Lethal Inspection story
"Lethal Inspection" is the sixth episode of the sixth season of the American animated television sitcom Futurama. It originally aired on Comedy Central in the United States on July 22, 2010. In the episode Bender learns that he suffers from a terminal manufacturing defect, effectively rendering him mortal. Bender must cope with his newfound mortality and enlists Hermes Conrad's help to track down the mysterious quality inspector, Inspector No. 5, whom he blames for allowing him to enter the world only to die. Directed by: Ray Claffey. Story by: Eric Horsted.
6 total · 3 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with mortality | major | Bender became depressed because he learned he was mortal. |
| humanoid robot | major | Bender found out that he was defective. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | Bender was driven by a desire to pre-avenge his own death. |
| bureaucracy | minor | An old geezer died waiting in line at the central bureaucracy. |
| immortality | minor | We learned that Bender's carefree attitude came from knowing that he was immortal. |
| war | minor | There was a war re-enactment of some sort commemorating an invasion in which at least 98 million had been killed early on. |