We haven’t got long before the first new episodes of Futurama in a decade premiere on Hulu. We had long assumed the show was over (and had made peace with that) but in a world of endlessly recyclable IP nothing truly dies, does it?
Fortunately, the show itself has concocted an explanation for where it’s been this whole time. “We seem to have survived a massive disruption in the flow of time,” Professor Farnsworth tells the crew. We don’t see what he says after that but maybe it has something to do with the time-loop shenanigans of the previous “final” episode, “Meanwhile.”
Even though it’s set a thousand years in the future, Futurama has always mined current events for story ideas, to the annoyance of some sticklers. Since it can take a year (or longer) for an animated episode to go from script to screen, these are always risky. There’s a crypto episode waiting that feels a bit late on arrival, but personally, I’m down for kicking that whole stupid trend in the teeth one more time. One thing is made very clear through these clips: there WILL be a COVID episode. You can also anticipate the return of the Parasitic Worms, the Borax Kid, and yet another shot of Fry’s “insubstantial” butt.
New episodes of Futurama begin appearing on Hulu July 24, and will be released one at a time weekly. Another season will follow this one next year.
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