The BEST episodes of Futurama season 5

Every episode of Futurama season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Futurama season 5!

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: 11/2/2024Network: HuluStatus: Continuing
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Jurassic Bark
star
8.10
2786 votes

#1 - Jurassic Bark

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/17/2002

Fry discovers his dog Seymour is being exhibited in a museum as a fossil, and takes it to Professor Farnsworth's lab to be revived. However, Bender is displeased with the lack of attention he has been receiving and becomes increasingly jealous of Seymour's fossil.

Writer: Eric Kaplan
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The Farnsworth Parabox
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8.07
2517 votes

#2 - The Farnsworth Parabox

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/8/2003

Professor Farnsworth forbids the crew to look inside a mysterious box. Leela can't resist taking a peek, discovering the box to be a gateway to a parallel universe.

Directors: Ron Hughart
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The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings
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7.99
2361 votes

#3 - The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 8/10/2003

Desperate to learn how to play the holophonor in order to impress Leela, Fry swaps hands with the Robot Devil. He goes on to become a skilled holophonor player, winning Leela's heart and penning an opera about her life story, but the Robot Devil still has a trick or two up his sleeve.

Directors: Rich Moore
Writer: Ken Keeler
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The Sting
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7.94
2524 votes

#4 - The Sting

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/1/2003

A mission to collect honey from deadly space bees apparently leads to Fry's sting-induced death. Leela is wracked with remorse, until Fry visits her in her dreams. As Leela's hallucinations intensify, she begins to suspect that she might be going crazy.

Directors: Brian Sheesley
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The Why of Fry
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7.85
2495 votes

#5 - The Why of Fry

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/6/2003

Still unable to impress Leela, Fry sadly suspects that he has no importance in life - until Nibbler takes him on a mission to prevent the brains from destroying the universe. In the process, Fry learns what really happened when he was cryogenically frozen on December 31, 1999.

Directors: Wesley Archer
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Three Hundred Big Boys
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7.78
2403 votes

#6 - Three Hundred Big Boys

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/15/2003

A $300 refund for all taxpayers results in a series of interconnected stories, following the Planet Express crew's endeavors to spend their money.

Writer: Eric Kaplan
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Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles
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7.77
2453 votes

#7 - Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/30/2003

The crew's attempts to de-age Professor Farnsworth result in everyone returning to their more youthful stages. While Farnsworth seeks out a way to re-age the crew, the newly-teenaged Leela takes the opportunity to experience the parental childhood she never had.

Directors: Bret Haaland
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Less Than Hero
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7.59
2444 votes

#8 - Less Than Hero

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/2/2003

Dr. Zoidberg's mysterious miracle cream gives Fry and Leela superpowers. Teaming up with Bender, they form the New Justice Team, under the respective alter egos of Captain Yesterday, Clobberella, and Super King. But Leela's new duties as a superheroine put a strain on her relationship with her parents.

Directors: Susan Deitter
Writer: Ron Weiner
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A Taste of Freedom
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7.52
2437 votes

#9 - A Taste of Freedom

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/22/2002

When Zoidberg publicly devours an Earth flag, he is sentenced to death for his anarchic behavior. Before the sentence can be carried out, the Decapodians come to Zoidberg's aid by invading Earth, teaching the populace the true meaning of freedom.

Directors: James Purdum
Writer: Eric Horsted
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Crimes of the Hot
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7.50
3007 votes

#10 - Crimes of the Hot

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/10/2002

The rapid increase in global warming is traced to a ventilation flaw that Professor Farnsworth failed to correct in his first robot prototype. As a result, all robots are ordered to be destroyed, but Bender refuses to go without a fight.

Directors: Peter Avanzino
Writer: Aaron Ehasz
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Obsoletely Fabulous
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7.47
2089 votes

#11 - Obsoletely Fabulous

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/27/2003

Bender is incompatible with Professor Farnsworth's new Robot 1-X, but rather than get an upgrade, Bender escapes to a desert island to start his life anew. There, he meets several other outdated robots and receives a downgrade, then leads his new comrades in a rebellion against technology.

Writer: Dan Vebber
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Spanish Fry
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7.45
1948 votes

#12 - Spanish Fry

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/13/2003

Fry is abducted by aliens, who harvest his nose as an aphrodisiac. The crew traces Fry's missing nose to Lrrr, leader of the Omicronians, who decides that Fry's "lower horn" would be a much better aphrodisiac to jump start his stagnant marriage with Ndnd.

Directors: Peter Avanzino
Writer: Ron Weiner
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Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch
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7.42
2197 votes

#13 - Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/12/2003

Amy's romance with Kif takes a twist when he gets pregnant. As Amy questions her commitment Kif, he must return to his ancient, mysterious homeworld to give birth in the same muddy swamp where he was born.

Directors: Wesley Archer
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Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV
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7.42
2099 votes

#14 - Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/3/2003

"All My Circuits" holds an audition to replace the part of Calculon's son, and Bender lands the part. Soon, Bender's uninhibited behavior proves to be a bad influence on children, and an outraged Bender leads a protest group to get himself banned from the airwaves.

Directors: Ron Hughart
Writer: Lewis Morton
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Bend Her
star
7.41
2220 votes

#15 - Bend Her

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/20/2003

In order to compete in the Fembot's division of the 3004 Olympics, Bender is surgically rebuilt to become a woman. Her trashy behavior catches the eye of Calculon, with whom she develops a strong and confusing celebrity relationship.

Directors: James Purdum
Writer: Mike Rowe
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The Route of All Evil
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7.30
2159 votes

#16 - The Route of All Evil

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/8/2002

Farnsworth's clone Cubert teams up with Hermes' son Dwight to launch a newspaper delivery business. Farnsworth and Hermes scoff at the kids' efforts - until the delivery boys accumulate enough capital to buy out Planet Express. Meanwhile, Fry and Leela use Bender to brew their own homemade beer.

Directors: Brian Sheesley
Writer: Dan Vebber
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