(Zoidberg loves that guy.)Īside from a fantastic voyage into Fry’s colon – and the utter perfection of Amy’s “that place used to be a big dump” pun – “Parasites Lost” also gives us the first inkling that there might be more to Fry than his slacker exterior, allowing him and Leela to take a small, yet important, step forward in their burgeoning relationship. He becomes the person he always wanted to be, smarter, smoother, and with the strength and dexterity of Gumbercules. But these are no normal intestinal worms – no, these worms make Fry better. Her nearly successful quest to overthrow humanity, and her casual cancellation of the same, sets her up as the kind of all-powerful corporate overlord certain real-life billionaires only wish they were.įry, having eaten an egg salad sandwich from an interplanetary gas station bathroom vending machine, gets infested with parasites. While not the first appearance of Mom (Tress MacNeille) and her omnipresent conglomerate MomCorp – season one’s “A Fishful of Dollars” gets credit for that – “Mother’s Day” lays the groundwork for exactly how evil and important Mom is to Futurama’s mythology. We’re introduced to the rest of the Planet Express crew and, as they deliver a package to the moon, we get to see the future through Fry’s awestruck eyes, setting the tone for the rest of the series. Fry (Billy West), space cyclops Turanga Leela (Katey Sagal), and self-avowed “lovable scamp” Bender Bending Rodriguez (John DiMaggio), it’s the follow-up episode that really sets the show in motion. While the pilot focuses primarily on the first meeting of sad-sack Philip J.

Season 1 Episodes 1 & 2: “Space Pilot 3000” / “The Series Has Landed” So here’s a quick refresher of everything you need to rewatch before season 11’s July 24 premiere. And that’s before getting into all of the time travel, clones, robots, resurrections, and multiversal cardboard boxes. This most recent hiatus has been the longest one by far, so you’ll be forgiven for forgetting what’s been going on 3,000 years in the future.

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