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| Futurama episode | |
| "The Cyber House Rules" | |
 Leela with her new set of eyes |
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| Episode no. | 41 |
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| Prod. code | 3ACV09 |
| Airdate | April 1, 2001 |
| Writer(s) | Lewis Morton |
| Director | Susie Dietter |
| Opening subtitle | Please Rise For The Futurama Theme Song |
| Opening cartoon | Box Car Blues |
| Guest star(s) | Tom Kenny as Adlai Atkins |
| Season 3 January 2001 – December 2002 |
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"The Cyber House Rules" is the ninth episode in season three of Futurama. It originally aired April 1, 2001. The title comes from the John Irving novel The Cider House Rules.
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Plot
Leela is invited to a reunion at her old orphanarium. She initially dreads seeing the people who made fun of her eye as a kid, but she decides rubbing her success in their faces would be very satisfying. Leela attempts to wave her impressive lifestyle in the other orphans' faces, but they quickly resume making fun of her eye. But Adlai Atkins (voiced by guest star Tom Kenny), the only other success story from the orphanarium, shoos them away. Adlai, now a phaser eye surgeon, offers to rework Leela's face to make her look normal, and she jumps at the chance, in spite of Fry's objections. Meanwhile, Bender adopts twelve orphans for the $100/week/child government stipend.
The operation is a success, and Leela adapts to her new, normal-looking life. Adlai asks the two-eyed Leela out, which causes Fry to exhibit signs of jealousy. In short order, Adlai tells Leela that he's ready to settle down and have kids. A receptive Leela suggests that they should adopt, and Adlai agrees. They go to Bender, who is finding that government stipends aren't a good get-rich-quick scheme (as it costs him more to look after the children every week than the $1200 the government pays every week and the stipend was merely to help raise the children) and is now selling the twelve children. Leela wants to adopt Sally, (voiced by guest star Nicole St. John), a girl with an ear on her forehead. Adlai objects, and then suggests that the child have an operation to remove the ear and make her "acceptable". Leela, horribly offended, demands that Adlai undo the surgery he performed and make her a cyclops again.
Bender, having been arrested by child services for crimes too numerous to list, returns the orphans to the orphanarium (which is subsequently named after him, though later episodes do not reflect this), and the one-eyed Leela goes back to her old oddball life.
Broadcast and reception
In its initial airing, the episode received a Nielsen rating of 3.9/7, placing it 79th among primetime shows for the week of March 26 - April 1, 2001. [1]
References
- ^ "BroadcastWatch". Broadcasting & Cable (Reed Business Information). 2001-04-09. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-73460250.html. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
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