9.5/107,325 votesLoading...#1 - Jurassic Bark
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 11/17/2002
Bender grows jealous when Fry attempts to clone Seymour, his beloved fossilized dog.
Director: Swinton O. Scott III
Writer: Eric Kaplan
9.4/105,874 votesLoading...#2 - The Luck of the Fryrish
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 3/11/2001
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
9.3/104,528 votesLoading...#3 - The Six Million Dollar Mon
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 7/25/2012
Fed up with his inferiority to machines, Hermes replaces his body parts with mighty mechanical upgrades.
Director: Peter Avanzino
Writer: Ken Keeler
9.1/103,855 votesLoading...#4 - Roswell That Ends Well
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 12/9/2001
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
9.1/104,054 votesLoading...#5 - The Sting
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 6/1/2003
A killer bee sting sends Leela on a long, strange trip.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Patric M. Verrone
9.1/104,023 votesLoading...#6 - The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 8/10/2003
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
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8.9/103,664 votesLoading...#7 - Parasites Lost
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/21/2001
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
8.9/103,267 votesLoading...#8 - The Farnsworth Parabox
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 6/8/2003
The Planet Express crew goes to a parallel universe made accessible by the Professor's latest experiment.
Director: Ron Hughart
Writer: Bill Odenkirk
8.8/103,792 votesLoading...#9 - Godfellas
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 3/17/2002
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
8.7/103,273 votesLoading...#10 - Leela's Homeworld
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/17/2002
Leela finally learns the truth about her parents and her own identity.
Director: Mark Ervin
Writer: Kristin Gore
8.7/102,994 votesLoading...#11 - The Why of Fry
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 4/6/2003
Nibbler enlists Fry in a mission to blow up evil brains bent on destroying the universe.
Director: Wes Archer
Writer: David X. Cohen
8.6/105,417 votesLoading...#12 - Space Pilot 3000
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/28/1999
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
8.6/103,669 votesLoading...#13 - Amazon Women in the Mood
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2001
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
8.5/103,260 votesLoading...#14 - The Problem with Popplers
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 5/7/2000
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
8.5/103,296 votesLoading...#15 - Anthology of Interest I
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 5/21/2000
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
8.5/103,083 votesLoading...#16 - The Day the Earth Stood Stupid
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/2001
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
8.5/103,012 votesLoading...#17 - The Butterjunk Effect
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 7/18/2012
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
8.5/1040 votesLoading...#18 - Meanwhile
Season 7 Episode 26 - Aired 9/4/2013
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
8.4/103,217 votesLoading...#19 - War Is the H-Word
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 11/26/2000
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
8.3/103,694 votesLoading...#20 - Fry & the Slurm Factory
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/14/1999
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
8.3/103,068 votesLoading...#21 - Time Keeps On Slippin'
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 5/6/2001
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
8.3/103,155 votesLoading...#22 - Where No Fan Has Gone Before
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 4/21/2002
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
8.3/102,743 votesLoading...#23 - Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 3/30/2003
The Planet Express crew is exposed to a substance that causes everyone to age backwards.
Director: Bret Haaland
Writer: Jeff Westbrook
8.3/102,515 votesLoading...#24 - Near-Death Wish
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 8/15/2012
The Professor is deeply disturbed when his parents return from virtual retirement aboard the Near-Death Star.
Director: Lance Kramer
Writer: Eric Horsted
8.2/104,219 votesLoading...#25 - I, Roommate
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/6/1999
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
The Best Episodes of Futurama
Every episode of Futurama ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Futurama!
The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds...
Genres:AnimationComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
Episodes
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Avg. Rating
7.7
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Best Episodes Summary
"Jurassic Bark" is the best rated episode of "Futurama". It scored 9.5/10 based on 7325 votes. Directed by Swinton O. Scott III and written by Eric Kaplan, it aired on 11/17/2002. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Luck of the Fryrish".
