Murder on the Planet Express

"Murder on the Planet Express" is the one hundred and thirty-eighth episode of Futurama, the twenty-fourth of the seventh production season and the eleventh of the tenth broadcast season. It aired on 21 August, 2013, on Comedy Central. The crew get trapped aboard the ship with a horrific alien creature.

Production
On 5 February, 2013, released a preview clip for the tenth broadcast season, which contained footage from the episode.

On 14 August, Comedy Central released a two-minute preview clip featuring the crew picking up Blorgulax.

Allusions

 * The episode's title is a reference to the novel , by.
 * Zoidberg reads the book in a deleted scene from "The Tip of the Zoidberg".
 * For Your Eyes Mainly is a reference to the .
 * One of the special features on the D.V.D. for Bender's Game is a genetics lab that merges the characters. The result of the Fry/Bender merger is also named Friender.

Continuity

 * Fry wears the space suit from "A Big Piece of Garbage".

Characters

 * Amy
 * Bender
 * Debut: Blorgulax
 * Debut: Dan McMasters
 * Professor Farnsworth
 * Fry
 * Hermes
 * Debut: Jackie Jr.
 * Leela
 * Linda
 * Morbo
 * Nine
 * Scruffy
 * Zoidberg

Places

 * Apartment 00100100
 * Debut: For Your Eyes Mainly
 * Planet Express conference room
 * Planet Express employee lounge
 * Planet Express hangar
 * Planet Express headquarters
 * Planet Express kitchen
 * Robot Arms Apartments

Miscellaneous

 * Channel √2 News
 * Dark-matter afterburner
 * Dark-matter engines
 * Facebook