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.