reading Futurama, Season Four, Episode Three, “Love And Rocket”

Written by: Kristen GoreDirected by: Mark ErvinDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL Previously, in discussing the overall plot of the show, I have stupidly forgotten about Leela’s mysterious past and how she discovers it. If anything, it’s even simpler … Continue reading Futurama, Season Four, Episode Two, “Leela’s Homeworld”

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”