The Sting

Production Number: 4ACV12<br\> Title Caption: A BY-PRODUCT OF THE TV INDUSTRY<br\> First Aired: unknown

The Story

While on a mission to retrieve some honey from space bees, the crew narrowly escapes with their lives to the ship with a baby queen that Leela suggests they use to create their own hive for more honey. However, the baby queen attacks them leaving Fry dead with its stinger through his stomach. Leela begins having dreams about Fry and losing her mentality. She decides to eat some of the space honey they brought back in order to go into an eternal sleep so she can be with him.

Act I: "Leela, let's turn back. There's absolutely no shame in wussing out."

The Professor calls for a dangerous mission: collecting honey from vicious giant space bees, a task that claimed the previous Planet Express Crews lifes and the old Planet Express ship. Even the Professor thinks it too dangerous for the crew, as they are nowhere as good as the old crew, but Leela insists on doing the suicidal mission out of fear to be ashamed of herself. Fry tries to weasel out, but is dragged along. The bees are said to possess a very dangerous neurotoxin that can kill anyone easily, and that is only if you are not alergic.
The crew reaches the bees nest and manages to get the honey, finding the remains of the old Planet Express crew and ship in the process. Leela even captures a baby bee queen. Bender insults the bees who chase the crew out of the hive, and they manage to escape. Once outside, the baby queen turns on Leela and Fry throws himself protectively in front of her. The queen stings right through Fry and manages to wound Leela, after which bender manages to throw her out. Leela is only marginally wounded, but Fry is dead.

Act II: "Pawning all the stuff in Fry's locker helped give me closure."

Fry's funeral is held at the Orbiting Meadows. Afterwards, Leela keeps dreaming about Fry and is getting hints that he might be still alive - he tells her that he left something for her in his locker, which turns out to be true (the only item Bender did not pawn). Increasingly weird things begin to happen, and Leela feels like she is loosing her mind or going crazy. She tries some of the space honey they brought along, which is said to be useful in smaller doses but can put you in an eternal sleep if you take more than three spoons. Every time she dreams of Fry, he tells her to wake up, which she always does, only to find her hope that he might still be alive disappointed.

Additional Info

Characters

(In alphabetical order)

• Amy
• Bender
• Fry
• Hermes
• Leela
• Professor Farnsworth
• Zoidberg

Episode Credits

• Writer
  • Unknown
• Director
  • Unknown
• Voice Actors
  • Billy West
  • Katey Sagal
  • John DiMaggio