7.8/102,596 votes#1 - Crimes of the Hot
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 11/10/2002
The rapid increase in global warming is traced to a ventilation flaw that Professor Farnsworth failed to correct in his first robot prototype. As a result, all robots are ordered to be destroyed, but Bender refuses to go without a fight.
Director: Dwayne Carey-Hill
Writer: Ken Keeler
9.5/107,258 votes#2 - Jurassic Bark
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 11/17/2002
Fry discovers his dog Seymour is being exhibited in a museum as a fossil, and takes it to Professor Farnsworth's lab to be revived. However, Bender is displeased with the lack of attention he has been receiving and becomes increasingly jealous of Seymour's fossil.
Director: Swinton O. Scott III
Writer: Eric Kaplan
7.3/102,541 votes#3 - The Route of All Evil
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 12/8/2002
Farnsworth's clone Cubert teams up with Hermes' son Dwight to launch a newspaper delivery business. Farnsworth and Hermes scoff at the kids' efforts - until the delivery boys accumulate enough capital to buy out Planet Express. Meanwhile, Fry and Leela use Bender to brew their own homemade beer.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Dan Vebber
7.8/102,573 votes#4 - A Taste of Freedom
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 12/22/2002
When Zoidberg publicly devours an Earth flag, he is sentenced to death for his anarchic behavior. Before the sentence can be carried out, the Decapodians come to Zoidberg's aid by invading Earth, teaching the populace the true meaning of freedom.
Director: James Purdum
Writer: Eric Horsted
7.5/102,597 votes#5 - Kif Gets Knocked Up A Notch
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 1/12/2003
Amy's romance with Kif takes a twist when he gets pregnant. As she questions her commitment to Kif, he must return to his ancient, mysterious home world to give birth in the same muddy swamp where he was born.
Director: Wes Archer, Jess Espanola
Writer: Bill Odenkirk
7.7/102,585 votes#6 - Less Than Hero
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 3/2/2003
Dr. Zoidberg's mysterious miracle cream gives Fry and Leela superpowers. Teaming up with Bender, they form the New Justice Team, under the respective alter egos of Captain Yesterday, Clobberella, and Super King. But Leela's new duties as a superheroine put a strain on her relationship with her parents.
Director: Susie Dietter
Writer: Ron Weiner
8.3/102,721 votes#7 - Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 3/30/2003
The crew's attempts to de-age Professor Farnsworth result in everyone returning to their more youthful stages. While Farnsworth seeks out a way to re-age the crew, the newly-teenaged Leela takes the opportunity to experience the parental childhood she never had.
Director: Bret Haaland
Writer: Jeff Westbrook
8.7/102,970 votes#8 - The Why of Fry
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 4/6/2003
Still unable to impress Leela, Fry sadly suspects that he has no importance in life - until Nibbler takes him on a mission to prevent the brains from destroying the universe. In the process, Fry learns what really happened when he was cryogenically frozen on December 31, 1999.
Director: Wes Archer
Writer: David X. Cohen
9.1/104,009 votes#9 - The Sting
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 6/1/2003
A mission to collect honey from deadly space bees apparently leads to Fry's sting-induced death. Leela is wracked with remorse, until Fry visits her in her dreams. As Leela's hallucinations intensify, she begins to suspect that she might be going crazy.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Patric M. Verrone
8.9/103,238 votes#10 - The Farnsworth Parabox
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 6/8/2003
Professor Farnsworth forbids the crew to look inside a mysterious box. Leela can't resist taking a peek, discovering the box to be a gateway to a parallel universe.
Director: Ron Hughart
Writer: Bill Odenkirk
8.2/102,738 votes#11 - Three Hundred Big Boys
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 6/15/2003
A $300 refund for all taxpayers results in a series of interconnected stories, following the Planet Express crew's endeavors to spend their money.
Director: Swinton O. Scott III
Writer: Eric Kaplan
7.6/102,552 votes#12 - Spanish Fry
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 7/13/2003
Fry is abducted by aliens, who harvest his nose as an aphrodisiac. The crew traces Fry's missing nose to Lrrr, leader of the Omicronians, who decides that Fry's "lower horn" would be a much better aphrodisiac to jump start his stagnant marriage with Ndnd.
Director: Peter Avanzino
Writer: Ken Keeler
7.2/102,576 votes#13 - Bend Her
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 7/20/2003
In order to compete in the Fembot's division of the 3004 Olympics, Bender is surgically rebuilt to become a woman. Her trashy behavior catches the eye of Calculon, with whom she develops a strong and confusing celebrity relationship.
Director: James Purdum
Writer: Michael Rowe
7.7/102,499 votes#14 - Obsoletely Fabulous
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 7/27/2003
Bender is incompatible with Professor Farnsworth's new Robot 1-X, but rather than get an upgrade, Bender escapes to a desert island to start his life anew. There, he meets several other outdated robots and receives a downgrade, then leads his new comrades in a rebellion against technology.
Director: Dwayne Carey-Hill
Writer: Dan Vebber
7.5/102,504 votes#15 - Bender Should Not Be Allowed On TV
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 8/3/2003
"All My Circuits" holds an audition to replace the part of Calculon's son, and Bender lands the part. Soon, Bender's uninhibited behavior proves to be a bad influence on children, and an outraged Bender leads a protest group to get himself banned from the airwaves.
Director: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Lew Morton
9.1/103,990 votes#16 - The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 8/10/2003
Desperate to learn how to play the holophonor in order to impress Leela, Fry swaps hands with the Robot Devil. He goes on to become a skilled holophonor player, winning Leela's heart and penning an opera about her life story, but the Robot Devil still has a trick or two up his sleeve.
Director: Rich Moore
Writer: Ken Keeler
The Best Episodes of Futurama Season 5
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Crimes of the Hot" is the best rated episode of "Futurama" season 5. It scored 7.8/10 based on 2596 votes. Directed by Dwayne Carey-Hill and written by Ken Keeler, it aired on 11/10/2002. This episode is rated 1.7 points higher than the second-best, "Jurassic Bark".