[s1e2] Clone Gunman ✮ [TRUSTED]

They eventually decide to fire Grassy Noel Atkinson , the "true" assassin of JFK, who has remained on the payroll without a mission for decades.

" Clone Gunman " is the second episode of the first season of the adult animated series , which premiered on Netflix in 2021. The episode explores the chaotic inner workings of Cognito Inc. as it faces a financial crisis. Plot Summary

The episode satirizes the idea of a cloning department, noting it is loaded with redundancies like a small army of Avril Lavignes. [S1E2] Clone Gunman

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 serves as an homage to John Carpenter's The Thing and references the punk band Dead Kennedys. They eventually decide to fire Grassy Noel Atkinson

To justify keeping the cloning department—which Reagan initially views as "awesome but impractical"—she attempts to release a clone for Noel to kill to prove his usefulness. This goes wrong when she accidentally releases the entire cold storage of clones.

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". as it faces a financial crisis

The team must work together to defeat the escaped clones, which include multiple versions of historical figures and celebrities. The destruction of the cloning division ultimately saves the company enough money to resolve the budget crisis. Critical Highlights & Trivia