Futurama - 7x07 - The Six Million Dollar Mon

    After declaring himself the least useful member of the Planet Express team, Hermes decides to fire himself.  His doubts about his self-worth lead him to have parts of his body replaced with robot enhancements.
    I didn't care for this episode as much during the first act.  There were fun moments, and some good gags.  I especially liked Hermes pointing out that his staff reviews were the least efficient thing going on at Planet Express.
    The heart of the episode is the relationship between Hermes and Zoidberg, which gets emphasized throughout.  Mostly, Zoidberg interprets Hermes expressing his disgust as a sign of endearment.  Zoidberg misses the cruelty that Hermes heaped on him, so he assembles a ventriloquist Hermes from the discarded body parts that are being replaced with robot equivalents.
    It's this plot that really makes the episode work.  It's a joy to see Zoidberg work with a dummy Hermes in a routine.  And the ending scene is great - we get to hear Zoidberg sing an approximation of The Monster Mash.
    And it ends on an effective note.  We don't get to see Zoidberg stand up for himself much, but in this case, he delivers a fairly devastating remark to Hermes, but frames it as a joke.