To say that Fox messed up the broadcast order would be an understatement. Due to the constant rescheduling and missed slots, many episodes ended up being broadcast out of order. In the end so many episodes missed their usual broadcast slot that Fox created an entirely new broadcast season to accommodate them. This means that, as broadcast, there are eight seasons: five on Fox during the original run, one for the movies, and two more on Comedy Central.
The episodes in those eight broadcast seasons are also jumbled up in terms of order. Take a look at this mess:.
They too switched around the order in which episodes were broadcast, resulting in continuity breaks. Broadly speaking, these releases made the sane decision of following the production episode numbers and ordering.
Each of the first four production seasons got its own release four DVDs on each , then the movies got a release each, and finally the last two production seasons got a pair of releases — one for each episode part.
Except for in the UK. Arguably they just made it even more confusing. Considering the political situation in the UK right now, this feels very on-brand. Another thing that might be a little confusing is that each of the first four seasons got two home releases — once during the original broadcast run, and a modernised version with new branding when Comedy Central picked the show back up. The original releases are officially titled with the season numbers written out e.
Australia and special releases. But the show readily acknowledges this, wearing its tumultuous history as a badge of honor and sardonically referencing it many times, often alongside the barbed jabs at Fox it shares with The Simpsons. While all of its closing chapters have been admirable in their approach to finality, it is difficult even now to write about Futurama in the past tense.
In the past few years, there have already been reunions in the form of a crossover episode with The Simpsons and a one-off podcast. Perhaps the show's troubles have been a benefit in disguise; after all, if its cancellations have been sudden and numerous, so too have its revivals, and so too may they continue to be.
Kim Published Jul 26, Share Share Tweet Email 0. This misadventure eventually allows Bender to become omnipotent, while the Farnsworths are placed on trial for violating MomCorp's terms of service. Although the episode has some funny gags such as Nibbler on The Roof , its concept feels like a rehash of better episodes such as Season 3's "Godfellas.
This relationship subplot is unfortunately lackluster, however, as it is forced to take a backseat to the main plot. Although its sweet that Fry and Leela read Bender's manuscript about their future together, this ending feels a little half-baked thanks to Leela's absence throughout the latter half of the episode.
These issues make "Overclockwise" feel incomplete, which prevent its tender ending from feeling fully realized. The heart of the story focuses on Leela and her "eco-feministas" attempt to stop Leo Wong from demolishing 12 percent of the Milky Way for the universe's largest miniature golf course, while Fry joins "The Legion of Mad Fellows," who attempt to stop a highly advanced ancient species known as "the dark ones.
Into The Wild Green Yonder takes advantage of its longer runtime to delve into its numerous plotlines, while providing a role for some beloved supporting characters such as Zapp Brannigan. But immediately after the finale, Comedy Central aired the show's pilot, which seems to imply that Futurama 's entire timeline was reset again — an ingenious and appropriately sci-fi way to ensure that even in cancellation, Futurama 's story is never really over.
Futurama 's first series finale is still its best, demonstrating the show's deft balance of absurdist, gag-heavy comedy and unexpected poignancy. When Fry becomes a world-class holophonor player, he composes an opera that sums up her life and his feelings for her — not realizing that the Robot Devil has launched an elaborate plan to take Leela as his own wife. The gleefully absurdist episode is littered with callbacks to the show's original four-season run, from the holophonor Fry first used in "Parasites Lost" to the re-emergence of the always-welcome Robot Devil Dan Castellaneta, delivering the best guest vocal performance in the series' run.
The climax of the episode offers the show's all-time best musical number, as the sprawling ensemble cast chimes in on the big operatic finale. But it's the episode's poignant final moments that make the strongest impression. Fry gives up his musical talents to save Leela, and the show tweaks the unbearably precious cliche about the music being in Fry's heart all along — he really is terrible without the Robot Devil's help.
But as the rest of the crowd vacates the arena, Leela stays behind to watch him fumble through the final notes, saying, "Please don't stop playing, Fry. I want to hear how it ends. Skip to header Skip to main content Skip to footer Best Video. Here, we evaluate the four "series finales" of Futurama : 4. The daily gossip: November 11,
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