The episode opens in the year 1999, with Fry making a pizza delivery to the control booth of WNYW, New York's Fox flagship station.
While there, Fry spills beer on the console (later in the episode, Amy did some research, saying it was soda), interrupting the broadcast of Single Female Lawyer (a spoof of Ally McBeal).
President McNeal, fearing for his own safety, orders Zapp Brannigan to lead an assault against the Omicronians, enlisting the Planet Express crew and thousands of other ships, and turning on the Robot's patriotism circuits, to Bender's annoyance.
However, they only succeed in blowing up the Hubble Space Telescope while suffering heavy casualties: the fleet stands no chance against the Omicronians' actual mothership.
The broadcast of Single Female Lawyer takes 1000 years to reach Omicron Persei 8, but the Omicronians are able to travel to Earth in much less time.
As the Planet Express ship intercepts the Omicron mothership, Fry compares himself to Uhura, Captain Janeway, and Xena, while dressed as Red Squadron leader Garven Dreis from the Star Wars franchise.
The show Single Female Lawyer, as well as Earth President McNeal, is a reference to Ally McBeal, a popular contemporary Fox program.
Sure, the last shot shows a city laid to waste by the invaders, in direct contradiction to the usual 'and everything was the same in the end' conclusion that Fry is praising, but it’s not like the destruction is going to carry over into next week.