Lisa then admits that she is proud of Homer for outsourcing the American worker's sense of entitlement and privilege. It is revealed that Homer has instituted these routines in the workers' binding contracts, treating the workers as good human beings in exchange for their help for outsourcing the power to Springfield, much to Marge’s relief. They cheerfully explain that they already know, and that they worship him because of the American workplace routines he has instituted, like coffee breaks, early retirement, personal days, and "muffin baskets and mylar balloons on your birthday!". Horrified, Marge and the kids tell the plant workers that Homer is not a god. Soon, the rest of the Simpson family, worried about Homer, travel to India and, with Burns, journey upriver on a PBR boat and find that Homer is ruling the plant like a god. About a week later, Lenny and Carl come to the India plant, invited by a card claiming that Homer is to become a god. Homer, left in charge of a slightly-overgrown nuclear power plant on a river in the middle of nowhere, appraises the Hindu deities and decides he might be a god himself. Burns get a positive albeit slightly inaccurate impression from this, and Homer is put in total charge of the power plant while Burns takes time off to have fun floating down the Ganges with corpses he has befriended.
Homer is able to spur the "natives" into a working frenzy - the natives, at first not understanding his confusing speech, assume that if they cheer, they will be allowed to go back to work. Arriving in India, he seeks help from Apu's cousin Kavi on help with outsourcing. After Homer is sent to train the new employees, he becomes power-hungry and is given a self-help book, The Cereal Is the Prize, by Marge for the plane ride.
On movie night at the nuclear power plant, Homer learns that the plant is being shut down and outsourced to India.