Classic Coverage looks back on the episodes of past shows from a modern perspective.
Written by: J Stewart BurnsDirected by: Edward FongDN’s Ranking: THROW IT INTO THE FUCKING PIT / Bad / Nonessential / Essential “Wait! I found a loophole in the mortgage! If we actually pay it, we can keep the building!” Throughout … Continue reading Futurama, Season Seven, Episode Seven, “Neutopia”
“The Tholian Web”Star Trek: The Original Series – Season 3, Episode 9 “The Tholian Web” is an interesting entry, for it sidelines Kirk for the majority of its runtime to provide a character study/conflict for (you guessed it) Spock and … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? – “The Tholian Web”
Written by: Patric M VerroneDirected by: Ray ClaffeyDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “We had a parade every day. Those were dark times.” This is a pretty entertaining episode – no spectacular highs, but a fun emotional arc and … Continue reading Futurama, Season Seven, Episode Six, “Ghost In The Machines”
Written by: Ken KeelerDirected by: Raymie MuzquizDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL “Ah, Zoidberg. We’ve known each other for so long. I don’t think we even need words to understand each other.”“What?!” My take on this episode is going … Continue reading Futurama, Season Seven, Episode Five, “The Tip Of The Zoidberg”
Written by: Aaron EhaszDirected by: Crystal Chesney-ThompsonDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL “I like how it’s not killing us so far!” This absolutely deserves to be considered amongst any of this show’s hilarious scifi riffs. The grey goo scenario … Continue reading Futurama, Season Seven, Episode Three, “Benderama”
***Content Warning: Discussion and imagery of torture*** “Chain of Command, Part II”Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season 6, Episode 11 What’s wonderful about “Chain of Command, Part II” is how engrossing and unexpected it is as compared to “Part … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? – “Chain of Command, Part II”
Written by: Dwayne Carey-HillDirected by: Dan VebberDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “I remember it like it was interesting.” This one is hard to rank because I think very little of its idea and emotional arc but very highly … Continue reading Futurama, Season Seven, Episode Two, “Möbius Dick”
Written by: Eric RogersDirected by: Frank MarinoDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “Earth is dangerous! I fell off my chair there once!” I do believe this episode holds to the standard of the Fox era – in terms of … Continue reading Futurama, Season Seven, Episode One, “The Silence Of The Clamps”
“Chain of Command, Part I”Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season 6, Episode 10 “Chain of Command,” from The Next Generation’s Season 6 might be the most interesting two-parter of the show’s entire run. It doesn’t have the singular distinction … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? – “Chain of Command, Part I”
Written by: Michael RoweDirected by: Ray ClafferyDN’s Ranking: BAD / Nonessential / Essential “Are you regretting another wasted year?” This episode is more frustratingly weak than anything else. Interestingly, the show would never return to the What-If Machine concept in … Continue reading Futurama, Season Six, Episode Thirteen, “Holiday Spectacular”
Written by: Eric HorstedDirected by: Raymie MuzquizDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “We’ve been hired to make our one hundredth delivery.”“That’s almost ten per year!” This one was a hard one to categorise because I’m not sure how I … Continue reading Futurama, Season Six, Episode Twelve, “The Mutants Are Revolting”
Written by: Patric M VerroneDirected by: Crystal Chesney-ThompsonDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “It’s earlier now!” This one is never bad enough to completely skip over, but it sure is lesser Futurama. Its problem is that the overall plot … Continue reading Futurama, Season Six, Episode Eleven, “Lrrconcilable Ndndifferences”
Written by: Ken KeelerDirected by: Stephen SandovalDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL “Science cannot move forward without heaps!” If you only watch two CC-era Futurama episodes, make this the other one. It’s reminiscent in structure with “Three Hundred Big … Continue reading Futurama, Season Six, Episode Ten, “The Prisoner Of Benda”
“Darmok”Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season 5, Episode 2 I’ve been doing this column/feature for a couple years now, and it’s the first time I’ve ever done anything like it. Each one is a fair amount of work that … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? – “Darmok”
Written by: Dan VebberDirected by: Dwayne Carey-HillDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “You people are as loud as you are ignorant!” This one is a bad and annoying idea that is executed way better than it has any right … Continue reading Futurama, Season Six, Episode Nine, “A Clockwork Origin”
Written by: Josh WeinsteinDirected by: Frank MarinoDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “He proved that fifty years ago, and he’s been coasting on it ever since!” This episode is a pretty dumb idea that gets a pretty good execution. … Continue reading Futurama, Season Six, Episode Eight, “That Darn Katz!”
“Rejoined”Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 4, Episode 6 Throughout its run in the 20th century (and even into the new millennium), Star Trek’s track record with queerness was not great. Acceptance of queer identities in modern mainstream pop … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? – “Rejoined”
Written by: Lewis MortonDirected by: Peter AvanzinoDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL “I ate both our lunches. You ordered the lobster pileup. It wasn’t cheap.”“Bam!” If you only watch one CC-era Futurama episode, let it be this one. It’s … Continue reading Futurama, Season Six, Episode Seven, “The Late Philip J Fry”
Written by: Eric HorstedDirected by: Ray ClaffeyDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “What if something heavy fell on you, like a church?” This is a very rare situation where the bad bits of the episode and the good bits … Continue reading Futurama, Season Six, Episode Six, “Lethal Inspection”
Written by: Maiya WilliamsDirected by: Raymie MuzquizDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “But you’re my family! Who will hug me if I achieve things?” Ah, here we go! I was tempted to bump this up to essential immediately after … Continue reading Futurama, Season Six, Episode Five, “The Duh-Vinci Code”</b>
Written by: Michael RoweDirected by: Crystal Chesny-ThompsonDN’s Ranking: BAD / Nonessential / Essential “You know the floor safe where you keep ten grand? There’s five grand in there.” I’m convinced the one-two punch of this and “Attack Of The Killer … Continue reading Futurama, Season Six, Episode Four, “Proposition Infinity”
