Shows You Should Be Watching
Honest reviews. Zero hype.
Summary Professor Farnsworth joins a gang of street racing punks. Our Take A goofy premise that leans hard into its sci-fi gimmick, and the animation team clearly had fun bending dimensions once the racing kicks in. The street punk gang…
Summary A nature documentary series focuses on groups of animals that strongly resemble the crew. Our Take The third anthology episode in a row, and the nature documentary format is honestly a fun swap. The salmon segment is the highlight,…
Summary After saving a robotic fox from hunters, Bender becomes the hunted. Our Take A decent Bender-centric episode with a fun premise about robot fox hunting, though the animal-rights parody gets stretched thin across the half hour. Bender’s self-serving activism…
Summary The crew stages a casino heist to recover stolen property from the Robot Mafia. Our Take A solidly built episode with more hits than misses. Worth your time.
Summary His parents’ return from virtual retirement aboard the Near-Death Star disturbs the Professor. Our Take Middle of the road. Watchable, but you’ll forget the details by next episode.
Summary Bender embarks on a quest for the meaning of life after discovering that robots lack free will. Our Take This one goes surprisingly philosophical for a cartoon about a drunk robot, and mostly pulls it off. Bender’s crisis over…
Summary Fry is the victim of a horrific sausage making accident. Our Take A carefully constructed episode with more hits than misses. Worth your time.
Summary Fed up with his inferiority to machines, Hermes replaces his body parts with mechanical upgrades. Our Take A decent Hermes spotlight that leans on body-horror gags more than actual laughs. The escalating upgrade jokes land often enough, and the…
Summary Amy and Leela join the Butterfly Derby and become addicted to the nutritional supplement Nectar. Our Take A middling episode that leans on a drug-addiction metaphor without doing much with it. The Butterfly Derby scenes look nice and Amy…
Summary Leela is horrified when her mother begins dating Zapp Brannigan. Our Take A middling Zapp episode that leans hard on Brannigan being awful, which works about half the time. The Leela family angle gives it some grounding, and there…