Plot
Returning from a delivery, Bender is having an argument with the ship over art. When he proceeds to his room, the ship snaps off his head. Back at Planet Express, Bender screws back his head on, complaining about the ship. Professpr Farnsworth then comes in with new uniforms, for Planet Express is planning on contracting Romanticorp, maker of all things romantic. He uses a shock stick to keep Leela in line. The bears in the factory are reminiscent of the Happy Tree Friends, although this is not officially stated. During a tour, Fry finds candy hearts with messages on them. He then becomes determined to find the right words he was unable to find to woo Leela.
Thanks to the contract, the Professor is able to make repairs on the ship that the crew has been suing him about; he taped the cracks in the dark matter reactor, got a cage for the lion and new software for the ship to adjust its voice. Turning it to female, Bender becomes immediately attracted to her. They begin having fun with their circuits until the others find out. Though it is fraternizing, Leela allows it. Soon, Bender grows tired of the ship and begins cheating on her. Unbeknowst to him, while he is taking out two fembots at Elzar's, he is spotted by the ship, who become immediately possessive and erratic.
The crew delivers a shipment of hearts to Omicron Persei 8, 246/247 days without invading Earth. But the Omicronians become confused with the concept of "wuv" and begin to attack. During the attack, Bender decide to break up with the ship, shattering her mind, bringing them to a complete stop, allowing missiles to impact them.
Luckily, they survive, but the ship's feelings can't be repaired. After getting advice form Leela, the ship irrationally flies near a quasar. With its power of ten billion black holes, it would compress her and Bender into a single quantum singularity. Bender tries pleading with her, pretending to say he loved her but she said if he really loved her, he'd merge his programming with hers. To prevent Fry and Leela from interfering, she shuts off the oxygen and gravity. The organics manage to put on oxygen tanks.
Hiding in a shower, the three come up with a plan to deactivate the ship before she kills them all. Luckily, she can't read lip. Bender had to distract her by merging programs, with the risk of losing his personality if the ship engulfs it, while the others deactivate her brain. Bender merges with the ship, going deep into her motherboard. Inside it, he was portrayed as his head and the ship was smaller and had a face. He noticed tube, meaning she is a lot older than she says she is. Bender then "runs" away from the ship.
Meanwhile, Leela slowly attempts to shut down the ship's brain while Fry continued to look for the perfect words. But he notices her tank is almost empty but she refuses to listen. So he attaches his tank and falls unconscious. Leela able to take the ship offline and stop it from plunging into the quasar. But she soon realized Fry's sacrifice and mouth-to-mouth him. They finds Bender, shaken from his chase, but a bit of the ship's personality has gotten into him. Leela then lazily dumps the scattered hearts into the quasar. But, as narrated by Zoidberg, "they vaporized into a mystical love radiation that spread across the universe, destroying many, many planets, including two gangster planets and a cowboy world. But one planet was just at the right distance to see the romantic rays, but not be destroyed by them. Earth, and to all the love couple spread love and joy, and ME Zoidberg. And no one could have been happier unless it would have been Valentine's Day. What, it was? HOORAY".
Episode Number: #4ACV03
Title: Love and Rocket
Original Airdate: February 10, 2002
Starring:
Also Starring:
Special Guests: Sigourney Weaver, Lucy Liu
Intro Promotion: When you see the Robot, Drink!
Intro Cartoon:
Directed by: Brian Sheesley
Assistant Director: Stephanie Arnett
Written by: Dan Vebber
Storyboard Artist: Rodney Clouden
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