Futurama: Season 2

1999 · 20 episodes · ★ 7.4

What Season 2 of Futurama

The Planet Express crew is back in action, with Leela, Fry and the alcoholic robot Bender leading the way. Professor Hubert Farnsworth's delivery company will keep taking on jobs across the universe, fighting an alien invasion of Earth, living through a presidential election where Richard Nixon unexpectedly returns, or even going to college on Mars.

20episodes

Sep 26, 1999premiered

May 21, 2000latest episode

7.3 hrtotal runtime

Season 2 Episodes

2x01 A Flight to Remember
Sep 26, 1999 · 22 min · ★ 7.5
The Planet Express crew take a space cruise vacation. Leela tells Captain Zapp Brannigan that Fry is her 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.
Directing: Peter Avanzino · Writing: Eric Horsted · Starring: Dawnn Lewis
2x02 Mars University
Oct 3, 1999 · 22 min · ★ 7.3
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.
Directing: Bret Haaland · Writing: J. Stewart Burns
2x03 When Aliens Attack
Nov 7, 1999 · 22 min · ★ 7.5
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.
Directing: Brian Sheesley · Writing: Ken Keeler
2x04 Fry & the Slurm Factory
Nov 14, 1999 · 22 min · ★ 7.7
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.
Directing: Ron Hughart · Writing: Lew Morton · Starring: Pamela Anderson
2x05 I Second That Emotion
Nov 21, 1999 · 22 min · ★ 7.3
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.
Directing: Mark Ervin · Writing: Patric M. Verrone, Bill Odenkirk
2x06 Brannigan, Begin Again
Nov 28, 1999 · 22 min · ★ 7.2
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.
Directing: Jeffrey Lynch, Rich Moore · Writing: Lew Morton
2x07 A Head in the Polls
Dec 12, 1999 · 22 min · ★ 7.3
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.
Directing: Bret Haaland · Writing: J. Stewart Burns · Starring: Claudia Schiffer
2x08 Xmas Story
Dec 19, 1999 · 22 min · ★ 7.5
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.
Directing: Peter Avanzino · Writing: Eric Horsted, David X. Cohen · Starring: Conan O'Brien, John Goodman
2x09 Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?
Feb 6, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.1
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.
Directing: Gregg Vanzo, Brian Sheesley · Writing: Eric Kaplan
2x10 Put Your Head on My Shoulders
Feb 13, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directing: Chris Louden · Writing: Ken Keeler
2x11 Lesser of Two Evils
Feb 20, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.3
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.
Directing: Brian Sheesley, Chris Sauve · Writing: Eric Horsted, Lew Morton · Starring: Bob Barker
2x12 Raging Bender
Feb 27, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.2
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.
Directing: Ron Hughart · Writing: Lew Morton · Starring: Rich Little, Tom Kenny, Russ Leatherman
2x13 A Bicyclops Built For Two
Mar 19, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.5
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.
Directing: Susie Dietter · Writing: Eric Kaplan
2x14 How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back
Apr 2, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directing: Mark Ervin · Writing: Bill Odenkirk · Starring: Nora Dunn, Dawnn Lewis
2x15 A Clone of My Own
Apr 9, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.2
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.
Directing: Rich Moore · Writing: Patric M. Verrone · Starring: Kath Soucie
2x16 The Deep South
Apr 16, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directing: Bret Haaland · Writing: J. Stewart Burns · Starring: Donovan, Parker Posey
2x17 Bender Gets Made
Apr 30, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directing: Peter Avanzino · Writing: Eric Horsted
2x18 The Problem with Popplers
May 7, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.9
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.
Directing: Gregg Vanzo, Chris Sauve · Writing: Patric M. Verrone · Starring: Phil Hendrie
2x19 Mother's Day
May 14, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 7.3
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.
Directing: Brian Sheesley · Writing: Lew Morton
2x20 Anthology of Interest I Season Finale
May 21, 2000 · 22 min · ★ 8.0
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.
Directing: Chris Louden, Rich Moore · Writing: Eric Rogers, David X. Cohen, Ken Keeler · Starring: Gary Gygax, Nichelle Nichols, Al Gore, Stephen Hawking