This is the first episode of the season I could see myself rewatching, cause it's actually great.
The stuff I liked: The comedy was weak in most other episodes, but a surprising amount of it worked here, maybe it's because it wasn't drowned in in your face commentary jokes and maybe because the episode was actually well paced. The episode didn't feel rushed at all and had a plot that was genuinely creative. The characters were written very well this episode, I like the paring of Zoidberg and bender.
The stuff I didn't like: the episode did occasionally have it's less funny moments and some of the writing was a little rough around the edges and the comedy still didn't quite reach previous seasons (still a very funny episode)
Overall, this episode was very good and I might watch all the Futurama Christmas episodes at Christmas.
The stuff I liked: The comedy was weak in most other episodes, but a surprising amount of it worked here, maybe it's because it wasn't drowned in in your face commentary jokes and maybe because the episode was actually well paced. The episode didn't feel rushed at all and had a plot that was genuinely creative. The characters were written very well this episode, I like the paring of Zoidberg and bender.
The stuff I didn't like: the episode did occasionally have it's less funny moments and some of the writing was a little rough around the edges and the comedy still didn't quite reach previous seasons (still a very funny episode)
Overall, this episode was very good and I might watch all the Futurama Christmas episodes at Christmas.