The Best Episode of Futurama From Each Season Ranked (According to IMDB)

The Best Episode of Futurama From Each Season, Ranked (According to IMDB)

Futurama is a beloved animated series about a delivery boy who finds himself in the future. These are the best episodes of each season based on IMDb.

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Born from the mind of legendary cartoonist, writer, and animator Matt Groening, Futurama can easily be called one of the greatest adult animated shows of all time. The science-fiction serial ran from 1999 to 2003 then from 2008 to 2013, and chronicles the exploits of the Planet Express delivery crew in the 31st century.

The Planet Express crew founded by the eccentric Professor Farnsworth is comprised of Phillip Fry, a delivery boy from the year 2000, Bender the foul-mouthed robot, Leela the one-eyed captain of the ship, Amy the rich Martian, Hermes the Jamaican accountant, and Zoidberg the lobster-like alien physician. The eclectic comedy ran for 140 episodes comprised of eight seasons on DVD and four films (which would be broken into four episodes each). Here are the best episodes from each season, ranked according to IMDB.

9 “Fun on a Bun” (Season 7 Episode 8): 7.7

“Fun on a Bun” was written by Dan Vebber and has the Planet Express crew visit Oktoberfest as a vacation. However, in the 31st century, Oktoberfest has become a refined, sophisticated event, much to Fry’s chagrin. Meanwhile, Bender, in an effort to win a sausage-making contest, uses wooly mammoth meat which leads to a lost Neanderthal colony to attack the German beer fest. The episode has been recognized as notably memorable in the otherwise comparatively lackluster later seasons of Futurama. “Fun on a Bun” contains two original songs by polka band Brave Combo (and one cover of “The Chicken Dance”).

8 Bender’s Big Score (Movie): 7.7

Written by Ken Keeler and released on November 27, 2007, Bender’s Big Score was the first Futurama production after the original series finale. The Planet Express crew is perturbed when a time travel code is found tattooed on Fry’s body and a race of alien scammers infect Bender with a virus that makes him go back into the past and steal valuable treasure. Bender’s Big Score was a huge success, selling over 222,000 DVDs in its first week and winning the Annie Award for Best Home Entertainment Production. Interestingly, Bender’s Big Score was the first carbon-neutral DVD to be released by 20th Century Fox.

7 “Law and Oracle” (Season 6 Episode 3): 8.1

Originally entitled “The Frynority Report”, “Law and Oracle” stands out as the highest-ranked episode in what is generally recognized as the least critically acclaimed season of Futurama. Written by Josh Weinstein, the episode deals with Fry quitting his job as a delivery boy and becoming a police officer after he is disillusioned by the crew becoming hostages to the criminally insane robot Roberto. Fry is faced with a moral dilemma when his criminal best friend Bender is recognized by the Future Crimes Division as inevitably going to commit a crime. The episode parodies several science-fiction classics, most notably Minority Report (2002).

6 “The Problem with Popplers” (Season 2 Episode 15): 8.6

Home video critic Doug Pratt has called the episode “The Problem with Popplers,” written by Patrick M. Verrone and Darin Henry, both “original and inspired.” In this episode, the Planet Express crew discovers a delicious, unidentified, edible life form. Due to their addictive taste, the crew decides to sell them, quickly achieving a billion sold.

Unfortunately, these “popplers” turn out to be the larval form of Omicronian aliens who want revenge for their eaten young. The title of this episode is a reference to the Star Trek episode “The Trouble with Tribbles.”

5 “Space Pilot 3000” (Season 1 Episode 1): 8.7

The pilot episode of Futurama, written by Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, first aired on March 28, 1999. The episode sees pizza delivery boy Fry cryogenically frozen, emerging in the year 2999 in the city of New New York where he meets Leela and Bender and begins to search for his only living relative, Professor Farnsworth. The episode is notable for its extensive number of easter eggs which would be referenced throughout the series. The pilot episode had unprecedentedly strong ratings and was the number one show among teenagers and men 18-49 for the week of its release.

4 “The Late Phillip J. Fry” (Season 5 Episode 7): 9.4

Creator Matt Groening called “The Late Phillip J. Fry” his favorite episode of the season. Written by Lewis Morton and taking inspiration from science-fiction classics such as Flight to Forever, The Time Machine, and Last and First Men, this episode is another Futurama tale of time travel. The ever-tardy Fry is forced by the Professor, along with Bender, to test out his new invention: a time machine that only moves forward in time. However, when they clumsily overshoot their one-minute test they are forced to keep going forward until a backwards time machine is invented. The episode was met with critical acclaim and won the Emmy for Outstanding Animated program.

3 “Meanwhile” (Season 8 Episode 13): 9.4

Written by Ken Keeler, “Meanwhile,” at the time of this writing is the final episode of the series, and the fourth episode intended to end the series (the others are “The Devil’s Hands Are Idle Playthings,” Into the Wild Green Yonder, and “Overclockwise”).

In this episode, the Professor invents a button that allows the user to go back in time as well as a shelter that protects from the effect of the button. However, the button pusher can only go back in time ten seconds. The button is stolen by Fry who abuses and breaks it. “Meanwhile” was originally watched by 2.21 million households making it the 5th most-watched episode.

2 “The Luck of the Fryrish” (Season 3 Episode 3): 9.5

Written by Rob Weiner, “The Luck of the Fryrish” is another contender for the fan-favorite episode, as well as the most poignant of the series. When Fry discovers that his lucky seven leaf clover has been stolen from the ruins of his Old New York home he sets out to grave rob it from his brother Yancy’s tomb, believing him to be the culprit. The story moves back and forth between the 21st and 31st centuries in order to unfold the truth about the clover, an idea that was inspired by the simultaneous telling of two stories at different times in The Godfather Part II. For this episode, Rob Weiner won the Annie Award for “outstanding individual achievement for writing in an animated television production.”

1 “Jurassic Bark” (Season 4 Episode 7): 9.6

“Jurassic Bark,” written by Eric Kaplan, is one of the most poignant and consistently highly ranked episodes of the series. In this episode, Fry finds the fossilized remains of his beloved dog Seymour in a museum and seeks the Professor’s help to bring him back to life, much to jealous Bender’s irritation. “Jurassic Bark” was met with universal critical acclaim, often topping fan-selected lists of the best episode, and was nominated for an Emmy award, narrowly losing to The Simpsons episode” Three Gays of the Condo.” Five years later the movie Bender’s Big Score would revisit the episodes ending, contextualizing it in a much happier light.

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