A Flight to Remember
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| Futurama episode | |
| "A Flight to Remember" | |
 Sad Fry and Leela observe the rest of the Planet Express crew with their dates on the bridge of the Titanic. |
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| Episode no. | 10 |
| Prod. code | 1ACV10 |
| Airdate | September 26, 1999 |
| Writer(s) | Eric Horsted |
| Director | Peter Avanzino |
| Opening subtitle | Filmed On Location |
| Opening cartoon | "Clutch Cargo" |
| Guest star(s) | Dawnn Lewis as LaBarbra Conrad |
| Season 1 March 1999 – June 1999 |
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“A Flight to Remember” is episode ten in the first production season of Futurama. It originally aired in North America on September 26, 1999 as the first episode in the second season. This episode was written by Eric Horsted and directed by Peter Avanzino. Dawnn Lewis guest stars in this episode as LaBarbara Conrad. The episode is a parody of the 1997 film Titanic,[1][2] and references the Douglas Adams novel Life, the Universe and Everything and Starship Titanic computer game. The title is also possibly a play on the title of a book and British film about the sinking of the Titanic titled A Night to Remember.
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[edit] Plot
Returning from an extremely grueling mission, Fry, Leela, and Bender announce their resignations to Professor Farnsworth. They reconsider when the Professor tells them he has scheduled a company vacation as thanks for not reporting him about his disregard for employee safety. He tells them the vacation is a cruise on the maiden voyage of the largest space cruise ship ever built: the Titanic. No one suspects anything dangerous despite the crash of the first luxury ship. As they board, they are stopped by Zapp Brannigan, the honorary captain of the Titanic for its maiden voyage who attempts to seduce Leela again. In an attempt to avoid Brannigan's unwanted advances, Leela claims she is engaged to Fry. On the way to their room, Bender meets the lovely robot Countess de la Roca.
On the bridge, Brannigan diverts from the ship's original course and through a swarm of comets (the icebergs of the sky). At the buffet, Amy unexpectedly runs into her parents who immediately attempt to set Amy up with a date. In order to redirect her parents' attention, Amy claims Fry is her boyfriend, which makes Leela jealous.
At the ship's casino, Bender meets the Countess again and pretends to be rich to become her friend; at first he really wants her money and jewelry, until he realizes he loves her. She realizes he's broke after he steals a drinks from the bar, but she claims she still loves him.
In the swimming pool capsule, a limbo competition is being held. Hermes is urged to limbo, but declines, remembering a traumatic incident from twenty years ago. He was on the Earth Olympic limbo team, but during the 2980 Olympics, a boy ran onto the field, wanting to be just like his hero Hermes. He tried to limbo under an Olympic level bar but broke his spine, apparently mortally. Hermes has never limboed since then. Brannigan takes time off from steering the ship to judge the limbo contest, and declares Leela the winner, despite her not having entered ("No matter, I know from personal experience just how horizontal you can get"). As a prize, she and Fry are invited to dinner at the captain's table.
At dinner both Zapp Brannigan and Amy's parents are present and demanding Fry kiss his date. Before the fake relationships are exposed, Kif calls Brannigan back to the bridge. The new course has placed the ship in danger. Brannigan's attempt to correct the problem results in the ship flying toward a black hole. Realizing the danger he has put them in (but of course not outright admitting it), Brannigan promotes Kif to Captain so that he can go down with the ship while Brannigan escapes. Bender heads off to save the Countess, while the rest of the crew make their way to the escape pods. On the way, an airlock door begins to close, blocking the crew's escape. Zoidberg holds it from closing all the way, but the door release is on the other side and no one can reach it. Hermes resurrects his old limbo skills to squeeze under and hit the door release. Arriving at the escape pods, they meet Amy's parents, who have found Amy a new boyfriend they feel is suitable: Kif. After waiting as long as they can for Bender, the crew launches the escape pod. Bender leaps from the Titanic, Countess in tow. He grabs the escape pod, but they are overweight. The Countess sacrifices herself to allow the others to escape. An upset Bender says he has her bracelet to remind him of her, then asks Hermes what's the value of the diamond in it. The knowledge that it's fake breaks his heart.
[edit] Continuity
This episodes features the beginning of the relationship between Kif Kroker and Amy Wong. The relationship was originally meant to be a one–off joke; however, the writers found it to be convenient and used it in multiple later episodes.[1] This episode also paves the way for Fry and Leela's relationship, and is the first one in which they attempt to kiss.
[edit] Characters
Characters who first appear in this episode are:
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- A Flight to Remember at the Internet Movie Database
- A Flight to Remember at TV.com
- A Flight to Remember at About.com
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