Fry, Leela, Amy, and Bender are gathered around the usual table. Hermes runs in the room looking worried and stressed.

Leela: What`s wrong?

Hermes: Something terrible is coming to Planet Express!

Fry: Hurricane? Flood? Hippies?

Hermes: Worse.

Leela: Alien attack?

Hermes: Nope.

Bender: Then what?

Hermes: A safety inspector is coming to Planet Express!

FUTURAMA THEME

An inspector is walking around the office, Fry, Bender, Leela, Amy, Hermes, and the Professor follow.

Inspector: Let`s see... this ship has survived an electrician disturbance, a planet with extremely high gravity, and a lot more and amazingly came out OK.

The inspector looks up to see an obvious cardboard cutout of the ship. Behind it is the real Planet Express ship, wrecked and dented. He then moves on and turns to Fry, Bender, and Leela.

Inspector: Let`s see, this is your delivery boy, your captain,...

The inspector turns to Bender.

Inspector: And your.....

Bender: Expert chef, advanced technical machine advisor, and alcoholic beverage dispenser.

Inspector: Hmmm. Impressive.

Bender smirks at Hermes and Leela. The inspector then goes over to Dr. Zoidberg`s office.

Inspector: Ah, you must be the crew doctor and human expert.

Zoidberg: That`s me! I know humans inside out! From the gonads to the gizzard to the swim bladder.....

Hermes leads the inspector out of his office before Zoidberg can continue. The inspector looks at some space suits hanging on a wall.

Inspector: Hmm. Looks like these suits have some holes in then.

Hermes: Holes? [Laughs heartily] Those are....uh....

Professor: Advanced technical..... pores!

Inspector: Yet again, very impressive. You have an excellent service here! But, I did find one violation: You`ll need an alternate captain.

Hermes: An alternate captain?

Inspector: Yes, in case something happens to the one you have. [points to Fry] Just use this idiot.

Fry: YESS!

Leela: Well, I guess I could train you Fry. But, I`ll take lots of hard work and concentration-

Leela is interrupted with Fry`s snoring. Leela sighs and puts her on her head. Cut to the next day. Leela leads Fry into the ship for his first lesson.

Leela: Okay, Fry, when you start the ship, you pull the accelerator bar.

Fry: Uh-huh.

Leela: Then you push the launcherzator.

Fry: Uh-huh.

Leela: And then you push down this petal and take off.

Fry: Uh-huh.

Leela looks at Fry with her annoyed look.

Leela: And then you`ll clean my apartment for me...

Fry: Uh-huh

Fry suddenly realizes what he said.

Fry: Wait, no.

Leela: (sigh) You have to learn this!

Fry: Learn what?

Leela: For starters, how to start the ship.

Fry: Don`t worry. When you look this good, you don`t have to know anything.

Leela: You idiot! This is important! [Starts another lecture] Moving on, now when you`re in deep space, you really do not have to....

Close in on Fry, Leela is going faintly on and on in the background. Fry`s thoughts come through.

Fry (thinking to himself): Leela`s really got a nice body, when she`s not so bossy and nagging. [mocking her] "Fry, don`t forget to deliver the package. Fry, stop running around Planet Express office naked." I wonder if we`ll ever get married someday....

A fantasy of Fry`s comes through. Leela and Fry are at the alter and Bender is the best man.

Fry (in his thought): The ring, Bender?

Bender (in his thought): Ring? What ring?

Leela: I do!

Fry(wakes up): Huh?

Leela: I do hope you`re not dreaming again and you heard everything I said!

Fry: Don`t worry! I got it!

Professor (from outside ship): Good news everyone!

Fry (to himself): Saved by another near brush with death delivery.

Fry and Leela walk outside the ship and down to meet the professor and Bender.

Professor: You`ll be making a delivery to Tridex 4, a planet made of bubble and mint gum where you will be likely be sucked in and never recovered. Enjoy!

Cut to the ship blasting off. Inside Leela is driving and Fry and Bender are hanging out. Fry wheels a chair over to Leela.

Fry: Hey, Leela, do they have teleporters in the future?

Leela: Only for scientific use.

Fry: Peanut butter and jelly donuts?

Leela: No.

Fry: Regis Philbin? Cher?

Leela: Yes.

Fry: (shivers) What a future.

They approach the planet and land, squishing into the soft ground. Then Leela, Fry, and Bender step outside. A few seconds later they return (the outside of the planet is only shown when they land), almost totally covered in bubble gum.

Leela: Well, that went easier then expected.

Fry: They were pretty desperate for those scrap pieces of paper.

Leela, Fry, and Bender wipe themselves off and then Leela starts the ship. Fry walks over to his seat, and in the process walks over a small scrap of gum on the floor, trips, falls on the office swivel chair he was sitting in ealier, the chair rolls across the floor, thumps into a wall, the wall vibrates and a storage compartment opens, a twenty-four pack of Slurm cans falls....

Leela: Fry, what are you--Aahh!

...on Leela, knocking her from her post and onto the floor.

Fry (worried): Leela!? Leela?! Are you alright?!

Bender: She`s out cold.

Fry: Wha-what do we do now?

Bender: Why are you asking me? You`re the captain!

Fry gulps.

Bender: Hey, Fry, since we`re going to die, could you pay me back that twenty bucks you owe me?

TO BE CONTINUED......