Last night was the first time I had a chance to watch the Futurama episode “Love’s Labours Lost in Space. ” And, for the most part, it wasn’t terrible.
Basically, the Planet Express team is sent on a tax deductible charity mission to rescue animals from a planet that is about to implode from over mining.
Along the way, they are intercepted by a space ship commanded
by Zap Brannigan, a commander (who is likely a spoof of Captain Kirk from Star Trek) who is immediately attracted to Leela and ends up taking her crew captive until she ends up sleeping with him (which apparently was an accident). I personally loved his alien assistant who seems so much smarter than his commander but can’t get a word in edgewise.
The part on the ...