Any more Futurama viewers?!

No discussion on the Roswell episode.

I watched it, but have no idea what it was called. I just happened to turn on fox @ 6:59 to see if it was on and thankfully it was.

Well, I really like the show, but Fox has been, lets see, how can I put this politely..., very crappy in its treatment of Futurama. I didn't even know that there was a new one on...

Of course the problem with nitpicking Sunday's episode is that the whole plot was a nit and they decided "To Heck with it" and made the fact it's a nit part of the show.
Fry's his own grandfather? "Time doesn't care" - Farnsworth.
When the writer's decide that making sense should go out the window, how do you nitpick?

First actual nit of the season:

Since Farnsworth is Fry's 9th great-nephew, he would be the 10th great-grandson of Fry's father. Therefore, if Fry ceased to exist by killing his his grandfather Ennis (Farnsworth's 11th great grandfather) Prof. Farnsworth would cease to exist as well. This should have been mentioned by the Professor early in the episode.

One can't help but wonder what removing Prof. Farnsworth from history would do to the lives of the other charaters.

Fry-ceases to exist by killing his grandfather.

Leela- dosn't get fired from Applied Cryonics due to the "Fry Incident". Leads a boring life working at AC.

Bender- kills himself in a suicide booth like he planned to in the pilot.

Dr. Zoidberg- gets a job somewhere else, possibly becoming a sucessful doctor.

Hermes- Gets another bueaurcrat job, nothing changes

I dimly recall an Asian college student on the show, but I can't remember her due to the fact the show hasn't aired for 6 months.

Amy Wong, of the Mars Wongs. She belonged to the sorority Kappa Kappa Wong, I believe :\

argh! my Fox keep showing •••••• football.

Oops...wrong place. Apparently, the premiere was 3ACV19.

"If time doesn't care that Fry's his own grandfather, who are we to judge?"

Some things don't need nitpicking; it's like nitpicking Leno & Letterman.
On the other hand, there is something to be said for scientifically accurate comedy.
I can't take a stand on that issue, but I did enjoy the episode.
It made just as much sense as most Voyager episodes.

How do you feel about the logic, consistency and plausibility of 3rd Rock from the Sun? I read in TV Guide the producers weren't really interested in doing science fiction, they wanted to do comedy.

Why is the premier called 3ACV19?

I was thinking about nitpicks while I was watching, but now I can't think of any, beyond the obvious things about how silly everybody is, the military don't do what you'd expect, microwaves wouldn't really open up a rift in the time-space continuum.
When Bender asks Fry to get popcorn, Fry's face goes blank as he says, "Okay." It's like Bender is manipulating and mind-controlling Fry just to make Fry miss the explosion.
I do watch the show when I remember it's on,
but they're going overboard in making Fry an idiot. It's not funny.

Some things don't need nitpicking
*GASP* Bite your tongue, blasphemer!

It made just as much sense as most Voyager episodes.
I think it made more sense.

How do you feel about the logic, consistency and plausibility of 3rd Rock from the Sun?
What logic, consistency or plausibility?
I don't watch 3rd Rock because, while it can be funny, I don't care for the characters or the stories.

Why is the premier called 3ACV19?
I think that is just a production number, but since Futurama doesn't air the episode title, the production number is the only way a fan will know what episode has aired. (Assuming that they actually look for the number and/or know where it will be shown.)

The episode title was "Roswell That Ends Well", in case anyone's interested.

I've updated this board with the correct title. I will put up a synopisis as soon as I figure out what happened.

No you didn't. It still said "The Top Secret Season Premiere Extravaganza" when I got here.

It still isn't the correct title. "Roswell That Ends Well".

Where did you find that title at?

When watching the episode...

Where in the episode does it say the title
?

On the side of the missile fired from the PE ship.

Great lines:

Leela: Wait. If you killed your grandfather, why do you still exist?
Fry: I dunno. Maybe God loves me?
Bender: AH-HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[it's funny cos it's true!]

A couple of people here continued to refer to Ennis as Fry's grandfather even though he never was. It was always Fry who was his own grandfather.

Not only is Fry his own grandfather but he's his own grandson.

Also, he's his own great-great-grandfather (his grandfather's grandfather) and his great-great-great-great-grandfather and any even number of great grandfather. And any even number great grandson.

Ccabe almost mentioned this up above, but wouldn't the Professor become Fry's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson?

And Fry's brother is also his grandson.

And his father is his son and his mom is his daughter-in-law, who is also her husband's grandmother.

That's one twisted geneology chart.

Fry's father would also be his own grandfather & grandson.

TRIVIA: This episode won an Emmy Award.

CONTINUITY ERROR

This episode says that Fry's grandfather's name was "Ennis"...however...in "Luck of the Fryish", it's "Yantzee"

If you recall in Phil Fry's nursery, Fry's father tells Fry's older brother that his name is "Yantzee" just like him and his father before him.

That's "Yancy"

My bad.

Actually in "The Luck of the Fryrish" Fry's dad handily skips the name of Fry's paternal grandfather when he mentions the Yancy tradition.

"Son, your name is Yancy, just like me and my grandfather and so on. All the way back to minuteman Yancy Fry, who blasted commies in the American Revolution."

Oh yeah...that's right.

Had he survived, The Big Bopper like all fat men who sing about a dance move that only fat guys can do will fade away absolutely.