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The Best Episodes of Futurama Season 4

Every episode of Futurama Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Futurama Season 4!

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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 4 Episode 1 - Roswell That Ends Well
    9.1/10(4048 votes)

    S4:E1

    A spacetime accident leaves the Planet Express crew stranded in Roswell, New Mexico in the year 1947, where a shattered Bender is mistaken for UFO debris and Zoidberg is captured as an alien specimen. Leela and the professor work to get everybody home, while Fry tries to keep his accident-prone grandfather alive.

    Director:Rich Moore
    Writer:J. Stewart Burns

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  2. Futurama Season 4 Episode 8 - Godfellas
    8.9/10(3987 votes)

    S4:E8

    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

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  3. Futurama Season 4 Episode 5 - Leela's Homeworld
    8.7/10(3374 votes)

    S4:E5

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

    Director:Mark Ervin
    Writer:Kristin Gore

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  4. Futurama Season 4 Episode 12 - Where No Fan Has Gone Before
    8.3/10(3247 votes)

    S4:E12

    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

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  5. Futurama Season 4 Episode 3 - Anthology of Interest II
    8.2/10(2984 votes)

    S4:E3

    When the Professor fine tunes his "What-If" machine, Bender discovers what it would be like if he were human, Fry discovers what it would be like if life were more like a video game, and Leela discovers what it would be like if she found her true home.

    Director:Bret Haaland
    Writers:David X. Cohen, Lew Morton, Jason Gorbett, Scott Kirby

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  6. Futurama Season 4 Episode 2 - A Tale of Two Santas
    7.7/10(2840 votes)

    S4:E2

    A Planet Express mission to Robot Santa's colony on Neptune leaves the murderous robot trapped in the frozen sea, and Bender takes over as Santa, vowing to bring peace and goodwill to Xmas again. But when Bender is mistaken for the real Robot Santa, he is arrested and sentenced to death.

    Director:Ron Hughart
    Writer:Bill Odenkirk

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  7. Futurama Season 4 Episode 4 - Love and Rocket
    7.7/10(2831 votes)

    S4:E4

    As Valentine's Day approaches, Bender's romance with the Planet Express ship puts the crew in jeopardy.

    Director:Brian Sheesley
    Writer:Dan Vebber

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  8. Futurama Season 4 Episode 9 - Future Stock
    7.7/10(2768 votes)

    S4:E9

    With Planet Express in financial trouble, Fry nominates a flashy businessman from the 1980s to replace Professor Farnsworth as CEO of the company.

    Director:Brian Sheesley
    Writer:Aaron Ehasz

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  9. Futurama Season 4 Episode 7 - A Pharaoh to Remember
    7.6/10(2803 votes)

    S4:E7

    Bender fears that nobody will remember him after he dies, and sees his chance for immortality when the crew is enslaved on the planet Osiris 4. Posing as the planet's new pharaoh, Bender orders a humongous statue built in his honor, and quickly goes mad with power.

    Director:Mark Ervin
    Writer:Ron Weiner

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  10. Futurama Season 4 Episode 11 - 30% Iron Chef
    7.6/10(2683 votes)

    S4:E11

    Bender, insulted by the reception his terrible cooking receives, runs away and joins a space hobo camp, where he apprentices with a legendary former TV chef. Meanwhile, Dr. Zoidberg accidentally destroys Professor Farnsworth's prized ship-in-a-bottle and frames Fry.

    Director:Jeff Westbrook
    Writer:Ron Hughart

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  11. Futurama Season 4 Episode 6 - Where the Buggalo Roam
    7.5/10(2723 votes)

    S4:E6

    When Amy's parents' ranch is hit by a dust storm that blows away their herd of buggalo, Kif sets out to prove his masculinity by rounding up the herd, only to become entangled with the native Martians.

    Director:Pat Shinagawa
    Writer:J. Stewart Burns

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  12. Futurama Season 4 Episode 10 - A Leela of Her Own
    6.9/10(2683 votes)

    S4:E10

    Leela endeavors to become the first female blernsball player, but her lack of depth perception hinders her skills. Nevertheless, she becomes the pitcher for the New New York Mets, purely for her novelty value.

    Director:Swinton O. Scott III
    Writer:Patric M. Verrone

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Roswell That Ends Well" is the best rated episode of "Futurama" season 4. It scored 9.1/10 based on 4048 votes. Directed by Rich Moore and written by J. Stewart Burns, it aired on 12/9/2001. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Godfellas".