[s6e6] Lethal Inspection -

Faced with the terrifying reality that he is mortal, Bender becomes obsessed with finding and killing , the person at Mom's Friendly Robot Company who approved his "defective" construction. Hermes, feeling a kinship through their shared bureaucratic background, agrees to help Bender track down the inspector in Tijuana, Mexico. The Big Reveal

(Season 6, Episode 6) is a critically acclaimed episode of the animated series Futurama that originally aired on July 22, 2010. It is widely considered one of the series' most emotional episodes due to its exploration of mortality and its final twist regarding the relationship between Bender and Hermes Conrad . Plot Summary

The story begins with the Planet Express crew participating in a sci-fi war reenactment where Bender is "killed". While Bender laughs it off, claiming he can just download his consciousness into a new body, a subsequent medical checkup by Professor Farnsworth reveals a fatal manufacturing defect: Bender was built without a wireless backup unit.