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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!

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 4 Ratings Summary

"Roswell That Ends Well" is the best rated episode of "Futurama" season 4. It scored 9.1/10 based on 3824 votes. Directed by Rich Moore and written by J. Stewart Burns, it aired on 12/9/2001. This episode is rated 1.4 points higher than the second-best, "A Tale of Two Santas".

  • Roswell That Ends Well
    9.1/103,824 votes

    #1 - 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

  • A Tale of Two Santas
    7.7/102,746 votes

    #2 - A Tale of Two Santas

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 12/23/2001

    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

  • Anthology of Interest II
    8.2/102,877 votes

    #3 - Anthology of Interest II

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/6/2002

    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

    Writer: David X. Cohen, Lew Morton, Scott Kirby, Jason Gorbett

  • Love and Rocket
    7.7/102,737 votes

    #4 - Love and Rocket

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 2/10/2002

    Bender falls deeply in love with the Planet Express ship autopilot's female voice setting. Meanwhile, Fry searches for the perfect candy heart to properly convey his feelings for Leela.

    Director: Brian Sheesley

    Writer: Dan Vebber

  • Leela's Homeworld
    8.7/103,246 votes

    #5 - Leela's Homeworld

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/17/2002

    When Bender disposes nuclear waste in the sewers, the angry mutants drag him, Fry, and Leela down to the depths to be mutated. As they attempt to escape, Leela makes an incredible discovery about her true heritage, finally meeting her parents for the first time.

    Director: Mark Ervin

    Writer: Kristin Gore

  • Where the Buggalo Roam
    7.5/102,635 votes

    #6 - Where the Buggalo Roam

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 3/3/2002

    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

  • A Pharaoh to Remember
    7.6/102,705 votes

    #7 - A Pharaoh to Remember

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 3/10/2002

    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

  • Godfellas
    8.8/103,760 votes

    #8 - 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

  • Future Stock
    7.7/102,676 votes

    #9 - Future Stock

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 3/17/2002

    With Planet Express in financial trouble, Fry nominates a flashy businessman from the 1980s to replace Professor Farnsworth as CEO of the company. That Guy goes on to sell Planet Express to Mom's Friendly Robot Corporation, putting everyone out of a job.

    Director: Brian Sheesley

    Writer: Aaron Ehasz

  • A Leela of Her Own
    6.9/102,597 votes

    #10 - A Leela of Her Own

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 4/7/2002

    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

  • 30% Iron Chef
    7.6/102,603 votes

    #11 - 30% Iron Chef

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 4/14/2002

    Bender receives culinary lessons from the great chef Helmut Spargle, and puts his skills to the test on national television when he competes against Elzar on "Iron Cook". Meanwhile, Dr. Zoidberg accidentally destroys Professor Farnsworth's ship-in-a-bottle and pins the deed on Fry, only to be struck with remorse afterwards.

    Director: Jeff Westbrook

    Writer: Ron Hughart

  • Where No Fan Has Gone Before
    8.3/103,127 votes

    #12 - Where No Fan Has Gone Before

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 4/21/2002

    Fry leads the crew on a quest across the galaxy to regain the forbidden 79 episodes of "Star Trek: The Original Series", where they encounter the original cast of the show - as well as their captor, an obsessive energy being named Melllvar.

    Director: Pat Shinagawa

    Writer: David A. Goodman