This overview consists of spoilers for all 10 episodes of Futurama season 11, at the moment out there for streaming on Hulu. For a spoiler-free overview of the primary six episodes of the season, click on right here.
All ten episodes of Futurama season 11 at the moment are out there for streaming. Featuring the return of the solid (and lots of of these behind the scenes), Futurama season 11 succeeds as a showcase of the various various kinds of episodes at which the present excels. All 10 of the episodes had a very distinct taste, falling at totally different locations alongside Futurama’s popular culture parody, societal commentary and science fiction continuum.
Futurama Season 11
This season stored a fairly shut deal with the seven core characters: Hubert Farnsworth (Billy West), John Zoidberg (West), Philip J. Fry (West), Bender B. Rodriguez (John DiMaggio), Turanga Leela (Katey Sagal), Amy Wong (Lauren Tom) and Hermes Conrad (Phil LaMarr). Meanwhile, Futurama mainstay David Herman seems in a number of recurring roles, as do fellow mainstays Maurice LaMarche and Tress MacNeille (with particularly frequent expository roles for Morbo and Linda). Also returning was the indispensable Christopher Tyng, offering further sonic continuity.
And there have been actually some unbelievable visitor stars, together with the return of Dawnn Lewis (LaBarbara Conrad) and Al Gore, together with a satisfying last look by the late Coolio because the seasonally underrated Kwanzaabot. I additionally loved the sequence debut of Bill Nye the Science Head (even funnier when you understand DiMaggio’s anecdote from the “Naturama” commentary). Plus, after being canceled by each the left and the suitable, Kathy Griffin made for an particularly applicable addition to the solid in “Zapp Gets Canceled.”
Plus, there was the looks of animation voice-over all-star Dee Bradley Baker as Rusty the donkey within the exceptionally hilarious episode “How the West was 1010001” (which was written by Nona di Spargement… oh, now I get it). And talking of voice-over all-stars, Kevin Michael Richardson (URL, Barbados Slim) and Feodor Chin (Leo Wong) had been each welcome additions, every showing in a number of episodes (and, taking a web page from newer seasons of The Simpsons, they performed among the few returning Futurama characters to be recast).
“All The Way Down”
And with “All The Way Down,” ends the already stable set of tales on a excessive be aware. Visually and philosophically paying homage to “Future Challenge 3000,” the center phase of the anthology episode “Reincarnation,” this all-time-great episode sees the crew confronting the simulation speculation.
As with a lot of the season, this episode was really an ensemble story, forsaking the concept of Fry and even the “core trio” being the primary characters in favor of specializing in the crew as a complete. This is an excellent evolution for the sequence and one which serves it very effectively all through the season. And, in one other evolutionary step ahead for the sequence, there’s a welcome acceptance of the sentimentality the present has for its characters, not simply in “All The Way Down” however all through the season.
Hulurama
I additionally must applaud Hulu’s choice to launch Futurama season 11 on a weekly foundation. This allowed me to meet up with mates close to and much about every episode, particularly the latter episodes (it seems everybody has an opinion about “The Prince and the Product”).
In reality, that was one of many joys of this season for me: connecting with mates who share an curiosity within the sequence. It seems I’ve bonded with a honest few individuals over Futurama within the two-and-a-half a long time because it first premiered, and it was particularly enjoyable to share this (frankly sudden) revival with them.
However, I’m hopeful that Futurama season 11 will finally obtain a dwelling video launch. As most followers know, the solid and crew have recorded extremely informative and entertaining commentaries for each single Futurama episode (and straight-to-DVD film) to date. I’m very curious what insights commentary mainstays like David X. Cohen, Matt Groening and Claudia Katz (to not point out newcomers like Cody Ziglar) may need to share about this incarnation of Futurama.
Although it isn’t precisely normal apply for Hulu cartoons to be launched on video, I hopeful that an exception shall be made for Futurama. It took years for the unique Fox run to be launched on DVD, too, however judging by the continuous updates to that run’s packaging over the intervening a long time, the units have persistently offered effectively sufficient to justify such refurbishments.
Futurama Season 12
Futurama is already confirmed to return for season 12, one other ten episodes. Those attending the Futurama panel at New York Comic Con 2023 will even have the chance to get a sneak peek. This appears to comply with the mannequin established by the Comedy Central period of Futurama, through which a single manufacturing season was break up in half for airing.
It follows that the following ten episodes shall be akin in high quality to those ten episodes, and that’s excellent news, everybody. Plus, a number of plotlines have already been teased. I’m curious the place the obsession Mandy Wong-Kroker has with The Humplings will lead, and whether or not or not we’ll see that future glimpse of what seems to be big Bender punching into the PlanEx constructing’s management tower constructing from “I Know What You Did Next Xmas” come to move.
What comes subsequent after that? In the season premiere, “The Impossible Stream,” Leela and Bender provide the Fulu execubots the choice of “another 20 episodes. Maybe a movie.” I’ve at all times thought Futurama has the aesthetics and potential narrative scale to leap to the large display screen. But as long as it continues at this high quality, any further Futurama we get is welcome.
Futurama seasons 1 by means of 11 at the moment are out there for streaming on Hulu.
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