The 25 Best Episodes of 'Futurama,' According to IMDb

In an attempt to impress Leela, Fry makes a deal with the Robot Devil to swap hands, making him a master musician. After he writes an opera for Leela, the Robot Devil enacts his own plans, deafening Leela and giving her robotic ears to hear Fry’s creation, then double-crossing Fry by marrying her. The only way for Fry to get her back is to give up the devil’s hands – but will Fry be willing to give up his newfound skill?

Fry and Leela finally have a date! But before he can make it, Fry, Bender, and the Professor experiment with the Professor’s new time-travel machine, which will let them move one minute into the future. When it all goes wrong, however, Fry must watch the universe begin and end continuously, waiting for the moment when he might see Leela again.

In the (so far) last episode of “Futurama,” Professor Farnsworth creates a button that can send a person ten seconds backward in time. When Leela and Fry use it, they are stuck in an endless time loop, losing everything and everyone they love. When they find the Professor, he gives them a solution: go back in time, all the way o the very first episode, and start over again. Fry and Leela hold hands, and walk through the time portal together.

Fry takes Leela and Bender on a secret mission to retrieve his lucky seven-leaf clover from his famous late brother Yancy’s grave. Fry believes that his brother stole everything from him growing up, including his first name. By the end of the episode, however, we learn that Yancy missed Fry and named his son after him.

Quite possibly the most famous and heart-rending episode of the series, “Jurassic Bark” tells the tale of Fry and his dog Seymour, who were inseparable until New Year’s Eve, 1999, when Fry was frozen. As Fry finds Seymour’s mummified remains in the future, he must decide what life he wants for his pup, ultimately letting him stay dead. We learn, in an emotionally devastating final scene, that after Fry’s disappearance, Seymour waited for him outside his pizza place every day until he died.