Clone Gunman

## Episode guide

"**Clone Gunman**" is the 2nd episode of the first season of the series *Inside Job*. It premiered on October 22, 2021, along with the rest of Part 1.

## Synopsis

*"When an expensive blunder forces budget cuts at Cognito Inc., J.R. orders Reagan and Brett to decide which of their co-workers should be fired."*

## Plot

Reagan talks to the robot president, who is trapped in Cognito, Inc's basement in hopes of Reagan being able to study him, which leads to him being annoyed and demanding to be let out. Reagan and Brett enter the "war room" and find out from J.R. that they are out of money. Reagan and Brett try to figure out who to fire as Cognito is slashing its budget, traveling across Cognito. They eventually decide to fire Grassy Noel Atkinson, JFK's true assassin, who hasn't had a mission since. Reagan's co-workers worry which one of them will be fired, and they all try to suck up to her. Reagan tries to deceive her team by acting like one of them will still be fired, which makes Brett uneasy. After learning Noel is widely beloved by her co-workers, Reagan tries to release a clone for the JFK assassin to kill, but ends up releasing all the clones in cold storage. She tasks the team with defeating the clones and they do so, by working together. J.R. thinks he can con Rand, but he ends up fooling him, but he is happy when he learns the whole cloning division was destroyed, saving Cognito money. In a closing scene, Reagan gives a "present" to Alpha-Beta: a DVD with episodes from *Friends*.

## Trivia

* While Brett is panicking that he and Reagan have to fire somebody, Reagan references the crime thriller film "Training Day"
* The gang eat at McUltra's, a parody of McDonald's and Project MKUltra
* On the Cognito, Inc. employee mall map there are joke stores:
	+ 9-11 is a parody of 7-Eleven and the September 11 attacks.
	+ Build-a-Berg is a parody of Build-A-Bear Workshop and the Bilderberg meeting.
	+ Pandemic Express is a parody of a Pandemic and Panda Express.
	+ Area Fifty-fun is a parody of Area 51.
	+ Victoria's State Secret is a parody of Victoria's Secret.
	+ John Dough is a parody John Doe, a multiple-use placeholder names that are used when the true name of a person is unknown.
	+ Always Swatching Paint Service is a parody of the phase, "Always Watching".
* A employee is seen playing Polybius, an urban legend concerning a fictitious 1981 arcade game that was made by the government.
* A waitress is seen serving Crystal Pepsi, a clear soda drink that was discontinued, but brought back in mid-2010's in limited time waves
* While Reagan and Brett are on the way to the Human-Animal Hybrid Department, Brett mentions the band "Jamiroquai"
	+ We can see a hologram of Abraham Lincoln walking during the scene
	+ In there too you can see sign near a construction worker saying "Inside job"
* When Reagan and Brett are in hiding, after the clones have been let loose, a pinned chart called "Losses Q1 - Q4" can be seen in the top-left corner of the screen. It is a reference to the "loss" (external link)
* At the cafe in which Rand and J.R. meet, there is a signed portrait of Mitch McConnell.
* One of the YouTube channels that Rand watches is H3h3Productions.
* The *Gravity Falls* character Bill Cipher can briefly be seen on a billboard on the security footage in Reagan's office.

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## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/insidejob/status/1440027993275985921?lang=en