Good list.

Don't forget that we found out in the first movie that the dog doesn't die waiting for Fry, he lives a full life with the time double Fry, only to be fossilized when Bender tries to blow up the apartment 20 years later.

That is, the entire poignant ending is rendered moot by that revelation.

Memorable quote: "Hitting people with tennis rackets isn't working, and that's all we're good at!"

"Killing him isn't working and that's all we're good at!"

sorry i just watched that episode the other day. This is the funniest show ever! i wish they would have made another season instead of 4 movies. The beast with a billion backs and Wild green Yonder were good tho

The ending of Jurassic Bark (one of the only 2 eps I ever watched) is a nod to Hachiko, the Loyal Dog (Hachiko Monogatari, which is about to be bastardized as a sure-to-be-shitty Richard Gere movie).

Good list. And I will say this about "poignancy":

I took a date to Shindler’s List.
Why, you ask? Because I didn’t know what it was about. I had know idea (had been living under a rock), we just showed at the theater and picked something off the marquis that was starting soon. My date and I spent the next three hours crying and no nookie was to be had that night.

This is essentially the same experience one has when viewing Jurassic Bark.

It is one thing to consciously and knowingly partake of thoughtful, poignant and ultimately insanely depressing entertainment. It is entirely another thing to be ambushed by such.

Futurama, for whatever reason, got all up its own ass for that episode, overdosed on pretentiousness -- and the retcon in the movie was clearly a form of apology to We Who Like More Comedy in Our Comedy.

I really enjoyed Jurassic Bark. It was an incredibly well made episode that pushed the boundaries of what you could do in an animated comedy setting. And let's face it, though futurama was primarily a comedy it also had more that it's fair share of serious moments and legitimate messages so fans couldn't really be blindsided by this ending. It doesn't make it any less tragic, but it wasn't 'unfair' by the writers either.

I believe that, at the time the episode was being made, James Doohan was suffering from Doohan suffered from Parkinson's disease, diabetes, and pulmonary fibrosis. This is not the first time I've seen him take a beating for passing on this episode, but maybe we should cut him some slack as he might really have been to ill to do it.

I don't know about Fry and the Slurm Factory. It seems pretty run of the mill to me (don't get me wrong, run of the mill for Futurama is still better than most tv shows) but how about episodes that really pushed the envelope? Like The Sting, The Why of Fry, Time Keeps on Slipping, The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings, or The Farnsworth Paradox? I feel like those episodes were more than funny, they really experimented with what the show was capable of.

I agreed with most of your list, though I don't think A Head in the Polls is all that great and some of the episodes Bort included were worthy of consideration (and my favorite, The Day the Earth Stood Stupid).

Jurassic Bark is a tough one to judge. It works dramatically and is a real tearjerker, but it isn't all that funny and this is supposed to be a comedy.

I agreed with most of your list, though I don't think A Head in the Polls is all that great and some of the episodes Bort included were worthy of consideration (and my favorite, The Day the Earth Stood Stupid).

Jurassic Bark is a tough one to judge. It works dramatically and is a real tearjerker, but it isn't all that funny and this is supposed to be a comedy.

I'm mildly disappointed that none of the Zap Brannigan episodes were on the Best Of list.

"I've always found the most sensuous part of a woman to be the boo--- whaaaooh!"

I'm glad it wasn't on your Five Worst list, because "Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love" is a classic. Proof that an all-Zoidberg episode CAN work when it isn't a dated morality play about freedom or centered around an obnoxious "old Jewish man" stereotype.

The other three "worst" are still pretty damn good; as Bort said, even average Futurama is excellent. Elzar is certainly obnoxious, but Emeril Lagasse can't be made fun of enough.

I also have to take objection to "A Head in the Polls". I never really understood the show's obsession with Nixon. Maybe I'm just too young to really appreciate it (seeing as how by the time I was born Nixon had been out of office for 10 years). Though Nixon's opposition in that election (Jack Johnson and John Jackson) gave me a great analogy to describe how I feel about every presidential election.

I find it harder to make a list of the best episodes, because it's so difficult to pare it down. I'd pick Anthology of Interest II over the first one - you kind of did as the clip is from Raiders of the Lost Arcade.

I'd second Ms. M on The Day the Earth Stood Stupid: "The Big Brain am winning again. I am the greetest! Now I am leaving Earth for no rason!"

As for the worst, you nailed it.

plus, the anti-flag-desecrating plot was already dated when this episode came out in '98.

Ummm... the show started in 2000 and this episode first aired on 12/22/2002.

Personally, I loved that episode. It had the best take ever on the "You killed my (blank)/You're welcome!" gag ever. And for a memorable line, how could you possibly bypass "I can't wait to tell my husband!"

I'm not going to lie, but I actually cried at the end of "Jurassic Bark." Poor little guy!

It wasn't till later when Adult Swim picked up Futurama that I fell in love with the show. Too smart for it's time.

"Godfellas" was always my favorite by a pretty wide margin. Still have it sitting on my Tivo.

Replace "Fry and the Slurm Factory" with "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings" and I will agree with your top 5. It's a crime that you left that one off the list.

I agree with most of your list but Jurassic Bark is maybe my second all time favorite episode. Maybe it's because I'm a dog lover but regardless, I will watch that one every time. On the other hand, I had never really thought about it but you guys got it right about Zoidberg. Those have always been my least favorite episodes and I could never really understand why, because Zoidberg has always been probably my favorite side character.

I'd have to say worst episode is the one with the space bees where Fry gets killed and Leela start freaking out thinking he's still alive. It was a very drama heavy episode with not enough laughs to fill in the gaps.

Where's "Amazon Women In The Mood"? That is by far my favorite episode. The Zap line "The mind is willing, but the body is spongy and bruised" is a classic!

If a Futurama live-action movie ever gets made, that guy from mythbusters is the obvious choice for Dr. Zoidberg.

Trying to pin down the five best is an episode in futility, since there are so many that are so damn good (I'm kicking myself I forgot to mention Amazon Women in the Mood to Rob). I will say that I hate the ending to Jurassic Bark because I feel it's unnecessarily cruel and emotionally manipulative, but I LOVE the ending to Luck of the Fryish because it's incredibly earned by that point. It makes me tear up in the good kind of way.

Great lists!

Great list. Regardless of the exact episode choices, it was very fun to read.

I just have one quibble: Zoidberg ate an EARTHICAN flag, not an American flag.

I would personally swap Where No Fan Has Gone Before and Jurassic Bark around.

No Fan started off okay but when they got to the Star Trek planet I was bored to tears. Maybe I need to be more of a trekky to get it, I don't know.

It's not easy to do but it's nice when a comedy, and especially an often very silly one like Futurama, manages to pull off a poignant and touching story like Jurassic Bark or Luck of the Fryish.

God, I hate that show...

Were you guys drunk when you wrote this? I tried to correct all the mistakes from just the first entry.

"A freak microwave accident sends the Planet Express back to 1947 and Roswell, New Mexico, where Zoidberg is captured by the military and a disassembled Bender is a U.F.O. As the crew tries to recover their friends, Fry tries to keep his imbecilic grandfather alive? long enough to sire his father, which only results in homehim? getting caught in an atomic bombssingular test. Fry, jubilant to find himself still existing, has sex with his grandmother in celebration, and thus becomingbecomes his own grandfather."

I don't usually like to point these things out, but I had to go look up the plot to actually understand this one.

This must have been hard to come up with. I agree with those who would definitely leave off A Head in the Polls. I'd give a nod to these:

Time Keeps on Slipping-- planet of genius Harlem Globetrotters, crazy mutants, a nice love story arc, and Bender whistling the Globetrotter theme at the end.

Parasites Lost--nod to classic sci-fi, another good love story arc, and Farnsworth whispering intensely, "Nobody make a smell."

Decent list, it's always hard to chose best/worst episodes, however, the most boring episode in the show's (brief) history is without a doubt "The Birdbot of Ice-catraz".

It's a totally forgetable and hugely unfunny episode.

I was scared of this list because I love Futurama so much, but I think your worst episode list is spot-on. I can't even watch "Jurassic Bark" because it's too damned sad. I do, however, love "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles" because it's so weird and, really, makes no freaking sense, in a perfect way.

Ummmm... The "couldn't-be-bothered James Doohan" was pretty ill and was also likely in the early stages of Alzheimer's. Perhaps he deserves just a little less snark?

Not having James Doohan in "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" was unfortunate, but it did result in the addition of Welshy, which makes me laugh so much even just thinking about it.

Maybe there's something wrong with me, but I always saw the writers giving Nixon a fair shake in A Head in the Polls. The show him being the bastard he always is but he still wins.

"I'm meeting you halfway you stupid hippies."

"Knock Knock". Smashes down the White House wall.

Priceless.

Re: Doohan

"All of the living members of the original Star Trek cast agreed to appear in the episode with the exception of James Doohan, whose agent replied with "No way."
-From Wikipedia and the episode's commentary

Actually, Nixon ran for President of Earth.

Hey now, Bender's Big Score kind of changed the ending to Jurassic Bark a little bit.

(SPOILER ALERT!)
I mean, the dog still dies. But it also lives a full life with alternate Fry!

Well, you can look at the Jurassic Bark retcon as time split off so one timeline had the sad ending and the other Seymour got to live with Fry. That episode still reduces me to an emotional wreck, sobbing uncontrollably:(

I think the worst episode is A Leela Of Her Own. I'm not much for sports episodes, but it still could have been more entertaining. It's just... blah. Also I Dated A Robot, what with Lucy Liu and the Napster thing it does not age well. Where the Buggalo Roam is another very meh episode.

And no War Is The H Word on the best list? That's one of those episodes where damn near EVERY line is memorable and hilarious, and the MASH parody worked even if you aren't familiar with the show.
And even if you don't like Big Emotional Scenes, Luck of the Fryish is fucking fantastic. Tear jerking in a good way without being depressing, and so. many. great. lines. "You went in to space this morning, for donuts." "You're twice the The he ever was!" and my favorite "I can't wait till i'm old enough to feel ways about stuff"

Am I the only one who really likes Route of All Evil? There are so many laugh out loud moments! It was sitcom-y but in a good way. "They sent us to Dog Doo 8, but the universe ends at Dog Doo 7!" And Bender pregnant with beer was great.

I really loved that superhero episode:
Less Than hero

"An elephant that never forgets... TO KILL!"

I don't know. Choices 5-3 in the top five seemed right, then this list made a wrong turn. 'GodFellas' and 'Jurassic Bark' shoulda been the top two. Then bump 'Fry and the Slum Factory' down to the worst five list; as a parody, it is not as creative as, say, 'Where No Man Has Gone Before'. 'Amazon Women In The Mood' and 'The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings' are also good choices for the top five.

Speaking of 'The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings', I think it provided a much better finale for the show. The four recent DVDs were entertaining, but the series just doesn't fit nicely into an hour and a half format and the finale wasn't as satisfying. Also, as mentioned above, they unnecessarily changed continuity simply for plot progression. Hopefully the series will get picked up again and resume its original greatness.

Aw, no Parasites Lost on the best list? The threat of crippling diarrhea has never been so funny!

Also, it's Melllvar, with 3 Ls. I guess you haven't done enough conventions to know that, though.

I enjoyed "Jurassic Bark" and "Luck of the Fry-rish" a lot. But I'm a sucker for those kinds of episodes. "The Sting" is another one that is in the same vein, I think.

However, you're spot-on about Zoidberg-centric episodes, with the exception of "Why must I be a Crustacean in Love."

This is a pretty great list, but I think that there are two episodes that should really be on the "best 5" list; "the sting" (where fry gets killed by the space wasps), and "love's labor lost in space(where zapp seduces leela)." I guess some people may not like the first one because it's kinda emotional, but it's still really well done. And as for the other one, it has some of the FUNNIEST lines EVER in it! You've gotta love zapp brannigan. All in all, this is my favorite show on tv...

I am quite certain the authors spelled 'Melllvar' with only two l's to see how many nerds in the audience scream.

"Jurassic Bark" has always been my favorite episode, actually.

Why does Futurama HAVE to be a straight comedy, every episode? If it is done WELL as a drama (considering the number of people [me] this episode reduces to tears and/or depression, it clearly is), why fault it? It's still a well-produced piece of television starring our beloved Futurama characters. I don't see how that's a bad thing. Shouldn't we applaud the show's range? Also, I hated the retcon in the first movie - it ruined this episode completely so I try to forget it happened.

I also like "Luck of the Fryrish" a lot, but I wouldn't put it in my top 5.

"Devil's Hands..." and "Parasites Lost" would probably also be in my top 5 though (clearly I like the episodes where we're really made to care about these people). "Roswell" would be in there too, probably my #2. Rounding it would either be "Anthology of Interest I" or "Less Than Hero."

Its not on the list (although, maybe it should be) but your referencing "The Why of Fry" just reminded me of my favorite exchange ever:

Fry: I did do the nasty in the pasty!
Nibbler: Verily. And that past nastification is what shields you from the brains. You are the last hope of the universe.
Fry: So, I really am important? How I feel when I'm drunk is correct?
Nibbler: Yes. Except the Dave Matthews Band doesn't rock.

I remember the writers admiting on the DVD commentary for, "That's Lobstertainment," that is was one of the worst episodes of Futurama, and they went on to say it was basically a way of getting Hank Azaria on the show after he dropped hints he'd like to play a relative of Dr.Zoidberg, and since Hank Azaria only does outrageous racial stereotypes, the character became super-Jewish. John Di Maggio comments on how he wants to basically just beat the shit out of Hank Azaria, but no real reason is given. So if anything: blame Hanka Azaria. And the writers.
"Jurrasic Bark"kind of marked a turning point where the series tried for more emotional content, and it carried with it until it's cancelation. (Coincidence?) Still, the episode is noteable for nearly making me cry. Something about a dog waiting until it dies for it's master to come back really got to me.
The Anthologies of Interest episodes were my favourite: Futurama's own Treehouse of Horror. I wish they had made more.

"THAT'S COMING OUT YOUR PAY, ZOIDBERG!!"

Clearly everyone has different tastes...

But the sad sad sad SAD Jurrasic Bark -- to me -- just didn't fit in with the show.

Yes, comedies can do drama (a la MASH, Cheers, etc.). But 99% of the time when they do, there's some uplifting moment toward the end to at the very least remind us all that life isn't entirely a futile waste of helplessness and betrayal.

The end was unecessarily vicious to viewers not wanting to, oh, say cry. I am not against drama per se, I am against Non-Consentual Tear Jerking. They inserted their sentimentallity into my humor lobe without my consent -- NO MEANS NO!

They split Bender's Game into five episodes for Comedy Central, right? There's your five worst episodes.

Jurassic Bark was definitely the most heartfelt and although the bitter sweet ending made me want to punch Eric Kaplan I still think this episode should be up in the best instead of the worst

I'm sad to see that the ep where Fry got the brain worms that made him smart isn't on here. Many of the Fry/Leela romance episodes were great. Also, the ep about Fry's nephew with the clover was a really great episode.

Hey Now, Let's not Forget My three suns. An Early classic where Fry becomes emperor of Trisol.
Personally, Luck of the Fryish is my favorite, with My Three Suns and Time Keeps on Slippin. Jurassic Bark is also up there. It was good to show that Futurama could definetely exist beyond the realm of comedy. The Episode where Fry's girlfriend becomes unfrozen rounds out my top 5. Not even to mention the awesomeness of Hell is other Robots and the Anthology of Interests.
Worst 5 is a much more difficult list. I didn't like Beast with a Billion Backs as much as the other three films. The Episode where Bender is a scab worker is also fairly forgettable.

Two Words stupidly left off the best list:

MAN - HORN

cool list though i thought Roswell and Jurassic Bark would be higher on the list like Jurassic being number one. and also can not believe devils hands did not make the list. cool list hope Futurama comes back to tv

That top five list is full of good-but-not-great episodes. I'm glad to see "Parasites Lost" and "Less Than Hero" in the comments, as those are two of my favorites, but what about "Futurestock"!?

"My only regret... is that I have..... bonitis!"

Worst five is spot on, though.

Oh man! What about "Crimes of the Hot"!? Somebody needs to redo this list.

"WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY. GOODNIGHT."

My favorite episode is The Sting. Bar none.

I saw it when it was on Comedy Central at 1am on a Tuesday. That was three days after I along with all of my family had watched my aunt slip from a coma into death.

It made me laugh and imagine her having adventures while we all sat around moping.

I cried for an hour at the end of it, but it really snapped me back to reality. It showed a heart that animated shows rarely have. It showed depth of development for characters.

Why of Fry should also be on this list. One of my favorite lines ever.
Fry: What killed the dinosaurs?
Giant brain: MEEEEEEE!!!!!

Disappointed that Jurassic Bark didn't make it, just like others have said. Also really missed out on the Farnsworth Parabox. That one is a hook for me always. Also the Day the Earth Stood Stupid just to watch Morbo spinning in his chair, and Linda saying,
"You fell! Hi! Today, some bad things happened. One bad things was a train got crashed in New Jersey. Wanna see? People won't be late for work though, because the governer lady says, 'I'm sending in more trains!'"

WIN.

And, also,

"Morbo understand his TelePrompTer. He forgot how you say that letter that looks like a man with a hat."
"It's a "T". It goes "tuh"."
"Hello, little man. I will DESTROY YOU!"

Godfellas should be on the 5 Best List. Smoke a joint before watching and it's #1.

I call bullcrap on "That's Lobstertainment". It's no "Roswell That Ends Well" or "The Sting" (and where the fudge is this one on the 'best' list?!), but it has its moments ("Do you have an extra 'Go to 10' line?!") and Hank Azaria is a riot as Harold Zoid.

My best:

Roswell That Ends Well
The Sting
War is the H-Word
Xmas Story
A Head in the Polls (this was a good choice for best, I must admit)

My worst:

The Cryonic Woman
Spanish Fry
A Taste of Freedom
A Pharoah to Remember
Love's Labour's Lost in Space (far more than Zoidberg, Zapp Brannigan is a character that works best in small doses)

I'd say the fact that this list has generated far more arguments about the best rather than the worst episodes points to how awesome Futurama was/is.

It might be noted that I find "A Head in the Polls" so funny it routinely makes me fall off furniture, which may have something to do with why it's #1. Still I couldn't much argue with most of your alternate suggestions.

the most boring episode in the show's (brief) history is without a doubt "The Birdbot of Ice-catraz".

It's a totally forgetable and hugely unfunny episode.
Really? I love that episode. It's got some of my favorite lines.

Penguins: Quick! Stand still! It's our only hope!

Leela: I'm sorry, but if it's fun, it's not environmentalism.
Environmentalist: Oh really? What about blowing up dams?
Leela: Yeah... that is fun....

Good list, although I would have put either "The Luck of the Fryrish" or "Parasites Lost" at number one, and I would have swapped out "Anthology of Interest I" with II (the Bender as a human segment alone makes it worthy of the spot).

#2 gets a reprieve since it uses a montage set to "you're the best."
...that is all.

WRONG WRONG WRONG!

THE BEST EPISODE OF FUTURAMA IS AMAZON WOMEN IN THE MOOD. Zapp Brannigan is their best character and he makes that episode.

I HAD SNU SNU.

"...Dr. Zoidberg is a frequent scene stealer who has some of the best moments in the show's history."

I don't know what you're smoking...I hate, detest, loathe, and revile the Dr. Zoidberg character. From his stupid squeals and grunts, to the 'not-funny-in-the-80's' Three Stooges BS and Jackie Mason voice. He's unfunny, uninteresting, frequently disturbing and unpleasant, unlikable, and plain ugly.

It's funny that you say he's a scene stealer but he's also pretty much the reason two of the shows worst episodes are on this list. I'd add the one where he wants to mate or something. In fact, any scene with more than 2% of him in the scenes is a worthless episode as far as I'm concerned.

I'm happy Tivo lets me blip past any scene where he starts jabbering in his annoying and tired 'Catskills Jewish Comedian' inflection.

I just want to know who decided Richard Nixon's catchphrase would be "Arooo!"

And I like Zoidberg. I guess you have to be older to enjoy his kvetching.

I am disgusted at this list......
Has no one seen "God Fellas"? Or "For the Love of a Rocket?" These two episodes are what TRUE futurama fans considered the Best Epsidoes Ever.

FUCK!!!! BTW Jurassic Bark had the BEST ENDING EVER.
It is hardly a BAD episode. Not great....but painfully funny.

sigh....please come back Futurama.....come back.

Luck of the Fryish and jurassic bark are two of my favorite episodes! how can you deny a story's greatness when it can generate such strong feelings as those ones do? whether are no you wanted to feel them, being sad doesnt make them bad.

two others i like a lot are the government surplus episode were everyone gets tax refunds and you get a bunch of tinnie tiny subplots tied into one at the end, and the one about fry finding out he's rich and goes and buys a bunch of junk form the '90s including the last sardines in the world.

I'm with Eric, and whoever notes that Futurama definitely had its moments beyond Jurassic Bark's ending for sad or deliberately non-funny, like that ep where Fry had something big set up for Leela to see and show her how he feels, and she just missed it (sorry, only ever caught the end of that), or the one with Fry's 4-leaf clover.

I've always been of mixed feelings of a comedy ending on such notes, but respected that they didn't allow themselves to be pigeonholed into providing a final joke. Isn't that the kind of crap that makes the end of so many other cartoons so hokey, to the point it's often parodied?

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

The Sting and The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings should of been on the best list.

"That is, the entire poignant ending is rendered moot by that revelation."

...Yeah, but let's face it, kids. Ever since Old Yeller, *nobody* wants to see a dog suffer and die, especially like Fry's dog. So you can't fault them for going back and retconning how the dog died. It's better for the dog to get blown up and fossilized than to die of starvation for the same reasons it's better to kill off a chick and her baby rather than let her live and bear Kirk's illegitimate brat on some backwards Injun planet.

On the other hand, if Fry's dog had been a poodle, pointer or pit bull, nobody would have shed a tear...

i hated Beast with a Billion Backs. I really felt dirty after watching it for some reason =/

I'm surprised no one mentioned this one, but "A Leela of Her Own"? The episode where Leela becomes a Blurnsball player? Number one WORST episode. It's just a string of bad one-liners, and those annoying pizza-cooking aliens... good God, I'm glad they never really showed up again in any other episodes!
I also agree that "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings" should be one of the 5 best.

Don't hate on Zoidberg episodes.

"I really enjoyed Jurassic Bark. It was an incredibly well made episode that pushed the boundaries of what you could do in an animated comedy setting. And let's face it, though futurama was primarily a comedy it also had more that it's fair share of serious moments and legitimate messages so fans couldn't really be blindsided by this ending. It doesn't make it any less tragic, but it wasn't 'unfair' by the writers either.
"

I second that

Jurassic bark was my definitely favorite episode. Truly funny and epic "Let this abomination unto the Lord begin" made my whole day

and the end was heart breaking and all so true about Fry and people left behind. Of course it was "violent" in some kind of way like many others aspects of Futurama. It's why it's a good show : sometimes, it gives you something to ponder.

Animated comedy with heart.

>i hated Beast with a Billion Backs. I really felt dirty after watching it for some reason =/

why ? it was so great and dirty !

>I also agree that "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings" should be one of the 5 best.

one of the best episodes.

> It's better for the dog to get blown up and fossilized than to die of starvation for the same reasons

why some people assumed the dog die of starvation ?

he dies of old age, waiting for his master after a long life in the episode.

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the movie made that point moot, I concede. they shouldn't have make that.

"the sting" was an amazing episode. bordeline with madness.

(and by the way, one of episode making silly Leela can't admit Fry love for her. . but you know, the show need that, happy lovers in a show are forbidden... )

I cried my eyes out when I saw the ending to Jurassic Bark

I can't watch the end of the 'Seymour' episode...it's too sad. Just like the tear-jerking ending of The Simpsons when Homer met him mother for the first time. It's eerie waiting for a punchline that never comes.

I mostly agree with the worst list, but the best list is less-than-stellar.
Discounting Roswell that Ends Well, why would anyone pick a handful of parody and pop-culture Futurama episodes as the best and quintessential ones? They may be funny, but nearly all the episodes are funny in their own ways. Why not choose some episodes that have well-written scripts or important plots or clever twists? What about episodes like Leela's Homeworld, Farnsworth's Parabox, or Parasites Lost?

I think Matt Groening mentioned his fascination with Nixon on the commentary for Ahead in the Poles. The Simpson's didn't really allow him the opportunity to ridicule the expresident that Futurama's headjar technology has allowed.

I still watch Futurama at least once a week, but when 'Jurassic Bark' rolls around, I have to skip it. I still can't handle that ending, even though Bender's Big Score went a long way to alleviating the pain.

'Parasites Lost' should have definitely been in the top 5. It defined the nature of Fry and Leela's relationship, as well as showed us a side of Fry we might never have known existed.

Sigh. Futurama is dead. Long live Futurama! Please?

Jurassic Bark is good as long as you're mentally prepared for something that sad, which I was (the second time).

I don't think my laptop was prepared for it though...It won't load the image for just that one...

My favorite episode is still the pilot. My favorite scene is Bender shitting a brick when the Police and Nixon surround the building.

good bad list. i could go top 5 of every season no problem = top five of all time is premptive oblivion.

as for taaa movies
1 benders game
2 into the wild green yonder
3 benders big score
4 beast w/ a billion backs

Awesome list! Jurassic Bark was one of the best episodes, IMO.

what about "War Is The H-Word"? that's gotta be my all time favorite episode

Solider: this is the worst part: the silence before the battle

Fry: then the battle isn't that bad, right?

Solider: oh right, I forgot about the Battle

I can't believe you put Jurassic Bark as one of the worst episodes! IMO, it's one of the best. But as you said, it's because it's so completely fucking out of place. I love Futurama a lot, but this episode really does shine above a lot of others IMO. I seriously cry hysterically every time I see that episode, it fucks with my emotions in ways no other cartoon ever has.

Man... That's kinda messed up that Jurassic Bark is listed as one of the WORST Futurama episodes, and for what, because it's dramatic!?

I liked it because to me, it made the series a little more multidimensional. Same with Luck of the Fryish, in that in a rare moment, the series can treat it's characters with respect and explore a side of them we wouldn't have otherwise known existed without making it all one big joke. These were great episodes.

Also, there's no such thing as a "bad" Futurama episode so this list is instantly void. :)

Also to anyone that voted for Godfellas, agreed--definitely one of my favorites.

"a scary smart writing staff who can make jokes about physics that are both funny and scientifically accurate"

stop right there. This is the most inaccurate statement of all this horrendously contrived article. You've got to be blind not to notice Futurama is full of discontinuities, and "scientific mumbo-jumbo", it is definitely NOT scientifically accurate. For example, what the hell is reverse-fossilization and how does that make a toadter turn into a racoon? The spelling is "conNOIsseur" not "COINnosseur". Bender is reputed not to have taste yet he is seen in multiple episodes apparently enjoying consuming robot oil.

The only thing good about Jurassic Bark was the ending. The rest of the episode is a disaster to watch. The same goes for Leela's Home Planet. The Luck of the Fryish was pretty good, however.

Zoidberg is not hilarious one bit. He's a boring, stupid, languid unimagined character. That doesn't mean I hated Lobstertainment. In fact, it was much better than some other episodes like Bend Her.

A Head in the Polls is worst episode ever and Jurassic Bark is BEST