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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!

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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 employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Futurama Season 2 Episode 1 - A Flight to Remember
    8.2/10(3942 votes)

    #1 - A Flight to Remember

    S2:E1

    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

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  2. Futurama Season 2 Episode 2 - Mars University
    7.7/10(3736 votes)

    #2 - Mars University

    S2:E2

    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

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  3. Futurama Season 2 Episode 3 - When Aliens Attack
    8.0/10(3612 votes)

    #3 - When Aliens Attack

    S2:E3

    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

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  4. Futurama Season 2 Episode 4 - Fry & the Slurm Factory
    8.3/10(3948 votes)

    #4 - Fry & the Slurm Factory

    S2:E4

    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

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  5. Futurama Season 2 Episode 5 - I Second That Emotion
    7.6/10(3487 votes)

    #5 - I Second That Emotion

    S2:E5

    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
    Writers:Patric M. Verrone, Bill Odenkirk

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  6. Futurama Season 2 Episode 6 - Brannigan, Begin Again
    7.8/10(3482 votes)

    #6 - Brannigan, Begin Again

    S2:E6

    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.

    Directors:Rich Moore, Jeffrey Lynch
    Writer:Lew Morton

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  7. Futurama Season 2 Episode 7 - A Head in the Polls
    7.6/10(3387 votes)

    #7 - A Head in the Polls

    S2:E7

    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

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  8. Futurama Season 2 Episode 8 - Xmas Story
    8.1/10(3648 votes)

    #8 - Xmas Story

    S2:E8

    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
    Writers:Eric Horsted, David X. Cohen

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  9. Futurama Season 2 Episode 9 - Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?
    8.0/10(3465 votes)

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

    S2:E9

    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.

    Directors:Brian Sheesley, Gregg Vanzo
    Writer:Eric Kaplan

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  10. Futurama Season 2 Episode 10 - Put Your Head on My Shoulders
    7.5/10(3248 votes)

    #10 - Put Your Head on My Shoulders

    S2:E10

    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

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  11. Futurama Season 2 Episode 11 - Lesser of Two Evils
    7.6/10(3219 votes)

    #11 - Lesser of Two Evils

    S2:E11

    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.

    Directors:Brian Sheesley, Chris Sauve
    Writers:Lew Morton, Eric Horsted

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  12. Futurama Season 2 Episode 12 - Raging Bender
    7.6/10(3167 votes)

    #12 - Raging Bender

    S2:E12

    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

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  13. Futurama Season 2 Episode 13 - A Bicyclops Built For Two
    8.0/10(3364 votes)

    #13 - A Bicyclops Built For Two

    S2:E13

    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

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  14. Futurama Season 2 Episode 14 - How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back
    8.0/10(3282 votes)

    #14 - How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back

    S2:E14

    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

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  15. Futurama Season 2 Episode 15 - A Clone of My Own
    7.5/10(3141 votes)

    #15 - A Clone of My Own

    S2:E15

    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

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  16. Futurama Season 2 Episode 16 - The Deep South
    7.8/10(3259 votes)

    #16 - The Deep South

    S2:E16

    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

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  17. Futurama Season 2 Episode 17 - Bender Gets Made
    7.6/10(3119 votes)

    #17 - Bender Gets Made

    S2:E17

    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

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  18. Futurama Season 2 Episode 18 - The Problem with Popplers
    8.5/10(3458 votes)

    #18 - The Problem with Popplers

    S2:E18

    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.

    Directors:Chris Sauve, Gregg Vanzo
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Futurama Season 2 Episode 19 - Mother's Day
    7.8/10(3103 votes)

    #19 - Mother's Day

    S2:E19

    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

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  20. Futurama Season 2 Episode 20 - Anthology of Interest I
    8.5/10(3489 votes)

    #20 - Anthology of Interest I

    S2:E20

    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.

    Directors:Rich Moore, Chris Louden
    Writers:Eric Rogers, Ken Keeler, David X. Cohen

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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 3942 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".