Thanks for your comment! I’m not sure I completely agree with the idea that Uncle Simon programmed the robot to be verbally abusive.While Uncle Simon did program it to have certain attributes, I read those attributes developing in response to its treatment. This ties back to Uncle Simon’s rant in the beginning of the episode where he tells Barbara “you deserve it, kid” because “everything you did for greed” in reference to her complaints about the treatment she has endured. She set up a similar dynamic with the robot and it responded in kind; something I suspect Uncle Simon knew would take place. Thank you for the alternate perspective. That’s half the fun of TZ episodes!