7.4 The Thief Of Baghead The feisty robot’s actor buddy makes a magnificent return from a snatch of All My Circuits (prompting Bender to comment on his hero’s acting, “He really Shatnered the hell out of that one!”) to an appearance in the local aquarium where Bender gets in the mood to show off his photography skills. Oddly, he’s a bit old-school when it comes to the camera, choosing film over digital. His snaps of Calculon kick-start the story proper where Bender jaunts over to Hollywood and joins Us People Magazine as a paparazzo. Finding the job too easy, popping Celebs right, left and underskirt in yet another brilliant gag-filled Futurama montage, the classy assy automaton seeks to capture the reclusive actor, Langdon Cobb. Langdon is an alien whose face causes people’s life force to leave their bodies, thus feeding the alien. Even an image of his face causes this effect, though Bender manages to kill off Fry, Amy and Hermes before he realises this. To be honest, the sight of their souls – I mean life forces – leaving through their orifices is a tad eerie and slightly unsettling. To defeat this ego-driven extraterrestrial, the Prof, Leela and Zoidberg employ Calculon in an acting face-off; featuring a heavy dose of touching/laugh-inducing acting from both faceless wonders. It’s a wonderful set-piece that caps off a perfect episode. Follow Den Of Geek on Twitter right here. And be our Facebook chum here.
