Murder on the Planet Express story
"Murder on the Planet Express" is the eleventh episode of the tenth season of the animated sitcom Futurama. It originally aired on Comedy Central on August 21, 2013. The episode was written by Lewis Morton and directed by Frank Marino. In this episode, the crew get trapped aboard the Planet Express ship with a horrific alien creature. The episode parodies Alien and The Thing. Directed by: Frank Marino. Story by: Lewis Morton.
12 total · 9 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| a danger shared can bring people together | major | Professor Farnsworth subjected his employees to danger in order to make them put their differences aside and cooperate. |
| company team building | major | The Professor arranged a stereotypical team building outing for his employees. |
| cooperation | major | Fry and Bender, Leela and Amy, and Zoidberg and Hermes all had to learn to get along with one another in order to stop a man eating alien. |
| friendship | major | Fry and Bender. Leela and Amy. |
| group bonding | major | Fry and Bender, Leela and Amy, and Zoidberg and Hermes all had to learn to get along with one another. |
| mistrust | major | The Planet Express team went on a corporate team building retreat, after spycam evidence made it clear that nobody trusted each other. |
| mutual trust | major | Fry and Bender, Leela and Amy, and Zoidberg and Hermes all teamed up and learned to trust each other, respectively. |
| working together in spite of disagreement | major | Fry and Bender, Leela and Amy, and Zoidberg and Hermes had to learn how to work together at a team building exercise. |
| working together under stress | major | The Planet Express crew had to learn how to work together while being hunted by a man eating alien. |
| interstellar space travel | minor | Planet Express ship was adrift in deep space. |