American animated comedy series which aired from 1999-2003 on Fox and 2008-2013 on Comedy Central
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!”
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”
Written by: Patric M VerroneDirected by: Stephen SandovalDN’s Ranking: BAD / Nonessential / Essential “Well, let’s at least throw this TV out. The batteries in the remote are getting low.” This isn’t the worst episode of Futurama ever made but … Continue reading Futurama, Season Six, Episode Three, “Attack Of The Killer APP”
Written by: Carolyn PremishDirected by: Dwayne Carey-HillDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL “I saw no sign of intelligent life.”“Bummer.” One element of “Rebirth” that I chose not to go into was that it also demonstrates how much hornier the … Continue reading Futurama, Season Six, Episode Two, “In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela”
Happy Saturday and for the first time in months welcome to the Frinkiac Challenge! This used to be a regular feature that I post way less often now because I’m directionless garbage, but it’s pretty simple to explain. Just use frinkiac.com, morbotron.com, masterofallscience.com, funcooker.fun, penskefile.com, … Continue reading With great power there must also come the Great Frinkiac Challenge!
Written by: David X CohenDirected by: Frank MarinoDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / Essential / ??? “Uh, this is a bit awkward. Or is it?” I can’t honestly rank this episode. It’s a little bit because there are good things … Continue reading Futurama, Season Five, Episode One, “Rebirth”
Written by: Ken KeelerDirected by: Peter AvanzinoDN’s Ranking: BAD / Nonessential / Essential “Hey Donbot, ain’t that your wife what with you had that weddin’ with?” The comments section of “Bender’s Game” made me realise I was downplaying the sexism … Continue reading Futurama, “Into The Wild Green Yonder”
Written by: Eric Horsted, Michael Rowe, Eric Kaplan, David X Cohen, Patric VerroneDirected by: Dwayne Carrey-HillDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential I ended up liking this more than I remembered. As a pure joke machine, it’s the best of … Continue reading Futurama, “Bender’s Game”
Written by: Eric KaplanDirected by: Peter AvanzinoDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL “MY LEG FEELS FUNNY!” This is by far my favourite of the four Futurama movies, and that’s mainly because it holds up the best as a movie … Continue reading Futurama, “The Beast With A Billion Backs”
Written by: David X Cohen and Ken KeelerDirected by: Dwayne Carey-HillDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL I expect this essay series will get fewer comments from this point forward. I remember when it was announced that there would be … Continue reading Futurama, “Bender’s Big Score”
Written by: Ken Keeler Directed by: Brett Haaland DN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL Amazing that this is the first of many great series finales this show ever did. This is a lot of people’s favourite episode, and one … Continue reading Futurama, Season Four, Episode Sixteen, “The Devil’s Hands Are Idle Playthings”
Written by: Ron WeinerDirected by: Peter AvanzinoDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential While this one is merely very funny rather than transcendently so, I still like it a lot and feel it represents how Futurama was at the top … Continue reading Futurama, Season Four, Episode Seventeen, “Spanish Fry”
Written by: Eric KaplanDirected by: Swinton O Scott IIIDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL This is neither the most philosophical nor the most emotionally intense episode of Futurama, but it reveals that these traits are nice but unnecessary, because … Continue reading Futurama, Season Four, Episode Sixteen, “Three Hundred Big Boys”
Written by: Bill OdenkirkDirected by: Ron HughartDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL It’s funny that this has always been one of my favourites for its wildly creative energy, and yet when I sit down to analyse it, I see … Continue reading Futurama, Season Four, Episode Fifteen, “The Farnsworth Parabox”
Written by: Dan VebberDirected by: Dwayne Carrey-HillDN’s Ranking: Bad / NONESSENTIAL / Essential Within a string of magnificent feats of creativity and one absolute tire fire, we have this okay little number. It’s reminiscent of “Godfellas” both in that it … Continue reading Futurama, Season Four, Episode Fourteen, “Obsoletely Fabulous”
Written by: Michael RoweDirected By: James PurdumDN’s Ranking: BAD / Nonessential / Essential Ugh, let’s get through this. Futurama is frequently sexist and there’s no way around or justifying that; if you’re a fan of the show, it’s because you … Continue reading Futurama, Season Four, Episode Thirteen, “Bend Her”
Written by: Patric M VerroneDirected by: Brain SheesleyDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL I described “Roswell That Ends Well” as Futurama doing what it normally tries to do at the highest level of skill and inspiration, and I mentioned … Continue reading Futurama, Season Four, Episode Twelve, “The Sting”
Written by: David A GoodmanDirected by: Pat ShinigawaDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL Ralph Waldo Emerson said that when one talks about the world, one is really talking about oneself; in this episode, Futurama ends up revealing so much … Continue reading Futurama, Season Four, Episode Eleven, “Where No Fan Has Gone Before”
