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Alan LaCerra
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Bender lets his friends go off on a dangerous mission, telling them he wishes he never sees them again, and is punished by having his parts stolen. He steals his legs back from Tinny Tim along with a rolling cart and is rewarded by being one step closer to having all of his parts. He sacrifices his shiny metal ass to

Bender as the bees guarding the hunny (see also "The Sting")

What is it with Leela and boxes? See also "The Farnsworth Parabox."

An episode's title and TV description create expectations for viewers. If an episode called "Assie Come Home" and described by my TV as Bender's searching the universe for his shiny metal rear end doesn't really get to the ass till the end, then somewhere along the way the show created false expectations. That said, I

Zoidberg on a poster in the sex shop

Alpha 5 in the chop shop made me a little happy.  :-)

If Donna doesn't want to sit front row center to see Daniel Day-Lewis as Macbeth, I'll go.  :-)

I didn't enjoy this ep.  Too much boring Ava, unlikable Katrina, and sulky Louis, not enough Jessica, and too much talking about who's on whose side (i.e. "Are we good?").

It's Charlie from Hotel Babylon.  :-)

And the moral of this episode, in light of Sloan's confession to Will and Will's to Nina, honesty is the best policy.

How much time passed between fatally shot Terry and buried six feet under Terry?

Drunk Arlene in mourning is my favorite. :-)

Jeez, Alcide, just kill all of your pack and go live with your dad already.  Please!

Lilith was pretty clear about not being God.  There's only one God, and He created her.  Whatever she (and by extension Billith) is, it can be powerful without being divine.

Family Tree may live!  :-)

Quotes from the First Five Minutes:

Futurama: The Only Show Broadcast at the Speed of Light

Calculon:  Shall I dazzle the damned with a command performance of my one-man show?
Robot Devil: OH GOD! HAVEN'T THEY SUFFERED ENOUGH?

Note the hairs on his head forming 666 as he says this.  :-)

Don't forget about Richard "American Gigolo" Gere.