The BEST episodes of Futurama season 2

Every episode of Futurama season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Futurama season 2!

A late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the 31st century.

Last Updated: 12/4/2024Network: HuluStatus: Continuing
Anthology of Interest I
star
7.75
2342 votes

#1 - Anthology of Interest I

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/21/2000

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.

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The Problem With Popplers
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7.65
2343 votes

#2 - The Problem With Popplers

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/7/2000

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.

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The Deep South
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7.64
2624 votes

#3 - The Deep South

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/16/2000

A fishing trip over the ocean takes a turn for the worse when a colossal mouth bass pulls the Planet Express ship to the bottom of the sea. There, Fry falls in love with a mermaid named Umbriel, and the crew discovers the sunken city of Atlanta, Georgia.

Directors: Bret Haaland
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A Flight to Remember
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7.64
3554 votes

#4 - A Flight to Remember

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1999

The Planet Express crew take a space cruise vacation. Leela tells Captain Zapp Brannigan that Fry is his 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.

Directors: Peter Avanzino
Writer: Eric Horsted
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Xmas Story
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7.63
2757 votes

#5 - Xmas Story

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/19/1999

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.

Directors: Peter Avanzino
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Fry & the Slurm Factory
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7.61
3107 votes

#6 - Fry & the Slurm Factory

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/14/1999

When Fry wins a free tour of the Slurm soda factory, he and his friends split off from the tour group and make a horrifying discovery concerning the "secret ingredient" that makes Slurm so addictive.

Directors: Ron Hughart
Writer: Lewis Morton
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Put Your Head on My Shoulder
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7.57
2751 votes

#7 - Put Your Head on My Shoulder

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/13/2000

Fry's brief relationship with Amy is forcibly prolonged when a near-fatal car crash leaves Fry's head grafted to Amy's left shoulder. Meanwhile, Bender cashes in on Valentine's Day by starting a dating service.

Directors: Chris Louden
Writer: Ken Keeler
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A Head in the Polls
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7.52
2812 votes

#8 - A Head in the Polls

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/12/1999

When the price of titanium skyrockets, Bender pawns his titanium-rich body and lives the high life as just a head. But when the head-in-a-jar of Richard M. Nixon uses Bender's body to run for election for President of Earth, Bender vows to get his rightful property back.

Directors: Bret Haaland
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When Aliens Attack
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7.52
3417 votes

#9 - When Aliens Attack

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/7/1999

The Omicronians invade Earth, demanding to see the lost final episode of the 1999 TV show Single Female Lawyer. The Planet Express crew must re-enact the episode to appease the invading aliens.

Directors: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Ken Keeler
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Raging Bender
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7.51
2592 votes

#10 - Raging Bender

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/27/2000

Bender is the featured attraction in the Ultimate Robot Fighting League, but his glory is short-lived when he is instructed to intentionally lose his next match. Leela vows to lead Bender to victory, in an effort to show up her unsupportive martial arts teacher.

Directors: Ron Hughart
Writer: Lewis Morton
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I Second That Emotion
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7.49
3160 votes

#11 - I Second That Emotion

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/21/1999

Professor Farnsworth installs an empathy chip in Bender after the inconsiderate robot flushes Nibbler down the toilet. With his newfound emotions, a concerned Bender ventures into the mutant-infested sewers to rescue Leela's beloved pet.

Directors: Mark Ervin
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Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love
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7.47
2867 votes

#12 - Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/6/2000

When Dr. Zoidberg runs amok during the Decapodian mating season, Fry sets out to teach him how to woo a mate. Things backfire when Zoidberg's desired mate falls for Fry instead, and Zoidberg challenges Fry to a battle to the death.

Directors: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Eric Kaplan
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Mother's Day
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7.45
2434 votes

#13 - Mother's Day

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/14/2000

Mom reprograms the world's robots to rebel against humanity. The only hope of salvation is Mom's old flame - Professor Farnsworth, who must rekindle his romance with Mom in order to save mankind.

Directors: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Lewis Morton
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Mars University
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7.44
3273 votes

#14 - Mars University

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1999

Fry, Leela, Bender and Farnsworth have to go to Mars University where Fry has to share a room with a talking monkey, Farnsworth's last invention. The monkey becomes a real headache when he starts beating Fry in all areas. Meanwhile, Bender is hanging out with nerd robots.

Directors: Bret Haaland
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Bender Gets Made
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7.43
2393 votes

#15 - Bender Gets Made

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/30/2000

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.

Directors: Peter Avanzino
Writer: Eric Horsted
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Lesser of Two Evils
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7.41
2760 votes

#16 - Lesser of Two Evils

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/20/2000

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.

Directors: Chris Suave
Writer: Eric Horsted
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How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back
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7.38
2725 votes

#17 - How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/2/2000

When Hermes takes a stress-relieving vacation, replacement bureaucrat Morgan Proctor becomes infatuated with Fry. Bender threatens to publicize their affair, but Morgan removes Bender's memory and hides it within the cavernous Central Bureaucracy.

Directors: Mark Ervin
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Brannigan, Begin Again
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7.36
3018 votes

#18 - Brannigan, Begin Again

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/28/1999

Upon destroying the new DOOP headquarters, Zapp Brannigan and Kif find themselves court-martialed and dishonorably discharged. They take up jobs at Planet Express, where Kif learns what respect feels like and Zapp incites a mutiny against Leela.

Directors: Jeffrey Lynch
Writer: Lewis Morton
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A Clone of My Own
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7.34
2561 votes

#19 - A Clone of My Own

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/9/2000

Professor Farnsworth unveils his clone, Cubert Farnsworth, whom he plans to leave everything to upon his retirement. But Cubert wants no part of Farnsworth's lifestyle, prompting the professor into a premature retirement on the Near-Death Star.

Directors: Rich Moore
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A Bicyclops Built for Two
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7.34
2462 votes

#20 - A Bicyclops Built for Two

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/19/2000

Leela meets Alkazar, who claims to be the only other remaining cyclops in the universe. But when Alkazar invites Leela back to his home planet and treats her like a slave, Fry suspects that something is amiss.

Directors: Susie Dietter
Writer: Eric Kaplan
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