Homer and his work colleagues gather in the nuclear power-plant’s auditorium, where they watch a film about the outsourcing of jobs. When the film ends, Mr. Burns announces that he’s closing the plant and moving all operations to India. Federal law requires Burns to keep one union worker on the payroll. Burns tosses a bouquet into the audience, and Homer ends up grabbing it. When Homer returns home, he tells Marge and the kids he’s relocating to India. Bart and Lisa accompany Patty and Selma to a MacGyver convention. Patty and Selma’s jaws drop when MacGyver himself, actor Richard Dean Anderson, makes a personal appearance (although he’s really looking for the Stargate: SG1 convention, which is nearby). Anderson belittles MacGyver, and walks away. Patty and Selma look crushed. Bart encourages his aunts to “do something crazy.” A short time later the lights in the convention center go out, and Patty and Selma grab Anderson and hustle him away. They bring Anderson to their apartment, where they tie him to a chair and place a bag over his head. Selma demands that Anderson sign his name on her cleavage. She then pulls down the top of her dress. Horrified, Anderson scribbles “help me.” Meanwhile Homer boards a plane bound for India. When he lands in Bangalore, he reacts with confusion. He wonders why there’s no University of Notre Dame or Indy 500. A fellow passenger remarks that Homer has confused “India” with “Indiana.” Homer realizes he took a job on the other side of the world.

Apu arranges for his cousin, Kavi, to help Homer adjust to his new surroundings. Patty and Selma discover that Richard Dean Anderson managed to escape. A short time later Anderson shows up at the front door. He describes how he masterminded his escape, a la MacGyver. Anderson asks Patty and Selma to tie him up again, but to make it even more difficult for him to escape. Patty and Selma are more than happy to oblige. This time they knock him unconscious with a hammer. Back in India Mr. Burns introduces the employees to Homer, their new manager. Homer is completely clueless about management, so he reads aloud a passage from a book Marge gave him. The Indian workers have no idea what he’s talking about, so they decide to cheer, hoping they can go back to work. A short time later Kavi shows Homer how he deals with all the phone calls he receives from the United States. Using various American, Texas, and Jamaican accents, he responds to questions about computers, hotel reservations, and astrology. Richard Dean Anderson shows up at the Department of Motor Vehicles, where Patty and Selma work. He begs them to lock him in the trunk of a car. Patty and Selma realize they have a problem. Back in India Mr. Burns congratulates Homer on a job well done. Burns says that since Homer took over, the power plant is generating ten times more power than the American plant. Burns says that Homer is doing so well, there’s no need for him and Smithers to supervise his work. Believing he’s now an all-powerful god, Homer laughs psychotically. Smithers thinks Mr. Burns has made a mistake.

Homer invites Lenny and Carl to India to help celebrate his promotion. The Bangalore nuclear facility now resembles Colonel Kurtz’s compound from Apocalypse Now. Lenny and Carl are shocked to discover a lifelike model of a severed head. Back in Springfield Patty and Selma determine to get rid of Richard Dean Anderson by showing him slides of their globetrotting adventures. Anderson soon grows incredibly bored. After telling Patty and Selma about an Olive Garden coupon that expires at midnight, he jumps out a window. Back in India Marge, Bart, and Lisa accompany Burns and Smithers on a swift boat traveling upriver. Everyone now believes that Homer has gone crazy, and has broken off all contact with the outside world. When the swift boat reaches the power plant, Marge and the others are greeted by a crowd of silent Indians, all of whom are dressed like Homer. The group makes its way to a ceremonial chamber, where Marge tells Homer he’s not a god. The Indian workers say they’re not worshiping Homer because they think he’s a god. They’re worshiping him because he spoke of overtime pay and coffee breaks. Mr. Burns now believes that Homer truly has gone mad. He decides to relocate the plant to an area where workers are desperate and ignorant: Springfield.