On the surface level,Futuramais a satirical and wacky sci-fi take on the workplace comedy archetype.
However, the characters have had steady character development across the course of an ever-evolving but typically consistent continuity.
That continues within “The Temp,” which highlights one of the show’s most consistent arcs.
While their forgetfulness over the Temp is played for grim comedy, it also carries a secondary sweet note.
The episode reinforces Fry’s importance in their lives, and theirs in his.
“Quids Game” saw him sacrifice his personal ethics and code to try and save Leela’s life.
“The Temp” makes those connections even more clear by revealing how much he needs his friends.
It speaks to one ofFuturama’s biggest thematic throughlines.
Futurama follows the exploits of Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy from 1999 who is cryogenically frozen for 1000 years. Waking up in the year 3000, Fry befriends a cyclops named Leela and a roguish robot named Bender, and the three find employment with Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery service. Their work takes them to all corners of the universe, exploring space and the future as imagined by Matt Groening and the creators of The Simpsons.
