8 Reasons Futurama Doesn't Need A Season 8

In the age of the streaming wars, there's no such thing as a happy ending. Fry and Leela may have walked through the portal to live happily ever after again at the end of Meanwhile, but it's no longer enough to just let the characters live on in your head. Everything must be brought back, character arcs must be demolished and obstacles must be put in their way so that they can still act in the ways we remember them, rather than as actual people.

This is not exclusive to Futurama, of course. It's been an increasingly big part of the television and cinema landscape over the past few years. New Star Trek series are a way to sell Paramount's streaming service to an audience of Trekkies. Multiple Tatooine-set Star Wars series are a great way to sell Disney+ subscriptions.

And now Futurama is another enticing prospect for people who want to add another streaming service to their outgoing bills. However, doesn't this devalue the quality of the work? Stories are supposed to have endings, characters are supposed to have satisfying arcs. By constantly resurrecting these properties past their natural endpoint, it further contributes to an endless, meaningless cycle of content.