This, the 100th episode of 'Futurama', assuming you count each movie as four episodes, sees the Planet express crew preparing to celebrate their 100th delivery. That delivery sees them a nitro glycerine soufflé to the wealthy Mrs. Astor. She invites them to attend a fund raiser to pay for mutant education
Leela is unimpressed as it is clear that those present don't care about the mutants they just want them trained to keep the sewers working. Fry lets slip that Leela is actually a mutant and she is promptly thrown into the sewers as mutants aren't allowed on the surface. When her colleagues petition for her to be allowed to return to the surface they are sentenced to two weeks in the sewers for knowingly harbouring a mutant. Here Fry jumps into the mutagenic lake and emerges looking distinctly mutated. Leela then inspires the mutants to rise up and demand equal rights with surface dwellers.
This is a fairly solid issue led episode with a decent story and some good gags. We also learn a bit more about Leela's past and meet her grandmother for the first times. The way Fry 'mutated' but was able to return to normal by the end of the story was handled in an amusing way that didn't break any of the rules we've previously been told. The sewers are an interesting location; I particularly liked the nod to Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis'. The idea of the 'Land Titanic' was a bit silly but at least it ultimately gave us a nice little story about Leela's grandmother and some amusing moments when the Planet Express crew find its remains. Overall, while I wouldn't call this a classic episode, it is still pretty good.
This is a fairly solid issue led episode with a decent story and some good gags. We also learn a bit more about Leela's past and meet her grandmother for the first times. The way Fry 'mutated' but was able to return to normal by the end of the story was handled in an amusing way that didn't break any of the rules we've previously been told. The sewers are an interesting location; I particularly liked the nod to Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis'. The idea of the 'Land Titanic' was a bit silly but at least it ultimately gave us a nice little story about Leela's grandmother and some amusing moments when the Planet Express crew find its remains. Overall, while I wouldn't call this a classic episode, it is still pretty good.
