Futurama: 10 Most Underrated Episodes

10. Forty Percent Leadbelly

Though not quite as drastically as The Simpsons, Futurama definitely saw a drop in quality in its later years after making the move to Comedy Central. Rarely did the second half of the series' run live up to the genius of the first few seasons, however some of these later episodes are better than they are ever given credit for.

'Forty Percent Leadbelly' won't top anyone's best episodes list, but with a current rating of 6.7 on IMDb, it is ranked as the second worst episode of the show ever, above only 'The Futurama Holiday Spectacular.' This is unfairly low.

The episode follows Bender who once again ignites his life long dream of being a folk singer, cloning Silicon Red's legendary guitar and going on a quest to write a great folk song despite never having lived the life he wanted to sing about.

It has a lot of what makes a great Futurama episode, with the kind of intelligent story we've come to expect, wonderful technological advances we can only dream of right now, and there are some genuinely catchy songs thrown in for good measure.