Following an expensive blunder in the series premiere, Cognito Inc. runs out of money, forcing the CEO, J.R. Scheimpough, to order budget cuts. Reagan Ridley and Brett Hand are tasked with deciding which department to liquidate and which coworker to fire. Key plot points include:
The episode features a Karl Marx clone who wants to "seize the means of duplication" and Reagan's quip, "Let’s go make some dead Kennedys". [S1E2] Clone Gunman
The episode serves as an homage to John Carpenter's The Thing and references the punk band Dead Kennedys. Following an expensive blunder in the series premiere,