Movie Plot: A submarine crew fight an underwater civilization.

Host Segment I: The crew deals with the vacuflowers that grow on the satellite, which makes everyone that smells them obsessed.

Movie Plot: Aliens from Mars battle the Earth.

Host Segment I: The crew does a skit about the Macy's Thanksgiving parade.

Movie Plot: A fugitive alien and a pilot from earth fight a few interplanetary wars.

Segment I: Crow tells his version of the first Thanksgiving.

Segment II: Joel demonstrates numbchucks.

Movie Plot: Japanese monsters Gamera and Barugon fight each other.

Intro: Joel explains the show's premise and plays a phone message from a viewer.

Segment One: Joel plays more phone messages, some asking for more of the show and another asking them to show the movies unriffed.

Segment Two: A caller asks for more chapstick (mispronunciation of 'slapstick'), so Joel and the 'bots promise to use more chapstick on the show.

Segment Three: Crow gives a hygiene lesson.

Segment Four: Servo and Crow make prank phone calls.

Movie Plot: The people of Japan deal with the monster named Gamera.

Intro: Crow volunteers to be frozen as the SOL's Christmas tree.

Segment One: Joel wonders if he should freeze Servo as a lawn ornament next Christmas.

Segment Two: A caller asks why Godzilla hasn't appeared on the show. Callers are invited to take a Ted Turner survey.

Segment Three: The crew debates the authenticity of the movie's monsters.

Segment Four: Gypsy and Joel sing Christmas songs.

Movie Plot: Japanese monsters Gamera and Gaos fight each other.

Intro: A caller complains about the Gamera movies, but Joel says that he doesn't choose the movies, the Mad Scientists do.

Segment One: Servo hits puberty and gets a new deep voice.

Segment Two: Gypsy wants new voice, but Joel convinces her keep the one she has.

Segment Three: A young caller invites the crew to his birthday party. They can't go, but Servo's birthday greetings turn into a long rant.

Segment Four: Servo talks about the upcoming new year.

Movie Plot: Japanese monster Gamera and another Gamera from the planet Zigra fight each other.

Intro: Crow is unfrozen.

Segment One: Dr. Forrester and Dr. Erhardt, the mad scientists holding Joel captive, taunt Joel. They invite him back to earth for an underwater experiment, but Joel declines.

Segment Two: Joel is depressed so Cambot plays messages from viewers to cheer him up. Most of the calls are about Gypsy.

Segment Three: The SOL crew talk about their New Year's Resolutions. They countdown the last seconds to midnight.

Segment Four: The crew reviews the movie.

Movie Plot: Japanese monsters Gamera and Guiron fight each other.

Intro: The Mads are out of bad movies, until Dr. Erhardt finds another Gamera movie.

Segment One: Crow dreams that he is in control of the experiment and the Mads are forced to watch the movies. He keeps sending 'A Planet of the Apes Christmas'.

Segment Two: Servo and Crow discuss dreams. Servo's is particularly disturbing.

Segment Three: Joel tells the 'bots of his dreams, which include operating a crane and waiting in line for Metallica tickets.

Segment Four: The crew sings about the Satellite of Love.

Movie Plot: Ants wage an attack against researchers in remote Arizona.

Intro: The Mads sell Joel's car to raise $30,000. He then informs them that he had $30,000 hidden under the seats.

Segment One: Joel tells Servo and Crow about Isaac Asimov's Rules of Robots. They don't agree.

Segment Two: The crew discuss what they would do if they ever get back to Earth. Joel wants to turn off his water, which he had left running.

Segment Three: The crew plays I Spy, which becomes a rendition of Wipeout.

Segment Four: Joel makes Crow and Gypsy recite a new Robot Law.

Movie Plot: Lunar researchers look for minerals on a hostile planet.

Intro: The Mads invent 1-D glasses. Dr. Erhardt can only see length.

Segment One: Crow opens a barbershop.

Segment Two: Servo unsuccessfully learns to fly.

Segment Three: The bots help Joel with his taxes.

Segment Four: The SOL crew plays football.

Movie plot: Astronauts probing an abandoned spaceship find a female clone whose planet is threatened by pollution and a dictatorship.

Movie Plot: An earth army gets alien help to fight a great battle.

Intro: Dr. Forrester is in Vegas, leaving Dr. Erhardt in charge.

Segment One: Servo and Gypsy dismantle Crow.

Segment Two: Joel and Servo debate why some celebrities are never seen together.

Segment Three: Joel hosts a dance competition for Gypsy and Servo.

Segment Four: Joel announces the creation of the MST3K Fan Club.

Movie Plot: The inaugural flight of the Concord becomes a disaster as it's sabotaged then a virus gets loose.

Cold Open: Joel and the bots sing the SST: Death Flight Theme Song.

Intro: Dr. Forrester has returned from Vegas with gifts for Dr. Erhardt.

Segment One: Joel tries to show that robots feel no pain.

Segment Two: Gypsy catches a cold.

Segment Three: The bots throw a limbo-fest.

End: Servo and Crow read letters from viewers.

Movie Plot: Q, an evil presence, tries to conquer the world.

Intro: The Mads try to find out how mad they really are.

Segment One: The bots weld themselves together.

Segment Two: The bots discuss the limits of humor.

Segment Three: Joel is depressed when the 'bots don't want to play murderball with him.

Segment Four: Crow and Joel read pro- and anti-Servo fan letters.

Movie Plot: A murderer is running around New Orleans during the Superbowl.

Intro: The Mads are almost ready to bring the SOL back to earth, until Crow ruins everything.

Segment One: Joel helps Servo experience pain.

Segment Two: Joel becomes a tyrant.

Segment Three: Servo remembers his favourite moments on the SOL.

End: Joel finds Servo's letters and then reads letters of his own

This week's experiment is disastrous disaster film City on Fire (1979), which assures viewers the events depicted could happen in any city, anywhere. Even, as Tom points out, while we're watching this.

Adapted (i.e., shredded and stitched into incoherence) from the 1974 Japanese series Saru No Gundan, Time of the Apes follows the travails of a scientist and two small children who are accidentally frozen and thaw into a future ruled by apes. Meanwhile, Crow and Servo have locked Joel out of the Satellite of Love.

Movie Plot: The evil Sumuru and her minions try to conquer the world.

Intro: The Mads help Joel back into the ship.

Segment One: Joel punishes the 'bots for locking him out.

Segment Two: The crew host a game show.

Segment Three: The crew perform an acoustic version of the show's theme song.

Segment Four: Joel announces that fan club membership has grown to 900.

Bodies of aliens are examined at a secret lab.

Intro: Joel introduces this week's film.

Segment One: The ship is hit by a meteor shower.

Segment Two: Joel purges Crow's memory.

Segment Three: Joel jokingly tells Crow that he's actually female. Crow naturally freaks out.

Segment Four: Joel announces more fan club news.

Movie Plot: Postapolcalyptic tale about a guy racing to California.

Intro: Dr. Forrester creates cold fusion in Dr. Erhardt's mouth.

Segment One: Joel teaches Crow and Servo about manners.

Segment Two: Joel reads letters from viewers.

Segment Three: Joel reads more fan letters.

Segment Four: More fan letters read.

Movie Plot: A dinosaur attacks a lake near Mt. Fuji.

Intro: The mads start a "Joel is dead" rumor.

Segment One: Joel demonstrates cheap special effects.

Segment Two: The crew stage a 1960s type sitcom. Cambot even adds canned laughter.

Segment Three: The 'bots are not impressed with Joel's model dinosaur.

Segment Four: The crew discuss their summer plans.