Both of those were in the first season though. By the third season I had had enough fucking robots.
Still some exceptions in the later seasons. Robot Santa, Sport Utility Robots, etc.
There's the other problem. He's pretty much taken the main character spot from Fry
Well, he did in the movies (his name was in the title of half of them, for God's sake), but this is the first of the four episodes this season where Bender's been center-stage.
The only other things he's got is his complex relationship with Leela, which is currently being stored under the rug,
Now see, you've got other people in the thread saying it's been focused on TOO MUCH.
I'd argue that it was handled really well in the premiere (it was at the center of the episode but was never overbearing), and was entertaining enough in the end of the second (Leela and Zapp having sex right in front of Fry in order to save the Earth from annihilation -- and then that's just the end of the episode). The Fry/Leela dynamic was also at the center of the third ep, but the third ep just sucked out loud.
So, to summarize: the relationship was handled well in the first ep, it was handled well in the second but that was harder to see because the second ep was flawed in so many other ways, it was handled poorly in the third ep but the third ep just sucked in general, and Fry and Leela weren't the focus of the fourth ep.
I think the best way to handle it is to acknowledge it but only bring it front and center once or twice per season. Eps 1 and 2 are actually a good template (despite 2's other flaws).