The Best Episodes of Futurama

Bender grows jealous when Fry attempts to clone Seymour, his beloved fossilized dog.

Director: Swinton O. Scott III

Writer: Eric Kaplan

After a string of bad luck, Fry ventures into the decaying ruins of Old New York to regain his lucky seven-leaf clover from his childhood, only to find that his brother Yancy Fry had stolen not only the clover, but Fry's identity as well. Fry sets out to exhume his brother's body, but discovers the startling truth about Yancy instead.

Director: Chris Louden

Writer: Ron Weiner

Fed up with his inferiority to machines, Hermes replaces his body parts with mighty mechanical upgrades.

Director: Peter Avanzino

Writer: Ken Keeler

The combined explosions of a supernova and Fry putting metal in the microwave hurtle the Planet Express crew back in time to 1947. They land at Roswell, New Mexico, where a shattered Bender is mistaken for UFO debris, Zoidberg is taken in for an alien autopsy, and Fry accidentally kills his grandfather, Enis, in a nuclear explosion.

Director: Rich Moore

Writer: J. Stewart Burns

A killer bee sting sends Leela on a long, strange trip.

Director: Brian Sheesley

Writer: Patric M. Verrone

Fry makes a deal with the Robot Devil so he can become a skillful musician and win Leela's heart.

Director: Rich Moore

Writer: Ken Keeler

When Fry becomes infested with parasitic worms that make him stronger and smarter, he finally finds the perfect way to profess his feelings to Leela. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew goes on a journey into Fry's body to eradicate the worms.

Director: Peter Avanzino

Writer: Eric Kaplan

The Planet Express crew goes to a parallel universe made accessible by the Professor's latest experiment.

Director: Ron Hughart

Writer: Bill Odenkirk

Bender is accidentally shot out of the ship's torpedo tube and becomes lost in space. Floating through the ethereal darkness, Bender becomes inhabited with tiny alien life forms, but has trouble playing God to their unyielding prayers.

Director: Susie Dietter

Writer: Ken Keeler

Leela finally learns the truth about her parents and her own identity.

Director: Mark Ervin

Writer: Kristin Gore

Nibbler enlists Fry in a mission to blow up evil brains bent on destroying the universe.

Director: Wes Archer

Writer: David X. Cohen

On New Year's Eve 1999, Pizza Delivery boy Philip J. Fry accidentally falls into a cryogenic chamber and is frozen for 1,000 years. Finally unfrozen, he explores New New York, meets his new best friend (a kleptomaniacal robot named Bender) and goes to work for his great-great-great-great-grand-nephew's space delivery business.

Director: Gregg Vanzo, Rich Moore

Writer: Matt Groening, David X. Cohen

A double-date for Kif, Amy, Zapp, and Leela ends in disaster when their orbiting restaurant crashes on planet Amazonia. The hulking female inhabitants of the planet take their male captives to the omniscient Femputer, who orders Fry, Zapp, and Kif to death by "snu-snu".

Director: Brian Sheesley

Writer: Lew Morton

Fry asks Leela to marry him, and they face their destiny together as the Professor's latest invention alters the fabric of time.

Director: Peter Avanzino

Writer: Ken Keeler

The crew discovers an irresistible source of food on a distant planet, and brings it back to Earth to be sold at the Fishy Joe's restaurant chain. But when it's discovered that the so-called "Popplers" are actually Omicronian babies, the Omicronians demand recompense.

Director: Gregg Vanzo, Chris Sauve

Writer: N/A

The Professor's "What-If" machine simulates Bender, Leela and Fry's wishes. Bender discovers what it would be like if he were 500 feet tall, Leela discovers what it would be like if she were more impulsive, and Fry discovers what would happen if he never came to the future.

Director: Rich Moore, Chris Louden

Writer: David X. Cohen, Ken Keeler, Eric Rogers

Earth is invaded by super-intelligent flying brains, who sap the Earth's populace of their intelligence. Leela is taken to Nibbler's home planet Eternia, where the Nibblonians explain that only one human is immune to the brains' powers - Fry.

Director: Mark Ervin

Writer: Jeff Westbrook

Leela and Amy become addicted to "Nectar", a nutritional supplement that boosts their performance in the future sport of Butterfly Derby.

Director: Crystal Chesney

Writer: Michael Rowe

Fry and Bender enlist in the army to get a soldiers discount for bubblegum. When they are called to fight a war on a planet of bouncing ball aliens, Leela disguises herself as man to enlist with them. Bender is eventually sent to parley with the enemy, but this turns out to be a ploy.

Director: Ron Hughart

Writer: Eric Horsted

When Fry wins a free tour of the Slurm soda factory, he and his friends split off from the tour group and make a horrifying discovery concerning the "secret ingredient" that makes Slurm so addictive.

Director: Ron Hughart

Writer: Lew Morton

While creating a team of mutants to play the Harlem Globetrotters, the Professor accidentally causes a disruption in time that threatens the existence of the universe. Meanwhile, Fry tries to win an unreceptive Leela's heart.

Director: Chris Louden

Writer: Ken Keeler

The crew is pitted against the original Star Trek cast to win the devotion of an energy creature.

Director: Pat Shinagawa

Writer: David A. Goodman

The Planet Express crew is exposed to a substance that causes everyone to age backwards.

Director: Bret Haaland

Writer: Jeff Westbrook

The Professor is deeply disturbed when his parents return from virtual retirement aboard the Near-Death Star.

Director: Lance Kramer

Writer: Eric Horsted

When it is discovered that Philip has been living in the Planet Express office, he is forced to move out. Trying to sleep standing up in Bender's closet-sized apartment doesn't work, so they go looking for a place both can be comfortable. Unfortunately, Bender is incompatible with the ideal apartment they do find until he has a radical... modification which makes him less than happy.

Director: Bret Haaland

Writer: Eric Horsted