“Futurama” has never been shy about tackling current events and season 11 is no different.
Fresh off satirizing Amazon and online shopping two episodes ago, the series’ latest episode — “Rage Against The Vaccine” — is about the Covid-19 pandemic.In this episode, Planet Earth (and Planet Express) deal with the outbreak of a new virus, dubbed Explovid-23.
The virus, spread through nebulous means, apparently originates from the Sewer Mutants.
Quarantining the sewers doesn’t contain it, though, because Leela (Katey Sagal) was visiting her parents and becomes a superspreader when she returns to the surface.Half the episode is Hermes (Phil Lamarr), convinced the virus is a form of zombie-ism, trying to find a cure with Voodoo.
The other half is Covid jokes, several of them centered around the show’s resident scientist, Professor Farnsworth (Billy West).
I wouldn’t say all these jokes are home runs, but (or even because) they’ll be familiar to…
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