The show that considers itself the height of wit for being able to throw out a Raytheon reference out of nowhere is incapable of grasping the darker subtext of why people consider Raytheon shorthand for sinister and evil in the first place, and openly mocks people who think the deep state exists in an internal continuity when the deep state does, in fact, indisputably exist. The show refuses to treat Reagan’s choosing to tie her self-esteem to her job in spite of this obvious fact as ironic, or the likely actual source of her neurosis.
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It clearly implies that Cognito is evil, and that Reagan’s professional goals aren’t admirable. This, of course, is also at odds with the alleged premise of Inside Job.
The supporting cast ends up wrecking Reagan’s own character arc by association, as the final two episodes hinge on Reagan and her co-workers liking and respecting one another–something which simply hasn’t changed from the first episode to the last, with Brett being the notable exception because he actually tries to be a good person.
I actually might not have noticed except that Reagan’s character is also (half)-Asian, with a similar overall character and role at Cognito, but played with attempted dignity and pathos so that there’s actual stakes and tension in regards to her success and failure without constant clumsy, pointless references being made to her ethnic background. He’s also Asian, and about as racist a stereotype as what Inside Job tries to strawman in the eighties episode. Andre does science and also lots of drugs. Magic Myc is some sort of psychogenic fungus who’s just rude to everyone all the time. The script really has it in for Joe Rogan, for reasons it couldn’t be bothered to actually explain for those who don’t know what opinion they’re supposed to have about him. Tisha Campbell’s Gigi Thompson is arrogant and talked in a lot of social media references I couldn’t be bothered to follow. John DiMaggio’s Glenn Dolphman is a psychotic general turned half-dolphin via scientific experiment. The rest of the cast is much worse, with supporting roles that all basically boil down to people who are obnoxious jerks in slightly different ways.
And the parody Bond, unlike the real one, doesn’t even appear to actually report to anyone. Bond’s gimmick is acting outside of power structures and defying them as necessary. It refers to hegemonic male power structures. It also describes him as embodying toxic masculinity, a rather glaring case of not understanding what the term toxic masculinity actually means. The Bond parody is a stalker, when the actual Bond is notorious for treating women as disposable. Inside Job tries to critique the character from a feminist perspective, yet almost impressively manages to apply feminist critiques that don’t actually apply to the character. Not any modern version, mind you, but the Roger Moore version which was considered the low point even last century. Take another episode which parodies James Bond. They’re not even based on accurate references, just arcane memories. And that’s the single most cryptic part of Inside Job’s soulless referencing that seems to have affected nearly all present-day alleged adult animated sitcoms.
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