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The Best Episodes of Futurama

Every episode of Futurama ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Futurama!

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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
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    Futurama Season 7 Episode 26 - Meanwhile
    8.8/10(57 votes)

    #1 - Meanwhile

    S7:E26

    Fry asks Leela to marry him, and they face their destiny together as the Professor's latest invention alters the fabric of time.

    Director:Peter Avanzino
    Writer:Ken Keeler

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  2. Futurama Season 5 Episode 2 - Jurassic Bark
    8.7/10(62 votes)

    #2 - Jurassic Bark

    S5:E2

    Bender grows jealous when Fry attempts to clone Seymour, his beloved fossilized dog.

    Director:Swinton O. Scott III
    Writer:Eric Kaplan

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  3. Futurama Season 3 Episode 10 - The Luck of the Fryrish
    8.6/10(51 votes)

    #3 - The Luck of the Fryrish

    S3:E10

    After a string of bad luck, Fry ventures into the decaying ruins of Old New York to regain his lucky seven-leaf clover from his childhood, only to find that his brother Yancy Fry had stolen not only the clover, but Fry's identity as well. Fry sets out to exhume his brother's body, but discovers the startling truth about Yancy instead.

    Director:Chris Louden
    Writer:Ron Weiner

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  4. Futurama Season 5 Episode 9 - The Sting
    8.5/10(52 votes)

    #4 - The Sting

    S5:E9

    The Planet Express crew attempt the mission that killed the last crew: raiding a massive alien beehive for its honey.

    Director:Brian Sheesley
    Writer:Patric M. Verrone

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  5. Futurama Season 4 Episode 1 - Roswell That Ends Well
    8.4/10(54 votes)

    #5 - Roswell That Ends Well

    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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  6. Futurama Season 4 Episode 8 - Godfellas
    8.4/10(48 votes)

    #6 - Godfellas

    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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  7. Futurama Season 5 Episode 10 - The Farnsworth Parabox
    8.4/10(52 votes)

    #7 - The Farnsworth Parabox

    S5:E10

    The Planet Express crew goes to a parallel universe made accessible by the Professor's latest experiment.

    Director:Ron Hughart
    Writer:Bill Odenkirk

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  8. Futurama Season 5 Episode 16 - The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings
    8.4/10(53 votes)

    #8 - The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings

    S5:E16

    Fry makes a deal with the Robot Devil so he can become a skillful musician and win Leela's heart.

    Director:Rich Moore
    Writer:Ken Keeler

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  9. Futurama Season 6 Episode 7 - The Late Philip J. Fry
    8.4/10(56 votes)

    #9 - The Late Philip J. Fry

    S6:E7

    The Professor invents a one-way time machine that takes the crew ever further into the future with no hope of returning.

    Directors:Peter Avanzino, Ira Sherak
    Writers:Ken Keeler, Lew Morton

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  10. Futurama Season 3 Episode 4 - Parasites Lost
    8.3/10(50 votes)

    #10 - Parasites Lost

    S3:E4

    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

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  11. Futurama Season 5 Episode 8 - The Why of Fry
    8.1/10(49 votes)

    #11 - The Why of Fry

    S5:E8

    Nibbler enlists Fry in a mission to blow up evil brains bent on destroying the universe.

    Director:Wes Archer
    Writer:David X. Cohen

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  12. Futurama Season 1 Episode 1 - Space Pilot 3000
    8.0/10(109 votes)

    #12 - Space Pilot 3000

    S1:E1

    On New Year's Eve 1999, Pizza Delivery boy Philip J. Fry accidentally falls into a cryogenic chamber and is frozen for 1,000 years. Finally unfrozen, he explores New New York, meets his new best friend (a kleptomaniacal robot named Bender) and goes to work for his great-great-great-great-grand-nephew's space delivery business.

    Directors:Rich Moore, Gregg Vanzo
    Writers:Matt Groening, David X. Cohen

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  13. Futurama Season 2 Episode 20 - Anthology of Interest I
    8.0/10(50 votes)

    #13 - Anthology of Interest I

    S2:E20

    The Professor's "What-If" machine simulates Bender, Leela and Fry's wishes. Bender discovers what it would be like if he were 500 feet tall, Leela discovers what it would be like if she were more impulsive, and Fry discovers what would happen if he never came to the future.

    Directors:Rich Moore, Chris Louden
    Writers:Eric Rogers, Ken Keeler, David X. Cohen

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  14. Futurama Season 4 Episode 5 - Leela's Homeworld
    8.0/10(47 votes)

    #14 - Leela's Homeworld

    S4:E5

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

    Director:Mark Ervin
    Writer:Kristin Gore

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  15. Futurama Season 5 Episode 11 - Three Hundred Big Boys
    8.0/10(49 votes)

    #15 - Three Hundred Big Boys

    S5:E11

    With the help of a $300 government refund, the Planet Express crew pursue their dreams and desires.

    Director:Swinton O. Scott III
    Writer:Eric Kaplan

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  16. Futurama Season 10 Episode 10 - The White Hole
    8.0/10(10 votes)

    #16 - The White Hole

    S10:E10

    The crew embarks on an epic ten-million-year journey to witness the birth of a new universe.

    Director:Peter Avanzino
    Writer:Patric M. Verrone

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  17. Futurama Season 1 Episode 3 - I, Roommate
    7.9/10(71 votes)

    #17 - I, Roommate

    S1:E3

    When it is discovered that Philip has been living in the Planet Express office, he is forced to move out. Trying to sleep standing up in Bender's closet-sized apartment doesn't work, so they go looking for a place both can be comfortable. Unfortunately, Bender is incompatible with the ideal apartment they do find until he has a radical... modification which makes him less than happy.

    Director:Bret Haaland
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  18. Futurama Season 3 Episode 7 - The Day the Earth Stood Stupid
    7.9/10(45 votes)

    #18 - The Day the Earth Stood Stupid

    S3:E7

    Earth is invaded by super-intelligent flying brains, who sap the Earth's populace of their intelligence. Leela is taken to Nibbler's home planet Eternia, where the Nibblonians explain that only one human is immune to the brains' powers - Fry.

    Director:Mark Ervin
    Writer:Jeff Westbrook

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  19. Futurama Season 5 Episode 7 - Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles
    7.9/10(49 votes)

    #19 - Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles

    S5:E7

    The Planet Express crew is exposed to a substance that causes everyone to age backwards.

    Director:Bret Haaland
    Writer:Jeff Westbrook

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  20. Futurama Season 1 Episode 9 - Hell Is Other Robots
    7.8/10(66 votes)

    #20 - Hell Is Other Robots

    S1:E9

    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

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  21. Futurama Season 2 Episode 18 - The Problem with Popplers
    7.8/10(51 votes)

    #21 - The Problem with Popplers

    S2:E18

    The crew discovers an irresistible source of food on a distant planet, and brings it back to Earth to be sold at the Fishy Joe's restaurant chain. But when it's discovered that the so-called "Popplers" are actually Omicronian babies, the Omicronians demand recompense.

    Directors:Chris Sauve, Gregg Vanzo
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Futurama Season 3 Episode 2 - War Is the H-Word
    7.8/10(50 votes)

    #22 - War Is the H-Word

    S3:E2

    Fry and Bender enlist in the army to get a soldiers discount for bubblegum. When they are called to fight a war on a planet of bouncing ball aliens, Leela disguises herself as man to enlist with them. Bender is eventually sent to parley with the enemy, but this turns out to be a ploy.

    Director:Ron Hughart
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  23. Futurama Season 3 Episode 5 - Amazon Women in the Mood
    7.8/10(51 votes)

    #23 - Amazon Women in the Mood

    S3:E5

    A double-date for Kif, Amy, Zapp, and Leela ends in disaster when their orbiting restaurant crashes on planet Amazonia. The hulking female inhabitants of the planet take their male captives to the omniscient Femputer, who orders Fry, Zapp, and Kif to death by "snu-snu".

    Director:Brian Sheesley
    Writer:Lew Morton

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  24. Futurama Season 4 Episode 3 - Anthology of Interest II
    7.8/10(50 votes)

    #24 - Anthology of Interest II

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

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  25. Futurama Season 4 Episode 12 - Where No Fan Has Gone Before
    7.8/10(46 votes)

    #25 - Where No Fan Has Gone Before

    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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Best Episodes Summary

"Meanwhile" is the best rated episode of "Futurama". It scored 8.8/10 based on 57 votes. Directed by Peter Avanzino and written by Ken Keeler, it aired on 9/4/2013. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Jurassic Bark".