American animated comedy series which aired from 1999-2003 on Fox and 2008-2013 on Comedy Central
Written by: Eric HorstedDirected by: Crystal Chesney-ThompsonDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “There! My home’s all clean except for one part: the inside.” Regular readers may be aware of both my distaste for romance as a way of characterising … Continue reading Futurama, Season Nine, Episode Twelve, “Stench And Stenchibility”
Written by: Lewis MortonDirected by: Frank MarinoDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “Why are you dressed like Fry?”“Coz I’m Fry.” This is one of those ones where a jarring choice upon first watch becomes taken in stride on the … Continue reading Futurama, Season Nine, Episode Eleven, “Murder On The Planet Express”
Written by: Michael RoweDirected by: Edmund FongDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “In my day, sound didn’t travel through space!” This episode is often held up as one of the really good CC episodes, with people especially moved by … Continue reading Futurama, Season Nine, Episode Ten, “Game Of Tones”
Written by: Eric HorstedDirected by: Lance KramerDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “Still, someone should eat the hat.” I remember very strongly disliking this one and was pleasantly surprised that my opinion had changed since last watching. I remembered … Continue reading Futurama, Season Nine, Episode Nine, “Leela And The Genestalk”
Written by: Maiya WilliamsDirected by: Raymie MuzquizDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “Does anyone else find this delivery suspicious?”“Nope. He’s too dumb and I don’t care.” I’ve often described almost random things as ‘inherently hilarious’, so you can imagine … Continue reading Futurama, Season Nine, Episode Eight, “Assie Come Home”
Written by: Lewis MortonDirected by: Stephen SondavalDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “This must be a difficult time for people who confuse TV actors for actual friends.” It’s incredibly funny to me that they committed to Calculon being killed … Continue reading Futurama, Season Nine, Episode Seven, “Calculon 2.0”
Written by: Patric M VerroneDirected by: Crystal Chesney-ThompsonDN’s Ranking: BAD / Nonessential / Essential “I do enjoy a well-buttered floor.” Look, this one is just straight up bad. Beloved commentor Drinking With Skeletons remarked that he liked many of the … Continue reading Futurama, Season Nine, Episode Six, “Saturday Morning Fun Pit”
Written by: Dan VebberDirected by: Frank MarinoDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “But here we are, stealing an unlimited supply of birthday-grade helium from the unsuspecting moon.”“Sun.”“At night it’s called the moon.” One of my favourite minor elements of … Continue reading Futurama, Season Nine, Episode Five, “The Inhuman Torch”
Written by: Eric RogersDirected by: Edmund FongDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL “Finally, just the two of us.”“Yeah, I knew it was on one of these albums.” So first I want to get this out of the way: the … Continue reading Futurama, Season Nine, Episode Four, “Fry And Leela’s Big Fling”
Written by: Josh WeinsteinDirected by: Lance KramerDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “Patricide? Well, let’s work up to that one.” I was wary of doing this episode because I’d remembered it as quite bad – not in an actively … Continue reading Futurama, Season Nine, Episode Two, “T: The Terrestrial”
Written by: Michael RoweDirected by: Raymie MusquizDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “Seatbelts are dead weight. I feel the need for speed!”“Yes, but I feel the nafety for safety.” I actually love that this is the standard for a … Continue reading Futurama, Season Nine, Episode One, “2-D Blacktop”
Written by: Ken KeelerDirected by: Stephen SandovalDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “All your fancy technology will never be able to copy this guitar.”“Using my fancy technology, I can make an exact copy of this guitar!” Now here’s an … Continue reading Futurama, Season Nine, Episode One, “Forty Percent Leadbelly”
Written by: Eric Rogers, Michael Saikin, Neil MukopadhyayDirected by: Crystal Chelsey-RogersDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL “I don’t have a name! I’m a salmon!” This is one of my all-time favourite Futurama episodes to the point that I’m surprised … Continue reading Futurama, Season Eight, Episode Thirteen, “Naturama”
Written by: Josh WeinsteinDirected by: Frank MarinoDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “Maybe Vegas isn’t the best place for people like you.”“What? It’s full of fat guys in sandals.” This one is a hard one to judge because it … Continue reading Futurama, Season Eight, Episode Twelve, “Viva Mars Vegas”
Written by: Patric M VerroneDirected by: Edmund FongDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “Ah, yes, foxhunting. If there’s one thing I know, it’s everything about it.” This one feels like it has really low ambitions and hits them perfectly. … Continue reading Futurama, Season Eight, Episode Eleven, “31st Century Fox”
Written by: Eric Horsted Directed by: Lance Kramer DN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “He always has time for me, whether it’s sending me on a delivery or just pulling me aside to tell me I’m doing a bad … Continue reading Futurama, Season Eight, Episode Ten, “Near-Death Wish”
Written by: David X CohenDirected by: Raymie MuzquizDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL “Bender Rodriguez, you are charged with petty larceny, possession of something analogous to drugs, and assault with a smelly weapon.” I was surprised how much I … Continue reading Futurama, Season Eight, Episode Nine, “Free Will Hunting”
Written by: Dan VebberDirected by: Stephen SondovalDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “It’s July, right? Let’s wait three months and go to Oktoberfest!” I can never get over how much I enjoy the half-assed way the CC seasons play … Continue reading Futurama, Season Eight, Episode Eight, “Fun On A Bun”
Written by: Ken KeelerDirected by: Peter AvanzinoDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “Good luck, everybody but Zoidberg.” Not sure how controversial this take will be, but I consider this a sneaky good one that’s almost unnecessarily good given its … Continue reading Futurama, Season Eight, Episode “The Six Million Dollar Mon”
Written by: Michael RoweDirected by: Crystal Chesney-ThompsonDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “The butterfly derby is when? And what?” This is another CC episode that kicks off with an annoying idea but ends up with a solidly executed half … Continue reading Futurama, Season Eight, Episode Six, “The Butterjunk Effect”
Written by: Eric RogersDirected by: Frank MarinoDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential “You know, the rents are a lot more reasonable in Peru.” This is another one of those rare ones that’s about the best expression of a bad … Continue reading Futurama, Season Eight, Episode Five, “Zapp Dingbat”
