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The Best Episodes of Futurama Season 1

Every episode of Futurama Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Futurama Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Futurama Season 1 Episode 1 - Space Pilot 3000
    8.6/10(6005 votes)

    S1:E1

    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.

    Directors:Rich Moore, Gregg Vanzo
    Writers:David X. Cohen, Matt Groening

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  2. Futurama Season 1 Episode 3 - I, Roommate
    8.2/10(4613 votes)

    S1:E3

    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

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  3. Futurama Season 1 Episode 6 - A Fishful of Dollars
    8.2/10(4231 votes)

    S1:E6

    Fry discovers his bank account interest has made him a billionaire and buys the one thing the year 3000 doesn't have, anchovies.

    Directors:Ron Hughart, Gregg Vanzo
    Writer:Patric M. Verrone

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  4. Futurama Season 1 Episode 9 - Hell Is Other Robots
    8.1/10(4086 votes)

    S1:E9

    During a Beastie Boys concert, Bender runs into a high school buddy, Fender. He invites him to a party, which turns out to be robots getting high off of electricity, or "jacking on". After one try, Bender is hooked.

    Director:Rich Moore
    Writer:Eric Kaplan

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  5. Futurama Season 1 Episode 2 - The Series Has Landed
    8.0/10(4763 votes)

    S1:E2

    For the crew's first mission, they must deliver a crate full of toys for an arcade game to the moon. Fry is very excited, while it is not really a big deal in the year 3000. Fry tries to persuade Leela to go exploring on the moon, while Amy tries to recover the keys to the Planet Express Ship.

    Director:Peter Avanzino
    Writer:Ken Keeler

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  6. Futurama Season 1 Episode 4 - Love's Labours Lost in Space
    8.0/10(4346 votes)

    S1:E4

    On a mission intended to save endangered animals on a collapsing planet, Leela and the crew run into legendary starship captain Zapp Brannigan. A self-proclaimed ladies man, Zapp sees Leela as a potential new conquest. When the captain refuses to aid the animal rescue, Leela and her crew try to leave Zapp's starship. But Zapp throws Fry and Bender in jail, and summons Leela to his "Lovenasium". They ultimately escape and arrive on the doomed planet, where Leela finally finds love - with a cute, and very useful, creature named Nibbler.

    Director:Brian Sheesley
    Writer:Brian Kelley

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  7. Futurama Season 1 Episode 8 - A Big Piece of Garbage
    8.0/10(3975 votes)

    S1:E8

    A big piece of garbage that was released a thousand years ago is now on the way to Earth to destroy it. After Fry, Leela and Bender fail on placing a bomb on it, the city has to build another big piece of garbage, yet that may be a problem since trash doesn't exist in year 3000.

    Director:Susie Dietter
    Writer:Lew Morton

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  8. Futurama Season 1 Episode 5 - Fear of a Bot Planet
    7.8/10(4123 votes)

    S1:E5

    Fry and Leela disguise themselves as robots to find Bender after he fails to return from a delivery to a robot planet, only to learn that he has become a celebrity in a culture which fears humans.

    Directors:Carlos Baeza, Peter Avanzino
    Writers:Heather Lombard, Evan Gore

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  9. Futurama Season 1 Episode 7 - My Three Suns
    7.7/10(4010 votes)

    S1:E7

    Delivery Boy Philip J. Fry is promoted to Emperor after accidentally drinking his fluid-based predecessor.

    Directors:Jeffrey Lynch, Kevin O'Brien
    Writer:J. Stewart Burns

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Space Pilot 3000" is the best rated episode of Futurama season 1. It scored 8.6/10 from 6,005 votes. Directed by Rich Moore, Gregg Vanzo and written by David X. Cohen, Matt Groening, it aired on March 28, 1999. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "I, Roommate".