not finish early. Because Morgan is still in charge of Planet Express, she fires Fry for exposing their affair. However, Hermes exposes a mistake she made on her high school prom date papers, having stamped them only four times instead of the standard five. Number 1.0 promotes Hermes to Grade 37 for this, and in turn, orders his assistants to get the papers needed to have Morgan taken away. The Professor re-hires Hermes, but at severely reduced pay in order to pay back the damage done to the office and the Bureaucracy; Hermes does the same to Fry in turn, then cheerfully cuts everyone else's pay as well. Cultural references In the DVD audio commentary, Matt Groening and others mention Terry Gilliam's 1985 film Brazil having an influence over the depiction of the Central Bureaucracy. When Dr. Zoidberg is announcing his hand in the poker game, he says he has "three human females, a number, and a king giving himself brain surgery." The king giving itself brain surgery is a reference to the 'Suicide King', the nickname often given to the 'King of Hearts' because on a standard pack of cards he is pictured as if driving a sword into his own head. Broadcast and reception In its initial airing, the episode placed 94th in the Nielsen ratings for primetime shows for the week of March 27 – April 2, 2000. The A.V. Club gave the episode an A. References External links How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back at The Infosphere. Futurama (season 2) episodes 2000 American television episodes Television episodes about vacationing Bureaucracy in fiction