This episode opens with a flashback to the twentieth century when Fry delivers a pizza to the local FOX affiliate and ends up sipping beer with the station's operator while watching the season finale of 'Single Female Lawyer'; that is until he spills his beer on the control panel and cutting short the programme. One thousand years later the television signal reaches the planet Omicron Persei VIII where its leader Lrrr is sitting down to watch the show
he is not happy when the signal fails and heads to Earth to find out what happened. After some confusion about who exactly they are after and a space battle where Zapp Brannigan's forces succeed in destroying the Hubble telescope they realise what he want; unfortunately the original tapes were lost so Fry suggests the Planet Express crew recreate the episode.
This episode successfully spoofed the clichéd alien invasion genre with the destruction of the world's monuments, which just happen to have been moved to New New York. As always it was great to see Zapp and his sidekick Kif back; they always provide plenty of laughs. The 'Single Female Lawyer' show was clearly a spoof of 'Ally McBeal' although I don't think a viewer who hasn't seen that will be any less amused by this. Lrrr was a pretty cool character and he got a good introduction here although people who have seen later episode will know that he has better episodes later there's something to look forward to!
This episode successfully spoofed the clichéd alien invasion genre with the destruction of the world's monuments, which just happen to have been moved to New New York. As always it was great to see Zapp and his sidekick Kif back; they always provide plenty of laughs. The 'Single Female Lawyer' show was clearly a spoof of 'Ally McBeal' although I don't think a viewer who hasn't seen that will be any less amused by this. Lrrr was a pretty cool character and he got a good introduction here although people who have seen later episode will know that he has better episodes later there's something to look forward to!