J.R. Scheimpough is a major antagonist in Inside Job. He is the former CEO of Cognito Inc., as well as the former business partner and archenemy, Rand Ridley. He is currently incarcerated in Shadow Prison X with Rand, being deemed a traitor by the Shadow Board for attempting to use "Project Reboot" to his advantage.
Past[]
During his time as the company's CEO, he met high-ranking members of other secret organizations, including members of the Illuminati.
Season 1[]
Part 1[]
He led Cognito, Inc. for 40 years before he made the mistake of lying to the Shadow Board in order to purchase a volcanic lair. For his actions, the Shadow Board had him incarcerated in the infamous Shadow Prison X.
Part 2[]
J.R. was chosen as a manhunt prisoner from one of the events for an annual gathering of the six secret groups (The Reptoids, the Atlanteans, the Catholic Church, the Juggalos, Cognito Inc., and the Illuminati) but he manages to escape thanks to the chaos caused by Regan. J.R. tried going back to his mansion only to find it torn down and that the Shadow Borad had erased him from history.
Rand became increasingly paranoid trying to find the one that had been defecating on his desk. He eventually found a hole in the wall leading to the hiding place of J.R. Scheimpough who had escaped from Shadow Prison X. After J.R. reveled the robotic surveillance bugs spying for the Shadow Board Rand allowed J.R. return to Cognito as an intern much to J.R. 's dismay.
Personality[]
JR is shown to be a sharp tongue, egotistical, and greedy individual who is described as being a sociopath. He is extravagant and somewhat charismatic while being a smug snake and arrogant jerk. He shown to double cross, lie and scheme his way to get to the top. He shows to be pretty sociopathic and sadistic, showing no empathy towards any victims he hurt through the company, and shows some glee in doing some crimes, such as sending random people to be tortured to Shadow Prison X.
Despite this, J.R. is shown to be extremely intelligent and a good problem solver and manages to get a one up on his enemies. He also shows some respect for Reagan and Brett, and standards, being disgusted towards Jeff Bezos and his hypocrisy. In part 2, J.R. shows to be extremely bitter and vengeful by the time of the penultimate episode, showing anger over getting nothing in life after taking Rand’s advice and propping Rand up his whole career, and decides to try and recreate the world in his favor using Project Reboot, not caring for the entire multiverse getting destroyed.
Trivia[]
- J.R. is actually bald. Because of this, he wears wigs that are priced at around a million dollars.