Futurama - 7x03 - Decision 3012

    It's an election year, and Nixon's head is running against a challenger who is too honest to get away with being a candidate.  With Leela's help, Travers, makes his way to being a viable candidate.  Except there's an issue about his birthplace.
    For an episode dealing primarily with Birtherism, it's a really pretty good.  I'd be curious how it plays to someone who believes in birthed nonsense, but the story feels a little more sci-fi than many of the more recent episodes have.  In fact, this same plot, if played more straight, could easily have been a Ray Bradbury story.
    Most of the characters don't get much of an opportunity to shine.  But Nixon's head does an excellent job.  Plenty of jowl-shaking, and his evil side is nicely handled.
    Of course, the episode ends on a down moment, leading the viewer to accept that the future is effectively lost.  This is peculiar, although they did the same thing last election episode - Nixon ended that one rampaging around, and no one seemed to mind.