#the impossible stream

Yeah, they probably won't remember their married life fully, but at least they're both still together. Plus, they didn't pull away when they opened their eyes.

THEY ARE SOULMATES. 🧡💜

I have been waiting for this moment since I saw the first episode and I couldn't screenshot Leela with the megaphone chucking a Fry. Thank you so much @emdeejaydraws for getting the screenshot! ❤️‍🔥

Thank you @fryandleelasbigfling for the hashtag "together, they're stupid together" I'm living for it. ❤️‍🔥

I LOVED "The Impossible Stream." I was a little skeptical when I read the episode description because "topical" episodes are one of the issues that dragged down the Comedy Central run, but this episode was what I wanted "Rebirth"--the first episode of the CC revival--to be.

"Rebirth" was...OK. It had some funny moments, but it was a little strange and underwhelming. I didn't care for darker tone and body horror. I WANTED to like it, but it didn't really feel like Futurama.

Conversely, "The Impossible Stream" was a great Futurama episode. The tone matched the original run, the plot was well-paced, the whole crew got involved and I enjoyed watching Bender and Leela team up to save Fry. The jokes were hilarious and easily stood alongside the humor in the original episodes.

AND we got our first queer moment with a recurring character! I know it was an All My Circuits scene and didn't take place in "real life," but Calculon still kissed a guy--and the joke was "this soap opera has so many crazy twists," not "haha what? calculon kissing a DUDE?? gross!!" I hope we see more of this in later episodes.

The only complaint that I have is that the meta jokes and Hulu references might not stand up over time--I mean, all the Hulu jokes make no sense if this ever airs on cable--but it's still a funny, laid-back episode with lots of timeless humor.

The voice acting was great, too. Everyone slipped back into their roles as if no time had passed. Katey Sagal's voice acting was even emotionally moving in a couple of scenes.

Overall, I had a blast watching this episode. No moments where I cringed a little or thought "Jeez, is the rest of the season going to be like this?" In fact, this episode gives me high hopes for the rest of the revival.

Funnily enough, I stumbled on this tweet right after watching the episode:

Obviously, the "Avenged!!" opening caption is a call back to the "Avenge Us!" from Meanwhile

In the cold open the Professor says Fry and Leela were "suffering from an extreme case of old", which is similar to when the youth-a-sizer says the professor has a "serious case of old" in Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles. The youth-a-sizer also gives the professor a botulism treatment to tighten face muscles, and in The Impossible Stream The Professor's head explodes after using wrinkle cream, and then he wants to discuss "explosive botulism".

In the opening credits, Bender is stuck to the ship's magnet, a reference to The Series Has Landed, where Amy uses the magnet to save him from the moon.

The calendar which reveals they are in July 3023 has a similar picture to the calendar which reveals they are in July 1947 in Roswell That Ends Well.

Fry's Fulu passcode was 1077. Which, as we know from A Fishful of Dollars , was the price of a cheese pizza and a soda at the pizzeria. Also ,his PIN number.

Humourbot 5.0 also did a stand up show in That's Loberstertainment.

We saw that Slurms MacKenzie is still partying, even after we all assumed he was dead in Fry and the Slurm Factory.

Calculon was still robot hell after dying in both The Thief of Baghead and Calculon 2.0. The robot devil is still very happy to resurrect him as well.

Leela uses her megaphone backwards, much like Fry did in The Day The Earth Stood Stupid. Although unlike her boyfriend/fiancée (Wonder which one it is? Hopefully they address it in a later episode), she corrects her mistake pretty quick.

To get Calculon to redo the final scene, they had to claim it wasn't a second take. He said he never does a second take in Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television and seemed utterly confused by the concept in Calculon 2.0.

Yeah, I cried.

@a-love-that-transcends-all @capt-t-leela @ladybender