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cartoonlover27

Professor

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You don't even like Futurama!
Hey, this seems familiar....
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SolidSnake

Professor

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Most of these episodes show Fry and Leela's relationship evolving, which will help you get the full emotional effect of Meanwhile.
Rebirth The Late Phillip J. Fry The Prisoner of Benda Overclockwise Fun on a Bun Fry and Leela's Big Fling
Take out Overclockwise, and replace it with "Law and Oracle" and you got yourself a deal......
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cartoonlover27

Professor

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I'd also say Lrrrenconcilable NdNdifferences, and The Mutants Are Revolting.
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Lost My Phone

Professor

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Whatever you do, DON'T WATCH NEUTOPIA! YOU CAN STILL BE SAVED FROM THAT HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE!
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Tachyon

DOOP Secretary

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The misogyny and misandry in that ep was truly cringeworthy, but a lot of the rest was fun.
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transgender nerd under canada

DOOP Ubersecretary
 
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The bare minimum, I'd say, would be The Late Philip J. Fry and Fry and Leela's Big Fling. Between them, they cover most of the state of the Fry/Leela "ship" as it stands when "Meanwhile" opens.
Rebirth and Fun on a Bun could be seen as useful context, but they're hardly essential (although I think that both are worth watching in their own right).
Paring it down to four (or even two) episodes does remove a lot of good Futurama moments though, such as those found in Murder on the Planet Express, Mobius Dick, and A Clockwork Origin. Each of those episodes has at least one thing somewhere in it that makes it worth watching as a whole.
Of course, Meanwhile does pretty much stand tall on its own. No prior information is really required before watching it. UrinalLegend has a good point there.
It all really depends on what your reasons are for watching, really. If you just want to see how it ends, there's no need to watch anything other than the finale. If you want to see how the story pans out, then MRM's list is a decent "arc" overview.
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cyber_turnip

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I don't think "Fry and Leela's Big Fling" is anything special.
It's a thoroughly underwhelming episode and it doesn't particularly develop Fry and Leela's relationship in any way. It shows that they're a couple, now, but it's not the first episode to do that and it doesn't progress them beyond that, hugely.
Honestly, you ought to watch "Rebirth" to explain the show getting from the end of "Into the Wild Green Yonder" to its usual shtick again.
Then, you should probably watch "The Late Philip J. Fry" because it's the first real time we see Fry and Leela interacting as a couple in any sense (and it's the best episode of the revival by a mile, if you ask me).
And then you don't really need to see anything until "Meanwhile", though, obviously, there are lots of great episodes like "Lethal Inspection", "A Clockwork Origin", "Law and Oracle", "Reincarnation" and "Fun on a Bun" that I'd recommend checking out just because they're good.
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