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The Best Episodes of Futurama Season 2

Every episode of Futurama Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Futurama Season 2!

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...
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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"A Flight to Remember" is the best rated episode of "Futurama" season 2. It scored 8.2/10 based on 3661 votes. Directed by Peter Avanzino and written by Eric Horsted, it aired on 9/26/1999. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Mars University".

  • A Flight to Remember
    8.2/103,661 votes

    #1 - A Flight to Remember

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1999

    The Planet Express crew take a space cruise vacation. Leela tells Captain Zapp Brannigan that Fry is her boyfriend and Amy tells the same thing to her parents. Bender falls in love with a rich female robot. Problems start when the spaceship approaches a black hole.

    Director: Peter Avanzino

    Writer: Eric Horsted

  • Mars University
    7.7/103,466 votes

    #2 - Mars University

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1999

    Fry, Leela, Bender and Farnsworth have to go to Mars University where Fry has to share a room with a talking monkey, Farnsworth's last invention. The monkey becomes a real headache when he starts beating Fry in all areas. Meanwhile, Bender is hanging out with nerd robots.

    Director: Bret Haaland

    Writer: J. Stewart Burns

  • When Aliens Attack
    8.0/103,359 votes

    #3 - When Aliens Attack

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/7/1999

    The Omicronians invade Earth, demanding to see the lost final episode of the 1999 TV show Single Female Lawyer. The Planet Express crew must re-enact the episode to appease the invading aliens.

    Director: Brian Sheesley

    Writer: Ken Keeler

  • Fry & the Slurm Factory
    8.3/103,669 votes

    #4 - 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

  • I Second That Emotion
    7.6/103,248 votes

    #5 - I Second That Emotion

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/21/1999

    Professor Farnsworth installs an empathy chip in Bender after the inconsiderate robot flushes Nibbler down the toilet. With his newfound emotions, a concerned Bender ventures into the mutant-infested sewers to rescue Leela's beloved pet.

    Director: Mark Ervin

    Writer: Patric M. Verrone, Bill Odenkirk

  • Brannigan, Begin Again
    7.8/103,248 votes

    #6 - Brannigan, Begin Again

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/28/1999

    Upon destroying the new DOOP headquarters, Zapp Brannigan and Kif find themselves court-martialed and dishonorably discharged. They take up jobs at Planet Express, where Kif learns what respect feels like and Zapp incites a mutiny against Leela.

    Director: Rich Moore, Jeffrey Lynch

    Writer: Lew Morton

  • A Head in the Polls
    7.6/103,162 votes

    #7 - A Head in the Polls

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/12/1999

    When the price of titanium skyrockets, Bender pawns his titanium-rich body and lives the high life as just a head. But when the head-in-a-jar of Richard M. Nixon uses Bender's body to run for election for President of Earth, Bender vows to get his rightful property back.

    Director: Bret Haaland

    Writer: J. Stewart Burns

  • Xmas Story
    8.1/103,378 votes

    #8 - Xmas Story

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/19/1999

    To apologize for an inconsiderate remark, Fry searches for the perfect Xmas gift for Leela, all the while trying to avoid the murderous SantaBot, whose standards for niceness are astronomically high.

    Director: Peter Avanzino

    Writer: David X. Cohen, Eric Horsted

  • Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?
    8.0/103,228 votes

    #9 - Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 2/6/2000

    When Dr. Zoidberg runs amok during the Decapodian mating season, Fry sets out to teach him how to woo a mate. Things backfire when Zoidberg's desired mate falls for Fry instead, and Zoidberg challenges Fry to a battle to the death.

    Director: Gregg Vanzo, Brian Sheesley

    Writer: Eric Kaplan

  • Put Your Head on My Shoulders
    7.5/103,032 votes

    #10 - Put Your Head on My Shoulders

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 2/13/2000

    Fry's brief relationship with Amy is forcibly prolonged when a near-fatal car crash leaves Fry's head grafted to Amy's left shoulder. Meanwhile, Bender cashes in on Valentine's Day by starting a dating service.

    Director: Chris Louden

    Writer: Ken Keeler

  • Lesser of Two Evils
    7.5/103,004 votes

    #11 - Lesser of Two Evils

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 2/20/2000

    Fry suspects Bender's new buddy, a bending unit named Flexo who looks almost exactly like Bender, of being pure evil. When a valuable atom of Jumbonium goes missing, Fry suspects Flexo, but can't tell which robot is which.

    Director: Brian Sheesley, Chris Sauve

    Writer: Eric Horsted, Lew Morton

  • Raging Bender
    7.6/102,966 votes

    #12 - Raging Bender

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 2/27/2000

    Bender is the featured attraction in the Ultimate Robot Fighting League, but his glory is short-lived when he is instructed to intentionally lose his next match. Leela vows to lead Bender to victory, in an effort to show up her unsupportive martial arts teacher.

    Director: Ron Hughart

    Writer: Lew Morton

  • A Bicyclops Built For Two
    8.0/103,142 votes

    #13 - A Bicyclops Built For Two

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 3/19/2000

    Leela meets Alkazar, who claims to be the only other remaining cyclops in the universe. But when Alkazar invites Leela back to his home planet and treats her like a slave, Fry suspects that something is amiss.

    Director: Susie Dietter

    Writer: Eric Kaplan

  • How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back
    8.0/103,073 votes

    #14 - How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 4/2/2000

    When Hermes takes a stress-relieving vacation, replacement bureaucrat Morgan Proctor becomes infatuated with Fry. Bender threatens to publicize their affair, but Morgan removes Bender's memory and hides it within the cavernous Central Bureaucracy.

    Director: Mark Ervin

    Writer: Bill Odenkirk

  • A Clone of My Own
    7.5/102,932 votes

    #15 - A Clone of My Own

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 4/9/2000

    Professor Farnsworth unveils his clone, Cubert Farnsworth, whom he plans to leave everything to upon his retirement. But Cubert wants no part of Farnsworth's lifestyle, prompting the professor into a premature retirement on the Near-Death Star.

    Director: Rich Moore

    Writer: Patric M. Verrone

  • The Deep South
    7.8/103,043 votes

    #16 - The Deep South

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 4/16/2000

    A fishing trip over the ocean takes a turn for the worse when a colossal mouth bass pulls the Planet Express ship to the bottom of the sea. There, Fry falls in love with a mermaid named Umbriel, and the crew discovers the sunken city of Atlanta, Georgia.

    Director: Bret Haaland

    Writer: J. Stewart Burns

  • Bender Gets Made
    7.6/102,915 votes

    #17 - Bender Gets Made

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 4/30/2000

    Bender takes a new job in the Robot Mafia, but his loyalty is tested when he goes along on the robotic gangster's efforts to rob the Planet Express ship.

    Director: Peter Avanzino

    Writer: Eric Horsted

  • The Problem with Popplers
    8.5/103,230 votes

    #18 - 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

  • Mother's Day
    7.8/102,905 votes

    #19 - Mother's Day

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 5/14/2000

    Mom reprograms the world's robots to rebel against humanity. The only hope of salvation is Mom's old flame - Professor Farnsworth, who must rekindle his romance with Mom in order to save mankind.

    Director: Brian Sheesley

    Writer: Lew Morton

  • Anthology of Interest I
    8.5/103,267 votes

    #20 - 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