1ACV Production Run

Production Code: 1ACV01

First aired: 3/27/1999

Written by: David X. Cohen, Matt Groening

Directed by: Rich Moore, Gregg Vanzo

Production Code: 1ACV02

First aired: 4/4/1999

Written by: Ken Keeler

Directed by: Peter Avanzino

Production Code: 1ACV03

First aired: 4/6/1999

Written by: Eric Horsted

Directed by: Bret Haaland

Production Code: 1ACV04

First aired: 4/13/1999

Written by: Brian Kelley

Directed by: Brian Sheesley

While on a mission to save all the animals on a planet verging on collapse, Leela encounters Capt. Zapp Brannigan, a self-proclaimed ladies' man looking to add Leela to his list of conquests.

Production Code: 1ACV05

First aired: 4/20/1999

Written by: Heather Lombard, Evan Gore

Directed by: Ashley Lenz, Chris Sauve, Peter Avanzino, Carlos Baeza

Production Code: 1ACV06

First aired: 4/27/1999

Written by: Patric M. Verrone

Directed by: Ron Hugart, Gregg Vanzo

Production Code: 1ACV07

First aired: 5/4/1999

Written by: J. Stewart Burns

Directed by: Jeffrey Lynch, Kevin O'Brien

Production Code: 1ACV08

First aired: 5/11/1999

Written by: Lewis Morton

Directed by: Susan Dietter

While at a science symposium hosted by inventor extraordinaire Ron Popeil's head-in-a-jar, the Professor creates a new invention -- the Smelloscope. Initially criticized, the Smelloscope is redeemed when it reveals that a putrid celestial body is on a collision course with Earth. To make matters worse, the approaching object is a huge mass of garbage launched into space at the end of the 20th century, after New York ran out of landfill sites. The trashteroid's orbit has set it on a path of destruction and it just may take a rag-tag team of package delivery specialists to land on it and blow it up before it creates Armageddon on Earth.

Production Code: 1ACV09

First aired: 5/18/1999

Written by: Lewis Morton

Directed by: Rich Moore

After a Beastie Boys Heads concert at Madison Cube Garden, Bender goes on a bender and gets hooked on power surges. His life begins a downward spiral until he finds salvation at the Temple of Robotology. Having found religion, his polite behavior becomes so irritating to his friends that they begin to tempt him with his old vices. When he finally succumbs and returns to his old ways, he is banished to Robot Hell where, in a musical extravaganza, he faces the Robot Devil and endures tortures unimaginable to man.

Production Code: 1ACV10

First aired: 9/26/1999

Written by: Eric Horsted

Directed by: Peter Avanzino

Professor Farnsworth books the crew of Planet Express on the maiden voyage of the largest, most luxurious space cruise ship ever ... the Titanic. This expedition turns into a "Love Boat" as Bender falls for a wealthy Countess robot and Fry swims with the sharks. When Zapp Brannigan takes a shortcut in space, however, it becomes a night to remember as the Titanic approaches a black hole.

Production Code: 1ACV11

First aired: 10/3/1999

Written by: J. Stewart Burns

Directed by: Bret Haaland

Production Code: 1ACV12

First aired: 11/7/1999

Written by: J. Stewart Burns

Directed by: Bret Haaland

The Omicronians threaten to destroy the earth if they can't see the last episode of a lost 20th Century television series "Single Female Lawyer" starring an unmarried human female, who wears very short miniskirts, struggling to succeed in human man's world. Because the last episode was destroyed by someone spilling beer on the transmitter (think Fry), the crew from Planet Express must deliver their version of "Single Female Lawyer."

Production Code: 1ACV13

First aired: 11/14/1999

Written by: Lewis Morton

Directed by: Ron Hugart

Fry opens a "Slurm" beverage container bearing the golden bottle cap and wins a tour of the "Slurm" Factory (a la "Willy Wonka") to see how the world's most deliciously addictive soft drink is made. Wandering off from the tour, Fry is horrified when he accidentally discovers the top-secret ingredient that makes "Slurm" so impossible to resist.