I wish I could tell you I’ve kept up with “Futurama,” but I haven’t. I watched the four movies when they were released, and to be honest, I didn’t care for any of them. The magic that made the show seem so special upon its initial run was gone. As a result, I bailed then and there, and haven’t gone back. And I gotta say, this new trailer for season 12, which is rather chaotic, doesn’t inspire much confidence. Nothing here is particularly funny to me (although, yes, Bender kicking a robot child into a wall is kind of amusing, I guess). But maybe this is just a bad trailer for a good season! Who knows!? Not me!

In any case, here’s the official synopsis: 

Following Hulu’s critically acclaimed 2023 revival of Futurama, the epic sci-fi series from Matt Groening and David X. Cohen returns in 2024 with ten all-new episodes. On this orbit around the sun, our occasionally heroic crew embarks on mind-bending adventures involving birthday party games to the death, the secrets of Bender’s ancestral robot village, A.I. friends (and enemies), impossibly cute beanbags, and the true 5 million-year-old story behind the consciousness-altering substance known as coffee. And, of course, the next chapter in Fry and Leela’s fateful, time-twisted romance.

“Futurama” season 12 blasts off on Hulu on July 29, 2024.