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T.: The Terrestrial
First aired 06/26/13
Rank: 89/124
Reviews: 66
Rating: 77%

After being marooned on an distant planet, Fry is befriended by a young monster.

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#1 by bob w

Aaand they're back! first great episode of the season, they did a good job of having an original story with the creative spirit of the earlier seasons that didn't tread old material

bob w gave 5 points

27.06.2013

#2 by Tanya

Classic Futurama! Just a really, really funny episode. I really liked the friendship between Fry and Jrr. Although there were lots of silly gags with them, it was sweet!

Tanya gave 5 points

27.06.2013

#3 by 420Dude

This episode had a stoned Prof. kiss Bender.

Best episode ever!

420Dude gave 5 points

27.06.2013

#4 by UnrealLegend

An entertaining episode that was slightly light on jokes but had a good plot overall. The B-Plot with Bender convincing everyone that Fry was working hard was utterly fantastic.

Not the most memorable episode, but there's not much to complain about here!

UnrealLegend gave 4 points

27.06.2013

#5 by Ishkabibble

I preferred the first half, which had some great jokes. The second half had some good stuff, but the episode had an odd fixation on scatological humor that I personally didn't enjoy as much. The Bender scenes were great though.

I noticed some odd technical stuff like how Earth could embargo television waves sent 1000 years ago and why the answering machine in Fry's apartment looked like 20th Century technology.

Ishkabibble gave 5 points

27.06.2013

#6 by BringerOfPie

First great episode of this final run. Unlike last week's episodes, it had laughs, and Jrrr was a surprisingly enjoyable new character. Hell, this was probably the best use of the Omicronians since Season 3. E.T. parodies have been done to death, but there was enough of a fresh take on it here. I got soured on that "candy poop" joke, since it wasn't funny the first time (much less the 5th time), but they made up for it with plenty of other great jokes.

BringerOfPie gave 4 points

27.06.2013

#7 by Tom_Apples

This is the greatest episode of 7B so far. Especially the part when The Professor is high. The turd part seemed unneeded. Still, hilarious jokes and references.

Tom_Apples gave 5 points

27.06.2013

#8 by SilentG

Actually the poop joke works because remember we were eating Omacronians in Problem with Poplers. So their bodies taste like fried prons and their crap tastes like candy. Dinner and desert.

SilentG gave 5 points

27.06.2013

#9 by renbutler

Pretty good stuff! Loved the plot, and there were a few legitimate LOLs. We're 2 for 3 so far this young season.

The only problem I have is that I've been to Gary, Indiana. And hardly ever was my head torn off by a giant lizard.

renbutler gave 4 points

27.06.2013

#10 by DJC13

An okay episode with some decent jokes and great animation. I found Bender's side-plot more enjoyable than Fry getting stranded on Omicron Persei 8, but overall the episode was solid enough.

DJC13 gave 3 points

27.06.2013

#11 by Zoid_Borg_99

Wonderful reverse story of 'ET'.
LRRR's son was a good new character. Fry eating his 'candy' was LMAO funny!
And the bicycles powered by Love was cute.
LRRR: "You're not loving hard enough, men!" Classic!

Zoid_Borg_99 gave 5 points

27.06.2013

#12 by mrm

Instant classic :( will miss futurama soooo much

mrm gave 5 points

27.06.2013

#13 by Randy!?

Very funny episode, felt like one of the early seasons episodes. Like the twist on the ET story, don't think I've seen exactly like that before.

Randy!? gave 5 points

27.06.2013

#14 by Jarvio

Meh for me. Not bad, not great

Jarvio gave 3 points

27.06.2013

#15 by Ian

Had a good time with this one. Lrrr and Jrrr were great.

Ian gave 4 points

27.06.2013

#16 by 4LegsGood

Great episode and finally some E.T. gags! Lots of funny jokes, and a clever premise. Some things seemed a little forced, like the invasion, and the turd joke was played out after the initial reveal.

All in all a solid episode.

4LegsGood gave 4 points

27.06.2013

#17 by themoirae

Not bad, but unlike most, I liked the first two episodes of the season a little better. Only 10 new episodes left, sigh.

themoirae gave 3 points

27.06.2013

#18 by Zoidy

I loved this one. So funny. It was also sweet in that classic Futurama way. So sad this is the last season!! :(

Zoidy gave 5 points

27.06.2013

#19 by tricky dick cheney

Futurama finally did a pot episode! It's about time, as all of the viewers of this show are stoners who can't find the remote; b/c they smoked it!

A 5/5!

tricky dick cheney gave 5 points

27.06.2013

#20 by Anonymobot

There were parts of this that were very funny, and the attention to detail in matching E.T. in some scenes was very nicely done. Bender's use of the answering machine was good, even if the presence of the answering machine itself didn't make any sense. The adults-only pancake house seemed like somewhere Fry and Leela would go on a date, and it's nice to see the writers showing them just having a normal relationship in the background of the show. However, I was very disappointed that after at least three past episodes with direct contact between Fry and Lrrr (Spanish Fry, Popplers, and Lrreconcilable Ndndifferences, plus ones with less direct contact) it was as if none of them had ever seen each other before. Since I am pretty sure that Jrrr WAS the talking poppler in the Popplers episode, it seems that something could have been done with that--be it as a major plot point or a minor joke. (If there was, it's hidden well.) Like one of the earlier reviewers, I was also bothered by the technology/physics issues--this would be less of a problem if those very issues had not been plot points in earlier episodes. Not like it's a bad episode, it just seemed like there were some missed opportunities.

Anonymobot gave 4 points

28.06.2013

#21 by Shlomo-de-Robo

LRRR is one of my fave side-line characters, along with Zapp and Calculon... This ep was fantastic!

This series still seems pretty fresh to me, whereas the Simpsons lately seems as 'fresh' as Fry's truckstop egg salad sandwich!

Shlomo-de-Robo gave 5 points

28.06.2013

#22 by Pimp-a-roo

Solid episode, loved the ending lol

Pimp-a-roo gave 5 points

28.06.2013

#23 by Dane-Mychal

It's about time Futurama did a spoof of E.T. Even if many other shows and movies have done this, Futurama was tailor-made for it, so I'm glad the series didn't end without one. "Love harder, men!" There were moments that were cute without being at all sentimental and definitely not sappy.

Plenty of gags kept it going nicely, especially Hermes' fixation with weed and Bender's entire subplot. The glowing butts touching instead of glowing fingers was vintage Futurama.

Dane-Mychal gave 5 points

28.06.2013

#24 by James

So good! They're back on form

James gave 5 points

28.06.2013

#25 by Johny

Now that was one solid good episode!

Johny gave 5 points

28.06.2013

#26 by Titus

You have to love the Creators for hanging on to Jrrr, that one Poppler that got away, & bringing him back after 12 years for another pass :) Sad to see Futurama ending. There'd still be much humor found in Jrrr, Cubert & Dwight interacting more. And Dr Z. - sweeping the "Line of the ep" award once more :) All in all great episode, instant classic!

Titus gave 5 points

28.06.2013

#27 by Marc

Solid! (as said before by others)

Marc gave 5 points

29.06.2013

#28 by John Pirruccello

Classic

John Pirruccello gave 5 points

29.06.2013

#29 by Handsome B Wonderful

Worst show ever!
Family Guy forever!

Handsome B Wonderful gave 1 point

29.06.2013

#30 by WhitneyV

Amazing! The writing was superb! The Facebook line was hilarious. Much enjoyed!

WhitneyV gave 5 points

29.06.2013

#31 by PlanetExpressMyself

Not the best or deepest Futurama ever, but so enjoyable and funny anyway I gave it a 5. Lots of laughs all the way through.

PlanetExpressMyself gave 5 points

29.06.2013

#32 by charlesss

The best joke? The Jeffersons memorial! You all are jenius!

charlesss gave 5 points

29.06.2013

#33 by Fan.

What's wrong with you, Americans? This is good, fun episode? Eating poop and "weed" jokes, one even worse. Plot was also very, very weak. I have seen E.T., yes. All three last episodes was totally flat and boring. I was at hope this show ends with dignity.

I am one of very few Futurama fan from Finland and watched all episodes, at least twice.

Fan. gave 1 point

30.06.2013

#34 by Galvatron

I judge this episode.. and find it guilty of being crappy!!!

Blasters fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Galvatron gave 1 point

01.07.2013

#35 by Calculon'sUnderstudy

Loved this episode! Great to see Jrrr grown up.

Calculon'sUnderstudy gave 5 points

01.07.2013

#36 by SureWin

Meh

SureWin gave 4 points

02.07.2013

#37 by Lee

Hooray! After the last two (imo dismal) episodes, this one knocked it out of the park. Funny and sweet. Hopefully a sign of things to come!

Lee gave 5 points

02.07.2013

#38 by Pendulum

My favourite episode of the new season so far. A really solid, hilarious episode.

All of Bender's scenes here were great - really classic true to character Bender.

Pendulum gave 5 points

03.07.2013

#39 by Zeke

Great episode, enjoyed the characters.

Zeke gave 5 points

03.07.2013

#40 by MPSQuake

Writers decided to take the week off and steal from "ET The Extraterrestial. You can do better (and have in the past). Need more original stuff and less ripoffs!!!!!

MPSQuake gave 1 point

05.07.2013

#41 by Dicky

It was gross and stupid.
Futurama really sucks this season.

Dicky gave 1 point

05.07.2013

#42 by Kif'sLog

It might have been parodying a movie that's like 30 years old, but the jokes were great - some lol - and the whole thing was just fun.

Kif'sLog gave 5 points

05.07.2013

#43 by Naff

80%?? This was naff. And quite clearly, overrated.

Naff gave 1 point

06.07.2013

#44 by Platypus

Lacks definitively creativity, but not too bad for this season, I guess

Platypus gave 3 points

08.07.2013

#45 by Abuse

I didn't like it... the jokes felt forced. Much like the rest of this season so far

Abuse gave 2 points

08.07.2013

#46 by Spock

Tons of big laughs in this one. Nice to see a fun Fry story (and I like how his relationship with Leela was there in the background but not a main focus of the story.)

Spock gave 5 points

09.07.2013

#47 by James

This episode just didn't do it for me, I thought it was weak and none of the characters seemed themselves. What happened to Lrrr's voice? 2nd worst after go Leela go in my opinion.

James gave 2 points

10.07.2013

#48 by Smallz

Fry was great in this episode...and played the role fantastic. The whole ET thing was pretty good too!!

Smallz gave 5 points

12.07.2013

#49 by Neat!

Great ep.

Neat! gave 5 points

13.07.2013

#50 by SyTheBorg

One of the funniest of recent times.

SyTheBorg gave 5 points

14.07.2013

#51 by newkemall

Great episode - interesting to see how they live on Omicron Persei 8!

newkemall gave 5 points

23.07.2013

#52 by Calculon 5.0

Great episode! I'm definately enjoying this season but it's sad to bid goodbye to such a great show.

Calculon 5.0 gave 5 points

25.07.2013

#53 by benny

good ep

benny gave 5 points

29.07.2013

#54 by Greg

Overall I bet Weinstein will look back on this episode with bit of morose.
It could have been less goofy and crass and more classic, oh well.
All the weed and poop jokes didn't land for some viewers.

I did enjoy the Bender subplot with Fry being MIA and him covering, and then giving into guilt after a week.

3/5.

Greg gave 3 points

29.07.2013

#55 by Andrew

Best episode of the series so far. Funny and silly, but any Fry episode always has a lot of heart.
I wonder if he ever thought this would happen when he came to the future?

Andrew gave 5 points

01.08.2013

#56 by BeamerWenis

Wow, weed and poop jokes!
AN ALL NEW SHOW LOW!
Best Futurama Guy episode ever.

BeamerWenis gave 1 point

22.08.2013

#57 by BurritoBot

Catching up on the eps. This one is just all around funny. I'm enjoying this season.

BurritoBot gave 5 points

22.08.2013

#58 by endy

I thought I'd hate jrrr, but in the end he was a great character.

endy gave 5 points

22.08.2013

#59 by Pukotron

Disgusting. Alien turds are not candy. Ever.

Pukotron gave 1 point

23.08.2013

#60 by BenderIsGreat

Twisted tale complete with ET skulls and merit badges for planetary invasion. Nice to Lrrr being such a "devoted dad" as well. This parody of ET works on every level in that the jokes were hysterical, the sight gags wild and the sub-plot with Bender trying to cover up Fry's disappearance was great though he could have had access to better technology in which to simulate Fry's voice better. Five out of five on this one. Will Future incarnations of the F-show be able to top this? We will see..for sure.

BenderIsGreat gave 5 points

10.09.2013

#61 by James

Great to see a new Lrrr story and see how their son has grown up. So many great jokes, especially the answering machine.

James gave 5 points

10.09.2013

#62 by Cassie

Funny episode and a nice friendship between Fry and Jrr. Too bad the series ended because this would be a nice relationship to see come back again.

Cassie gave 5 points

26.09.2013

#63 by Peter

A solid Futurama outing that is not a classic but is full of excellent jokes.

Peter gave 5 points

15.10.2013

#64 by SweetZombieJesus

I thought this episode was pretty bad from start to finish. It is too bad as Lrr works well as a secondary character but when episodes revolve around him and his species the episodes fall flat. A very poor take on ET. 2 out of 5 is generous on this one.

SweetZombieJesus gave 2 points

11.11.2013

#65 by Tobz

Another solid episode, good to see Bender cares as much about Fry as Fry cares about him.

Tobz gave 4 points

14.09.2016

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