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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 7 Episode 9 - Thanksgiving
    8.8/10(4 votes)

    S7:E9

    The Taylors go to a football game in a box seat for Thanksgiving. But Tim manages to black out all the lights.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  2. undefined Season 6 Episode 7 - I Was a Teenage Taylor
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    S6:E7

    It's a battle of halloween pranks. First Tim scares Al, then Brad and Randy scare Jill, then a strange man shows up at the door asking to see the basement. Jill, Tim and Wilson tell the boys that years ago a man named Clifford Warren was accused of killing his brother, but because of his mental problems he was put in an insane hospital. Little do the boys know that it's a halloween prank. They invite Al to help them pull a prank on their own, but Al and Wilson pull a prank on the Taylors.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  3. undefined Season 7 Episode 5 - A Night to Dismember
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    S7:E5

    Mark decides to do a horror video for his class using different scenes from old horror shows and movies, but Jill and Tim don't like the idea when they sneak a preview at Mark's video.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  4. undefined Season 7 Episode 14 - Tim 'The Landlord' Taylor
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    S7:E14

    Al rents a house from Tim and Tim takes advantage of him as his landlord. Meanwhile, Randy and Brad buy the same shirt.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - I, Roommate
    7.9/10(78 votes)

    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:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  6. undefined Season 6 Episode 6 - Lethal Inspection
    7.8/10(59 votes)

    S6:E6

    Bender learns that he suffers from a mortal manufacturing defect.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  7. undefined Season 3 Episode 2 - War Is the H-Word
    7.7/10(57 votes)

    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:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  8. undefined Season 6 Episode 19 - Communication Breakdown
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    S6:E19

    When the boys are using the phone too much, Tim has Dennis, Harry's son, install a second line.

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    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  9. undefined Season 6 Episode 21 - Insult to Injury
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    S6:E21

    Tim ignores his separated shoulder to break a Bob Vila record on Tool Time with a steamroller.

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    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  10. undefined Season 7 Episode 21 - The Son Also Mooches
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    S7:E21

    It's Jill's turn to worry about needing glasses as she reaches middle age. Tim worries that his mother is going to lose money on another of his brother Jeff's business schemes.

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    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  11. undefined Season 7 Episode 25 - Stench and Stenchibility
    7.7/10(56 votes)

    S7:E25

    Dr. Zoidberg meets the love of his life while Bender squares off in a deadly tap dancing competition.

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    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  12. undefined Season 7 Episode 10 - Near-Death Wish
    7.5/10(52 votes)

    S7:E10

    The Professor is deeply disturbed when his parents return from virtual retirement aboard the Near-Death Star.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  13. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - A Flight to Remember
    7.5/10(70 votes)

    S2:E1

    The Planet Express crew take a space cruise vacation. Leela tells Captain Zapp Brannigan that Fry is her boyfriend and Amy tells the same thing to her parents. Bender falls in love with a rich female robot. Problems start when the spaceship approaches a black hole.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  14. undefined Season 2 Episode 8 - Xmas Story
    7.5/10(64 votes)

    S2:E8

    To apologize for an inconsiderate remark, Fry searches for the perfect Xmas gift for Leela, all the while trying to avoid the murderous SantaBot, whose standards for niceness are astronomically high.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  15. undefined Season 5 Episode 4 - A Taste of Freedom
    7.4/10(53 votes)

    S5:E4

    Zoidberg becomes the center of a Supreme Court case after he celebrates Freedom Day by publicly eating the Earth flag.

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    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  16. undefined Season 7 Episode 1 - The Bots and the Bees
    7.4/10(58 votes)

    S7:E1

    Bender fathers a child with the office soda machine.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  17. undefined Season 2 Episode 17 - Bender Gets Made
    7.4/10(59 votes)

    S2:E17

    Bender takes a new job in the Robot Mafia, but his loyalty is tested when he goes along on the robotic gangster's efforts to rob the Planet Express ship.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  18. undefined Season 6 Episode 12 - The Mutants Are Revolting
    7.3/10(58 votes)

    S6:E12

    Leela leads an army of underground mutants in a rebellion against the surface people.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  19. undefined Season 2 Episode 11 - Lesser of Two Evils
    7.3/10(56 votes)

    S2:E11

    Fry suspects Bender's new buddy, a bending unit named Flexo who looks almost exactly like Bender, of being pure evil. When a valuable atom of Jumbonium goes missing, Fry suspects Flexo, but can't tell which robot is which.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  20. undefined Season 3 Episode 6 - Bendless Love
    7.3/10(51 votes)

    S3:E6

    Bender's urge to bend prompts Professor Farnsworth to send him on a rehabilitation visit to a steel factory, where he falls in love with a shapely fem-bot named Angleyne. But Bender's old rival Flexo and the intrusion of the Robot Mafia threaten to throw a wrench into the proceedings.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  21. undefined Season 3 Episode 13 - Bendin' in the Wind
    7.2/10(52 votes)

    S3:E13

    When Bender is paralyzed in a tragic can opener accident, he discovers his musical washboard skills and goes on tour as a member of Beck's folk-rock band, acting as a voice for broken robots everywhere. Fry, Leela, Amy, and Zoidberg tag along in Fry's antique 1960s VW Van.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  22. undefined Season 1 Episode 17 - Love's Slimy Embrace
    7.1/10(28 votes)

    S1:E17

    Despondent because Bean dislikes him and his mother's away, Derek makes friends with a slimy sea creature. Zøg tries to contract a rich man's disease.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  23. undefined Season 7 Episode 22 - Leela and the Genestalk
    6.9/10(54 votes)

    S7:E22

    After a rare condition causes Leela to grow tentacles, she stumbles upon a secret genetic engineering facility.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  24. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - Swamp and Circumstance
    6.9/10(40 votes)

    S1:E6

    Bean tries her hand at diplomacy after Zøg makes her ambassador to Dankmire, Oona's kingdom and an important ally for Dreamland.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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  25. undefined Season 8 Episode 2 - Children of a Lesser Bog
    6.8/10(40 votes)

    S8:E2

    Amy and Kif’s children emerge from an alien swamp.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Eric Horsted

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Eric Horsted Ratings Summary

"Thanksgiving" is the best rated episode written by Eric Horsted. It scored 8.8/10 based on 4 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 11/25/1997 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "I Was a Teenage Taylor".