First off, I'd like to say that this was undoubtably the funniest episode I've seen. Bender wasn't just the uncaring bucket of bolts, either, and it really developed him past mere comic relief--although not enough that he still wasn't Bender. Whoever wrote this episode had/has to be quite a nerd--and I welcome this brave soul into the flock.
Grade: A+
Nerdist references:
Trumpeter plays Mac startup sound Judge is a Mac Classic/Plus ("try pressing ctrl-alt-delete!" Tetris (ooh that was just too funny... "No! Don't drop it there!" Berzerk "Intruder Alert!" Robotron (same basic premise: you versus a planet o' robots.) 1950s Soviet propoganda films ("I hear they want to kill us all!") 1950s American propoganda films ("The Soviets are murderous, godless, and they want to kill your dog!") War of The Worlds ("In the end, it was this harmless sharp stick that brought this terror to an end" or something like that, this is from memory...)
On next week's episode: We must've had a really great economy for the next 1000 nears to have virtually no inflation!