The Best Episodes Written By Eric Kaplan
Every TV Episode Written by Eric Kaplan Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Eric Kaplan Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Eric Kaplan is "Jurassic Bark", rated 8.633/10 from 49 user votes. It was "directed by Swinton O. Scott III". "Jurassic Bark" aired on 11/17/2002 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Girlfriends".
8.6/10 49 votes#1 - 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
8.5/10 2 votes#2 - Girlfriends
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/5/2007
Bret and Jemaine pick up two women at a croissant shop - but end up with very different dating experiences. Meanwhile, Murray makes an album deal for the band.
Director: James Bobin
Writer: Eric Kaplan
8.4/10 5 votes#3 - Blackout
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2005
Francis decides to surprise the family by coming home, and the power goes out in the house. Meanwhile, it's Lois who's in the dark when Hal decides to cancel their anniversary dinner in favor of a Reese-cooked meal at home. And Malcolm ends up in hot water after he sneaks three Dutch girls into the house.
Director: Steve Welch
Writer: Eric Kaplan
8.2/10 40 votes#4 - Parasites Lost
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/21/2001
When Fry becomes infested with parasitic worms that make him stronger and smarter, he finally finds the perfect way to profess his feelings to Leela. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew goes on a journey into Fry's body to eradicate the worms.
Director: Peter Avanzino
Writer: Eric Kaplan
8.2/10 5 votes#5 - Ida's Dance
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 4/17/2005
Lois goes over to visit Ida, but gets unpleasantly surprised by the St. Grotus Day festival. Malcolm fails a music appreciation course, and reluctantly goes to Dewey for help. Reese and Hal secretly watch scary movies while Lois is not around, but it ends up revealing some unexpected secrets about both Reese and Hal.
Director: Steve Welch
Writer: Eric Kaplan
8.0/10 7 votes#6 - Victor's Other Family
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 5/9/2004
When Lois tracks down her father's "other family," she meets Victor's "other wife" Sylvia, and learns something shocking about her dad.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Eric Kaplan
8.0/10 5 votes#7 - Dewey's Opera
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 2/20/2005
When Lois buys a brand-new king-sized bed, Hal thinks that her motive is to put more distance between them and refuses to sleep in it. Moved to tears by an opera he sees on television, Dewey is inspired to write his own operatic masterpiece, "The Marriage Bed," which is based on his parents' fight and turned into a school production. Meanwhile, Malcolm and Reese build their own street luge board; and Jamie falls head over heels for the baby girl across the street.
Director: Linwood Boomer
Writer: Eric Kaplan
7.7/10 35 votes#8 - 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
7.7/10 56 votes#9 - Hell Is Other Robots
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/18/1999
During a Beastie Boys concert, Bender runs into a high school buddy, Fender. He invites him to a party, which turns out to be robots getting high off of electricity, or "jacking on". After one try, Bender is hooked.
Director: Rich Moore
Writer: Eric Kaplan
7.7/10 6 votes#10 - Hal Grieves
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 2/19/2006
Hal learns that his father has passed away, but sheds no tears and passes it off as nothing since he never knew him. So, to make sure nothing like that happens again, he lets the boys do whatever they want by letting them miss school and even offering to buy Malcolm a new car, until Lois puts a stop to it. Noticing how depressed Hal has become, his friend Abe brings George Takei over for a visit in an attempt to cheer him up.
Director: Christopher Masterson
Writer: Eric Kaplan
7.4/10 41 votes#11 - The Monopolar Expedition
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/11/2009
The guys' plan to work over the summer at the North Pole makes Penny revaluate her feelings for Leonard.
Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writer: Eric Kaplan
7.3/10 38 votes#12 - 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
7.3/10 6 votes#13 - Dirty Magazine
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 1/11/2004
Malcolm alerts the A.C.L.U. when he encounters censorship working on the high-school literary magazine; Hal tries to flirt with the woman in his office responsible for cutbacks.
Director: Bryan Cranston
Writer: Eric Kaplan
7.1/10 39 votes#14 - I Dated a Robot
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 5/13/2001
Fry discovers the ability to download any celebrity onto a blank robot, and chooses to download Lucy Liu, with whom he falls madly in love. Repulsed by this disgusting display of human/robot love, Leela, Bender, and Zoidberg set out to shut down Nappster.com and put an end to illegal celebrity downloads forever.
Director: James Purdum
Writer: Eric Kaplan
7.0/10 43 votes#15 - 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
Writer: Eric Kaplan
7.0/10 7 votes#16 - An Expensive Glitch and a Goof-Off Room
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/2022
Sheldon gets a dorm room all to himself. Also, Connie gains an unwanted business partner.
Director: Melissa Joan Hart
Writer: Eric Kaplan
6.8/10 16 votes#17 - The Saga of Carl
Season 24 Episode 21 - Aired 5/19/2013
Homer, Moe, Lenny and Carl win $200,000 in the Springfield Lottery. But when Carl takes off to Iceland – his homeland – with all the winnings, the guys embark on a Nordic adventure to get the cash back.
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Writer: Eric Kaplan
5.3/10 18 votes#18 - The Prince and the Product
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 9/18/2023
The crew members are reborn as toys.
Director: Corey Barnes
Writer: Eric Kaplan