The second season of Futurama was slightly longer than the first, but it was just as enjoyable. I can’t believe they can come up with so many funny and interesting stories, while at the same time utilizing the characters and even developing them sometimes.

We’re also starting to see recurring characters that pop up every once in a while, or even sequels to previous episodes. But more importantly we delve deeper into each of the main cast, discovering something about their past as well as what makes them tick.

The professor has a lot of backstory, but we’ve only seen part of that. Every time he gets on screen he either says “Good news, everyone” or “Bad news”, and it’s always funny.

Leela’s past is the most mysterious one, since we don’t know where she’s from. There was an episode dealing with that, but it turned out to be a scam.

We learn more about Dr. Zoidberg and Hermes, especially Zoidberg’s species mating ritual. I love Hermes, he’s really grown on me, everything from his accent to his exclamation phrases are hilarious.

Fry’s origins are explored a little bit with the addition of his ex-girlfriend from the 20th century. I loved when they thought they were in the year 4000, but it turned out to be LA. Hilarious.

I don’t feel there’s been as much new development about Amy, apart from her one time affair with Fry.

A new addition to the cast is Cubert, the professor’s clone. I haven’t seen enough of him, but he’s funny.

I am really enjoying this series, I can’t wait to finish seasons 3 and 4 and start the movies.