American animated comedy series which aired from 1999-2003 on Fox and 2008-2013 on Comedy Central
“Written by: Maiya WilliamsDirected by: Corey Barnes “Is your dog friendly or just ugly?” This is the first one that I think hits ‘classic’ status this season, and I’d definitely put it up with “The Deep South” or “War Is … Continue reading Futurama, Season Ten, Episode Four, “Parasites Regained
Written by: Noni Di SpargementDirected by: James Kim “Yo, we’re also leg brokers.” Let me tell you, when I saw the plot summaries for episodes like this one, I was a bit worried – contemporary references have not traditionally gone … Continue reading Futurama, Season Ten, Episode Three, “How The West Was 1010001”
Written by: Eric HorstedDirected by: Edmund Fong “You seem like the kind of guy who has a mouth.” So it actually happened – Kif gave birth and declared that, in twenty years, the children would return to be cared for, … Continue reading Futurama, Season Ten, Episode Two, “Children Of A Lesser Bog”
Written by: Patric VerroneDirected by: Peter Avanzino” “Have I really spent 23 years in the future?”“We call it the present, but, whatever.” We’re back, baby! This reboot is interesting to consider in light of the other two. The first film … Continue reading Futurama, Season Ten, Episode One, “The Impossible Stream”
Written by: Ken KeelerDirected by: Peter AvanzinoDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL “Poor Leela! I never told her I loved her!”“What?! You told her like a hundred and forty times!”“Yeah, but she paid very little attention to me!” First … Continue reading Futurama, Season Nine, Episode Thirteen, “Meanwhile”
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”
