Brannigan, Begin Again [SEP] series
Brannigan, Begin Again
"Brannigan, Begin Again" is the second episode in the second season of the American animated television series "Futurama". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 28, 1999. The episode was written by Lewis Morton and directed by Jeffrey Lynch.
Plot.
The episode opens with Fry and Bender playing a violent, futuristic version of chess, where Bender's bishop and Fry's knight fight. Fry wins, prompting Bender to send all of his chess
particularly the "Midnight Cowboy" parody with Kif and Brannigan as Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, respectively. A review on 411mania also noted that the return of Brannigan was a highpoint of the episode and gave it an overall rating of 8.0/10 or "very good". In "Doug Pratt's DVD" Pratt noted that the episode combined the series' science fiction setting with good character humor.
External links.
- Brannigan, Begin Again at The New York Times Movies