Overclockwise

"Overclockwise"
Futurama episode
Fry discovers Bender has processed his body inside-out and adhered himself to a cave interior behind Niagara Falls after being overclocked.
Episode no.	Season six Episode 113
Directed by	Raymie Muzquiz
Written by	Ken Keeler
Production code	6ACV25
Original air date	September 1, 2011
Opening caption	"Soon to be a hit television show"
Season six episodes
June 24, 2010 – September 8, 2011 "Rebirth" "In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela" "Attack of the Killer App" "Proposition Infinity" "The Duh-Vinci Code" "Lethal Inspection" "The Late Philip J. Fry" "That Darn Katz!" "A Clockwork Origin" "The Prisoner of Benda" "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" "The Mutants Are Revolting" "The Futurama Holiday Spectacular" "The Silence of the Clamps" "Möbius Dick" "Law and Oracle" "Benderama" "The Tip of the Zoidberg" "Ghost in the Machines" "Neutopia" "Yo Leela Leela" "Fry Am the Egg Man" "All the Presidents' Heads" "Cold Warriors" "Overclockwise" "Reincarnation"
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"Overclockwise" is the twenty-fifth episode of the sixth season of the animated sitcom Futurama. It aired on Comedy Central in the United States on September 1, 2011.^[1] In the episode, Bender is overclocked, gradually becoming more powerful in computing ability, until eventually becoming omniscient and able to foresee events in the future.^[2][3]

Plot

Cubert overclocks Bender to improve his performance in an online game. Walt, Larry, and Igner are defeated online by an enhanced Bender and complain to Mom, who has both Cubert and Professor Farnsworth arrested for overclocking Bender (a violation of Bender's license agreement). She also sends an army of robots to capture Bender so he can be reset to his original settings. Due to heightened intelligence caused by his overclocking, Bender is able to anticipate future probabilities and connects himself to a water cooler to prevent overheating. He anticipates the arrival of Mom's robots, and manages to destroy them and steal their processors, increasing his capacities even further. Bender then leaves Planet Express to find a new, larger coolant.

At trial, Cubert and the Professor are ordered to locate Bender, and are forced to pay $10,000 every day until he is found. With Planet Express going out of business as a result, Leela, weary of her on-again, off-again relationship with Fry, decides to leave. Heartbroken, Fry attempts to commit suicide at Niagara Falls. There he discovers a cave behind the falls where Bender has developed into an omnipotent being, using the waterfalls as his new cooling system. Fry tries to convince Bender to help Professor Farnsworth and Cubert, but Bender is unconcerned with their troubles, stating that they are guilty and will be convicted. Fry asks Bender if he has a future with Leela, but Bender does not answer and tells him to leave.

After Fry returns to the trial, Bender has a change of heart and appears in court, accusing Mom of unfairly trying Cubert, a minor. Fearing that Cubert will gain the jury's sympathy, Mom drops charges against Cubert while still attempting to prosecute the Professor. However, Bender seeks a mistrial on the grounds of double jeopardy, declaring that by dropping charges against the Professor's clone, Mom is unable to press charges against the Professor for the same crime because they are legally the same person. Enraged that she cannot prosecute the Professor, Mom forcibly captures Bender and resets him to factory settings. Leela returns to Fry, who still wonders what the future holds for both of them. Bender reveals that he had written down his prediction of their future, which Fry and Leela silently read together. The contents of the prediction are not shown, but Fry and Leela's reactions indicate that their relationship will have ups and downs, and will ultimately have a happy ending.

Production

This episode was going to serve as an open-ended series finale, much in the way that "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" and Into the Wild Green Yonder were produced, in case the show did not get renewed.^[4][5] It was announced on March 24, 2011 that the show was renewed for a seventh production season.^[6]

References

1. ^ "Interview: David X Cohen". June 24, 2010. http://www.avclub.com/articles/david-x-cohen,42482/. Retrieved August 28, 2010. 
2. ^ A.C. Ferrante (June 21, 2011). "Exclusive Interview: David X. Cohen of FUTURAMA gives the scoop on Season 6B – Part 1". http://www.assignmentx.com/2011/exclusive-interview-futurama-producer-david-x-cohen-gives-the-scoop-on-the-new-season-%E2%80%93part-1/. Retrieved June 21, 2011. 
3. ^ "'Futurama' producer teases new season". May 26, 2010. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a221887/futurama-producer-teases-new-season.html. Retrieved August 31, 2010. 
4. ^ "Exclusive Interview: 'FUTURAMA' CO-CREATOR DAVID X. COHEN BLOWS OUT THE 100TH EPISODE CANDLE AND TALKS ABOUT THE SEASON SIX FINALE". 2010-09-01. http://ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=3955. Retrieved 2010-09-02. 
5. ^ "Exclusive: Futurama Creator Spills on Special Last, Last Episode! (Page 3)". June 22, 2010. http://www.ugo.com/tv/futurama-david-x-cohen-interview?page=3. Retrieved August 25, 2010. 
6. ^ "Comedy Central Renews 'Futurama' for 26 More Episodes". tvbythenumbers.com. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/03/24/comedy-central-renews-futurama-for-26-more-episodes/86949. Retrieved March 24, 2011. 

External links

• "Overclockwise" at the Infosphere, the Futurama Wiki.