Futurama: "Free Will Hunting" (Episode 7.9)

What’s great about a show like Futurama, which isn’t beholden to any particular science-fiction ethos, is that it can encompass pretty much any contradictions it would like without anyone particularly caring about them. Setting up these contradictions actually serves to spur the show on to creativity, asking its writers to explain various phenomena that don’t seem to make sense together. “Free Will Hunting” takes one of these issues to task: that the show has allowed Bender to be as much of a random, surprising character as anyone else on the show, yet he’s also a robot who has to follow...  read more

Futurama Cast Not Returning?

Being a Futurama fan means appreciating some of the smartest satire television has ever had to offer, enjoying consistently funny material that surpasses even its progenitor, oh, and never knowing whether the show you love will make it onto the air again. That latest facet has been an issue for the past six years, and though it seemed like all was in the clear for a new season, it turns out that's not exactly the case....  read more