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Originally Posted by Paladin

Overall plot is kinda mediocre but I think it's worth it just to see Ivan take center stage.

Davi Santos may be the best overall performer in this cast. Not just in terms of line-reading; his entire on-camera presence is just fantastic with so many little details like posturing and facial expressions that really sell everything he does.

I'm gonna just assume Phillip couldn't lend them the money himself because he spent his entire personal fortune trying to impress the Energem. :P

also, either Kendall's math sucks or the value of gold has fluctuated wildly over the years. Fry got over $4 BILLION with just his pocket change's interest in only slightly longer than Ivan's imprisonment.

It was not the worst episode they've recently done, and it's one of those you could stand to watch again. Could it have been accomplished differently? Yes!

It echos early Season 1 when Ernie nearly lost the Juice Bar and Jason got bit by the Fighting Flea after he and Kim found a lost dog. The woman behind the dog was gracious and when the teens defended Ernie as the true recipient, she gave him a check of indeterminate amount which allowed him to save the Juice Bar. The point here? The money woes in a single episode of PR are typically resolved at the end, and the plots of the two do share similarities up to a certain point.

Ivan's reactions and responses fit with his disassociation over modernism. Singe's true leader is curious and begs more questions than it currently answers, but so does "Little Rexy" popping-in when no one gave him the proper charger. It's sad that Philip only appeared at the end, especially when his Zord got used.

Nice Futurama reference (Ha, ha!), but there were real-world conflicts with Fry and his thousand-year interest:

http://theinfosphere.org/A_Fishful_of_Dollars