See the Original Character Sketches for Next Week’s ‘Futurama’ Episode [Exclusive]
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Futurama is back, baby, and in the first two episodes of its fourteenth season, the series has already taken on lab-grown meat and scammers. The upcoming third episode, “Our Flag Means Medical Coverage,” spoofs the pirate genre as Fry and Bender have to deal with a group of space pirates who have stolen some priceless cargo. And it wouldn’t be a Futurama episode unless there were a whole bunch of references and Easter eggs—some so clever and obscure you might miss them.
- ▪Futurama is back, baby, and in the first two episodes of its fourteenth season, the series has already taken on lab-grown meat and scammers.
- ▪The upcoming third episode, “Our Flag Means Medical Coverage,” spoofs the pirate genre as Fry and Bender have to deal with a group of space pirates who have stolen some priceless cargo.
- ▪And it wouldn’t be a Futurama episode unless there were a whole bunch of references and Easter eggs—some so clever and obscure you might miss them.
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Futurama is back, baby, and in the first two episodes of its fourteenth season, the series has already taken on lab-grown meat and scammers. The upcoming third episode, “Our Flag Means Medical Coverage,” spoofs the pirate genre as Fry and Bender have to deal with a group of space pirates who have stolen some priceless cargo. And it wouldn’t be a Futurama episode unless there were a whole bunch of references and Easter eggs—some so clever and obscure you might miss them. Luckily, we’ve got some exclusive character sketches and quotes from supervising director Pete Avanzino to break down all the references in the episode.
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