I've refrained from commenting much on previous episodes of the new season, but I have to say this one disappointed me the most. Parasites Lost was my favorite episode of the original run, and in that episode at the end the parasites warn it will be easy for them to return.

So they name this episode Parasites Regained. Naturally my expectations are that Fry regains the worms. Instead of doing that, they just used the title as a callback joke but it's mostly unrelated to the plot. It's not even really about the effects from the same parasites, never mind it being about the same character.

As others have commented here, the jokes are stale and slow to fire. I don't think the writing has been strong enough to have resurrected the show again.

At best I've chuckled at this season. The original run - and even most of the Comedy Central episodes - were much funnier than this.

Maybe there will be some better episodes ahead, but I really don't see Futurama getting another season based on the strength of this one.

[–] arensb@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So they name this episode Parasites Regained.

Not sure if everyone here knows that Paradise Regained is Milton's sequel to his earlier Paradise Lost.

[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

No, actually I didn't make that connection. All the same, that doesn't sever the link to Parasites Lost.

That is a valuable point though, and I thank you for bringing it up.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 1 points 1 year ago

It feels like they made an inspiration board of all the best hits of their show and then tried to write an episode with at least 4 callbacks per episode... Maybe it's just producer interference or they felt nostalgic and aren't as sharp worded as they used to be but God I detest this new season for being basically Scrubs Interns but with the same cast which hurts more.