Episode 42: Insane In The Mainframe

Listen in as Luke and Gabe eat Bachelor Bars from a sick vending machine robot, and discuss Futurama Season 3 Episode 12: Insane in the Mainframe.

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Episode Synopsis: Fry and Bender are mistakenly convicted of robbing a bank and are both sent to a robot mental institution.

On this show:

  • Luke and Gabe discuss how the Planet Express crew are at best, slightly inconvenienced by Fry’s thinking he’s a robot 
  • Gabe and Luke discuss how this episode is filled with narrative loops, which give the user a sense of confusion
  • Luke discusses his fear of gamma rays
  • Gabe discusses how Leela trying to save Fry has worked in the past, but isn’t working in this episode
  • Luke discusses how Roberto and Bender represent different visions of our future where AI has been invented.

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