Futurama
Otherwise
TV Flash files “Otherwise” as the last listed hour of season 12 — Futurama (1999–2003) on Fox, season 12, episode 10, aired 2024-09-30, 25 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S12E10: listed hour 144 of 164 in the Futurama guide, last listed hour of season 12. It aired 2024-09-30 (25 min). The listed hour before it is “The Futurama Mystery Liberry” (S12E09). Next is “Destroy Tall Monsters” (S13E01).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When Fry proposes to Leela, he is overcome by a near-fatal attack of déjà vu.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Otherwise sit in the Futurama guide?
S12E10 is listed hour 144 of 164 — last listed hour of season 12, season 12 episode 10.
When did Futurama S12E10 air?
Otherwise aired 2024-09-30 and is listed at 25 minutes.
Fox run or later revivals?
Start with the 1999–2003 Fox seasons. Comedy Central and streaming revivals continued the crew; the original is the pathos-and-math text.
In the series
Why this series still plays
A frozen delivery boy wakes a thousand years later, and Groening still finds the sad note under the gag. Nerd-precision sci-fi sitcom: math jokes, robot unions, and hours that wreck you between punchlines. Fox animation with real pathos — revived, never replaced, still the smartest pizza-delivery epic on television.
Visual first: a frozen delivery boy in a thousand-year thaw, a ship silhouette that can wreck you between punchlines, nerd-precision sci-fi with a sad note under the gag. Matt Groening and David X. Cohen's Fox series premiered in 1999. Billy West, Katey Sagal's Leela, John DiMaggio's Bender, Lauren Tom, Phil LaMarr. *Math jokes as sparkle, robot unions as the gown, pathos as the second look.* **This was not Simpsons in space; this was a different instrument.**
Filed against
- Billy West as Philip J. Fry / Professor Farnsworth
Billy West’s Stimpy — and later Ren — made The Ren & Stimpy Show a gums-and-gravy religion — 1990s catalog gross-out as high art, then Futurama asking the same throat for a thousand-year sad joke. TV Flash files him as the voice that can…
- Katey Sagal as Leela
Katey Sagal’s Peggy Bundy made Married… with Children a leopard-print weather system — 1980s catalog anti-wholesome, Fox’s first family of gleeful dysfunction. Futurama and Sons of Anarchy proved the same instrument could sing pathos and…
- John DiMaggio as Bender
John DiMaggio’s Bender made Futurama a robot with a drinking problem and a soul — a frozen delivery boy waking a thousand years later, Groening still finding the sad note under the gag. Nerd-precision sci-fi sitcom: math jokes, robot…
- Lauren Tom as Amy Wong
Lauren Tom's Amy Wong kept Futurama's sad note under the gag — a frozen delivery boy a thousand years later, Groening nerd-precision sci-fi, math jokes and robot unions, Fox animation with real pathos. Revived, never replaced. The desk…
- Phil LaMarr as Hermes Conrad
Phil LaMarr voices Hermes Conrad on Futurama, Groening’s 1990s nerd-precision sci-fi sitcom — a frozen delivery boy waking a thousand years later, math jokes, robot unions, hours that wreck you between punchlines. Fox animation with real…